Fall Fun

Okay, two posts in one day. I'm totally outdoing myself. I posted all these pics in the opposite order I meant to, but I'm too lazy to move them around so I'll work backward in time. I've never been a big Halloween person, but now that I have kids it's pretty fun. My boys love our Halloween decorations and anything to do with Halloween. Luke is quite into it this year. Seth loves pumpkins but not the scary stuff. We went to Sam's Club last week, and he was totally freaked out about this talking gargoyle we saw there. He was hiding his face in Luke's shoulder and totally petrified. It was a little funny but kind of sad too. He definitely thought that was the real thing. Luke of course loved it and had to get out of the cart to go back and check it out by himself!


We made a stop this morning at the annual Pumpkin Walk. I thought it was Jer's first trip there. It turns out he actually went there on a date once. He thought it was with me but no--no such date occurred between us. He then made it all better by saying it was before we were married--at least he cleared that up. The Incredibles display was the fav.


Mandy and I took the boys for some Halloween activities last week at the farm. They had so much fun. Luke and Jace approached the animals with caution before petting but not Seth. He just grabbed the bull (in this case goat) by the horns. He may have a future in mutton busting--he seems to have no fear.


Jace and Luke with a new friend. There was also a hay maze and big hay bales to climb on, and the kids had a blast. Seth was not such a fan of the hay.

This is Seth's "ooh" face that he does whenever he's excited. He loves pumpkins and can spot one a mile away. He has a word for it that really sounds nothing like pumpkin but does at least have two syllables. His best words right now are caw (car) and cookie. He has also learned to shake his head no vigorously and say "uh-uh."

We have pumpkins galore this year. Our neighbor gave us one, which Luke has decorated as a monster. My mom gave us a few plus we picked out a few at the pumpkin stand. The kids climbed around in the huge piles of pumpkins for a long time before we made our selections. Luke decorated one as a pirate to take to preschool. We're still set to carve at least one of them this next week--that's Jer's area of expertise.


What a great time of year. The leaves have been so pretty, and the weather is perfect for being outside. With no skiing or anything like that in my future this year I am not too excited for winter to come.

Interview with Luke

I saw this on Megan's blog, and I thought it was a fun idea. This pic is from when Luke was "Chef of the Day" at preschool. He also had school pics that same day--I can't stand how fast he's growing up. Here are Luke's answers to my questions. Luke: Age 4 years 4 months.

1. What is something mom always says to you? Be nice.

2. What makes mom happy? When I play with Seth.

3. What makes mom sad? When I "get" Seth.

4. How does your mom make you laugh? Tickle me.

5. What was your mom like as a child? I don't know. I forget.

6. How old is your mom? I don't know. 16. (Times that by 2 and he's right on.)

7. How tall is your mom? Really big.

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Play with Seth and me.

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? Go to something with dad.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? I don't know.

11. What is your mom really good at? Chasing me.

12. What is your mom not very good at? You can't catch me because I'm pretty fast.

13. What does your mom do for her job? Work on the computer.

14. What is your mom's favorite food? String cheese (what he was eating at the time).

15. What makes you proud of your mom? When you do something I like.

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? I don't know. Tyrone.

17. what do you and your mom do together? Play with each other.

18. How are you and your mom the same? With our skin.

19. How are you and your mom different? Because we have different shirts on.

20. How do you know your mom loves you? By kissing me and hugging me.

Long Time No Post

Well, I'm still in a blogging slump. I can't think of anything, or I don't have the desire, or maybe both to blog right now. I'm still having fun reading everyone else's though. Here' are a few pics from the last few weeks of our lives. We are busy as ever. Luke is doing great at preschool now. He has made some friends he talks about a lot, and he tells me he and his friends chases girls at school. Jer asked him what he did when he caught them, and he said they didn't because the girls were usually too fast. I know part of it involves pretending he's a tiger--what a ladies man. Seth is growing like a weed and except for the case of the runs he's had for 2 weeks now is doing great. He is so snuggly and cute and makes everyone happy with the big, sloppy kisses he gives. I am feeling kind of tired and frumpy, but we did have an ultrasound last week and saw our baby--and it actually looked like a baby! That was great. I'm almost through my 1st trimester and almost have no jeans that will button up. Bring on the elastics. Here are a few other things we've been up to....

Luke in a rare crafting moment. He is rarely interested in stuff like this--and only if it involves mess.

Seth gives me this look I thought was reserved for teenagers.

Luke at the zoo...is he growing up on me?

Chilling with the tigers...Luke's favorite.

Seth and I on the train. We were right behind the conductor and ate exhaust the whole way.

Luke thoroughly checking out all of the zoo merchandise.

Our attempt at a picture featuring all four of us.

Take 2.

Take 3. We give up. I'm not sure who was worse...Jer and I or the kids. We will not be winning any prizes for our photegenicness. (That may not be a real word).

That's all for now. We had snow here this morning. Luke was bundled up and out there first thing. It melted quickly, but I guess that means winter is coming.