Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to the pumpkin patch and boy oh boy was I excited to ride the ponies! Mommy saw on the pumpkin patch's website that they were giving free pony rides today and when she told me, that was all I could talk about all morning. I was SO excited!

I was a little scared when I actually got on the pony, but Mommy stayed right by me. When the ride was over, I didn't want to get off!


Brother didn't get a pony ride, but he had fun watching big sister!


After the pony ride I got to ride a bull! Well, it wasn't a real bull, but it was still pretty fun getting pulled around the pumpkin patch by a lawn mower.


Look how tall we are this fall!


I love my brother!. . . well most of the time! ;-)



Here we are on the horse drawn wagon headed to the pumpkin patch, where we get to pick out our own pumpkin to take home! Yippee!


Brother likes this one!


I love PUMPKINS! What a fun day we had!

Bittersweet

Brother is no longer taking the bottle, well actually he probably would still take it, but we won't let him! This brings up some very mixed feelings for Mommy! How could he have grown up so fast? Just knowing that he is not a little baby anymore makes her very SAD! However, on the flip side no more warming up bottles and mixing formula, washing and drying bottles, buying formula and bottle liners. . . all makes Mommy very HAPPY!

Building blocks. . .cans!

Mommy left the cupboard door open for just a second and before she turned around, Brother discovered the open cupboard and had build himself a tower, three cans/jars high! She ran to get the camera and when she got back, he was working on getting number four on the tower! Mommy was pretty impressed, since she had never even seen him build a tower with blocks before!

Here's number four!


Steady now.. . .



Yep, looks pretty good!


We think he could have gone higher, but his sister discovered what he was doing and came running over to knocked them all down!

And he WALKS!

Daddy is home!

As soon as we hear the garage door open we race to the stairs to meet Daddy! He is always SO happy to be greeted by us! We are pretty competitive and try to get Daddy to hold us by reaching for him and calling his name!


Daddy has enough love to go around as he scoops us both up. We love our Daddy and he loves us! We are glad when he gets home from teaching and coaching and so is Mommy!

Grandpa's Pictures

Oh boy, did we have to work to get these pictures! With the help of some M & M's and some handy photo shopping, we got Grandpa's pictures taken for his birthday! We wanted to get one photo of all three kids, but that wasn't going to happen!

Mommy had to photo shop the combine into this picture!



She sat the nicest for the pictures and she is the youngest. . . go figure!

Labor Day Weekend

We had a great Labor Day Weekend at Nana and Papa's!

Mommy and Auntie think it is so much fun to dress us up like we are twins. . . then they work, work, work to get us to sit still long enough to take a picture.

A couple weeks ago Mommy and Daddy found this air tramp at a rummage sale. It was a big hit this weekend at Nana and Papa's!

Mommy thinks this is the best "playpen" ever!

Brother is going to be just like his daddy, Uncle Eric, and Grandpa Holland! He LOVES dogs (any animal for that matter!) He could follow Libby anywhere!

Libby is such a good puppy, doesn't even care if brother wants to play rough!

Tuckered out!

We went for a walk the other day and poor brother couldn't make it without falling asleep. When Mommy first saw him, his head was laying on the tray. She tried to make him lay back, but he kept falling forward. At least she found a blanket for him to rest on!

Daycare!

We were excited to get back to Dawn's house this morning, since Mommy and Daddy had to go back to work! We had lot of fun today and when Daddy asked me when I got home if Dawn had to yell at me, "I said, NO Daddy, I'm a good girl!"

World Record Parade!

Today at Summerfest they broke the world record for having the most fire trucks in a parade! Pretty cool!. . . and LOUD! We didn't make it for the whole parade since it started raining! But before the fire truck parade they had a kiddie parade and a regular parade, which were a lot of fun and boy did we get the loot! They even gave away tennis balls, beach balls, peanuts, Girl Scout Cookies, and lots of other fun stuff!

Here we are waving at the parade (in hopes that they will throw us candy!)

That Grandpa is one funny guy!

Baby Lauren also enjoyed the parade!

Yep, we think she looks like her daddy!

Great Auntie Eileen helped put brother to sleep by walking him in the stroller!



It worked!

This parade stuff is tough work!

Not the cupboards!

Brother for the first time today discovered how to get the cupboards open. He had lots of fun opening and closing them. We would move him away from them and as fast as he could he would crawl right back. Then after he mastered the opening and closing of them, he discovered that he could also take things out of the cupboards! He sure had fun, however Mommy didn't think it was so fun cleaning up after him!

August Fun!

The last couple days have been very HOT, but we have been staying cool with the sprinkler that hooks onto our pool. We decided it was more fun putting it out on the lawn so we could run through it!


Or should we say, trying to carry it around to spray people!

We have also been taking advantage of our new outdoor pool. . . that we LOVE! It was cute, the last time we were there this little boy really thought it was fun to pull Brother around in his hippo. Brother thought it was pretty fun too!

Daddy is getting excited that his two tomato plants have started to really take off. He has planted them in pots before, but hasn't had much luck. Must have been a good summer for growing tomatoes.

At least she's honest!

Conversation # 3!

Setting: Driving in the car, 93 degrees outside, Brother screaming in the back seat!

Mommy: "Are you being nice to Easton?"
Sister: "NO!"

Gymnastics

Yesterday was my last day of summer gymnastics! I even got a ribbon and everything! As soon as they called my name I was up and running. . . jumped on the platform and was ready to get my ribbon! Mommy was surprised that I didn't need her to hold my hand or help me up there, but I guess it is a sign I am a big girl now! She was VERY proud of me since the first time she brought me to gymnastics I wouldn't leave her side and didn't do any of the activities!

I have had a great time at gymnastics and have been learning a lot. I am no longer scared of the coaches and love getting stamps on my hands and feet when I do what they ask! As soon as I wake up in the morning I ask Mommy and Daddy if I can go to gymnastics and get SO excited when it is Wednesdays! Hopefully Mommy and Daddy will find time this fall to take me again!

ELMO!

We were able to go to "Elmo goes Green!" this weekend with all my friends from daycare! We had an awesome time and we weren't even scared of the characters!

Thanks Erin for getting us all tickets! It was a great idea and lots of fun!!!

Zoo

Wow, Mommy has fallen behind in getting her pictures uploaded! It has almost been two weeks now since we went to the zoo! We had a great time looking at all the animals. Our favorite was the baby ducklings! Yes, we had to go all the way to the zoo to see them but, it was worth it!!! ;-)