Halloween Party

This year I hosted a family Halloween party . Most of my siblings and their kids were able to come. We had a yummy Halloween inspired dinner, played cheesy party games, and watched some football. I think a good time was had by all.

Pumpkin Carving

We carved pumpkins this year. We make the boys dig out the guts of their own pumpkins and then draw a face on paper that we try to replicate on the pumpkins. Lily got to watch the whole process and would say "ewwww" every time someone was pulling out some pumpkin guts, it was pretty cute. i think she enjoyed the pumpkin carving tradition. Both the boys wanted scary faces on their pumpkins this year. While Nate was carving the pumpkins the kids had some stickers to put on the smaller pumpkins we had. Lincoln put 4 eyes on his tiny pumpkin and then announced to me that his pumpkin could see really well, too funny. The family had a great time enjoying this tradition.

pumpkin patch

The same day we went to the zoo we went to the pumpkin patch, thus everyone is in the same clothes. This year the kids were on the hunt for green pumpkins. Carson had decided that he wanted a green pumpkin, and of course Lincoln thought that was the coolest idea ever so we walked around the patch forever looking for the perfect green pumpkins. After much searching everyone finally found a green pumpkin that meet their discerning standards of perfection. Lily seemed to like the pumpkin patch and caught on to the idea she attached herself to a little gourd that she got to bring home. After all of our work we of course let the kids play a few games and go on a few rides. It was another successful trip out to Linder Farm.

October Zoo trip

The kids had quite a few days out of school in October, and one of those days we took the opportunity to go to the zoo with my sisters. Even though there are no photographs with my sisters they were in fact there. Lily seemed to enjoy the zoo, or at least that is how I am going to interpret all of her pointing. The boys were there normal goofy selves and of course enjoyed running around and looking at all of the animals. Lincoln was quite nervous at the Wallaby exhibit after he found out that the animals sometimes come up to you and lick your shoes (Totally gross). He was very anxious to leave the exhibit he did not want to have a close encounter with a Wallaby (and to be honest neither did I), which makes sense since this kid is afraid of cats. Overall it was a beautiful day at the zoo and we loved getting outside and enjoying the beautiful fall weather.

School

In August (I know that was a long time ago) my kids started school. Carson started the first grade. He is been doing great! On the first day of school however Carson was a little less than excited. Carson surprised me by crying at the bus stop, saying that he didn't want to go to school all day. Well that made it a little hard for me to hold it together, because I was already a little sad that he was going to be gone to school all day. So Carson got on the bus crying, but by the time he got off the bus at school he had pulled himself together and was very composed. I was proud of him for composing himself and he hasn't complained about going to school all day since. Lincoln started preschool a week latter, and has been loving it! He left for his first day of preschool with a huge smile and absolutely no nerves. He looks forward to going to preschool every week and seeing his teacher and preschool friends. I can't believe that Carson is a first grader and that Lincoln is in preschool the time just slips by soooo fast. I am sure both my boys are going to have a great year at school.

The last of Summer

I know, I know, that summer was over about 2 months ago, but I was clearing my cameras memory card and found some gems that I just had to post on the blog. The pictures are mostly of us having fun at our favorite local spots like: the backyard, the pool, the park. We had loads of fun this summer playing in our favorite spots and though the pictures aren't of us going anywhere exotic or doing anything especially out of the ordinary they are a great representation of what our summer was like.