Pumpkin Patch

Trayton's Preschool took a fieldtrip to a local pumpkin patch and we went along to help. It was a little chilly in the morning but after lunch it warmed up and we got to take our coats off and enjoy some sunshine. Here we all are on the hayride.
Kade loved this huge barrell full of corn. He actually passed up FOOD to play an extra 10 minutes in the corn box.
I put Jordynn in the backpack and never heard a peep out of her. She was so CONTENT sitting up there watching everyone.
They had all of these bales of hay piled up for the kids to climb on. It made me a little nervous watching Kade climb this thing. He went up it so fast.
Trayton was much more cautious but had just as much fun. I found so much hay and corn in their clothes, hair, hats, diaper, gloves, etc.
Picking their pumpkins...
Instead of carving the pumpkins this year I went for easy and had them paint the pumpkins.

Kade

Happy Birthday Kade. I hope you had a great day! I can't believe how big he is. Time goes by too fast. Wherever we went today he told everyone he saw, "I'm the birthday guy." And at the end of the day I overheard Trayton comment, "Kade, this is the best birthday you've ever had." Well, Kaders I hope they keep getting better. I love you very very much!
Kade asked to have a superhero birthday. I'm the safest mom around with this crime fighting trio.For his cake we cut bat shapes(since he is batman) out of fondant icing and Kade stuck them all over the cake himself. He did such a great job.After Kade and his friends ate pizza we served cake! I made a miniture cake just for Kade and let him have it all. I put the cake in front of him before handing him a fork so he literally dove in and bit a chunk of cake off. Mmmm good. I've never met a kid who didn't like a candy filled pinata. Today was no different. My little boys think its great just to be allowed/encouraged to hit something as hard as they can. The candy is just a SWEET bonus.Kade has been asking for sunglasses for awhile now (ever since he broke his last pair). I told him he was hot and he replied, "yeah that candy (fireball) I ate made my mouth pretty hot."Happy birthday Kade. We love you!

Fall...

We have really been enjoying our fall season this year. Interior Alaska doesn't have much of a fall season (they actually had snow in September this year). So the boys are thrilled with the cool air and pile of leaves. I was raking leaves yesterday and the boys thought it would be great to have a leaf fight.

Trayton making a leaf angel.

I didn't know leaves could be so FUN!

Fall is such a wonderful time of year. And to top it all of this morning during breakfast the boys started shouting, "SNOW!" Yes, that's right, Snow. We just started enjoying fall and now we are watching the snow fall. I heard a local weatherman say it is the earliest snowfall ever recorded. Aren't we lucky?!?

Dancing in the Rain!

I love rain. I think my kids love it too. It's rained off and on most of the weekend. During every shower the boys beg me to let them run in the rain. Trayton loves to catch raindrops on his tongue and Kade loves stomping in the puddles. There's no better entertainment then a nice rain shower.

Sitting UP!

My baby girl is getting so big. She has finally decided to roll over BOTH ways now. (Before she would rather just yell until the boys rolled her onto her back.) And her latest development is sitting up. She hasn't quite mastered it yet but she will sit for several minutes at a time playing or watching the boys be silly. I can't believe how fast she is changing. (Do you like her crazy hair?)