Pumpkins!

We went to a pumpkin farm up north in hopes of finding some cool fall weather. We didn't find any cool weather, but we had a lot of fun and got some great pumpkins.


Aaron's teaching the kids about the oil pan, where the fuel is burned, and how the transmission works.

Lily's favorite part of the day was feeding the horses.

Carter's favorite activity was riding the train.

I love these little faces!

Choosing a pumpkin.

We got fantastic pumpkins! We'll carve them on Halloween day when Grandpa and Grandma Ford are here.

Big kids' bedroom

Is our house shrinking? Or is our family just getting bigger? We're making room for Hazel. We moved Carter out of the nursery and into Lily's room. It is now called "the big kids' room!"

We brought Carter's bed in and made bunk beds for the kids. Lily is ecstatic to have bunk beds again and Carter likes that his bed is like a fort now. We got two cute little rugs to put on the floor that help define the room as Lily's and Carter's. It's been a great switch so far. The kids go down to bed well and I think it helps them feel more united.

My little goofies!

Sadly, our dear camera is ill and had to be sent away to be fixed. I'm hoping hoping hoping it will be fixed miraculously quickly so we can have it back for the holidays....or at least for all the Christmas festivities. Until we get it back, our old point and shoot is making a come back.

Great weekend and a sicky day

This weekend was awesome and a little crazy. Aaron and I attended our friends' beautiful wedding this weekend. Lily and Carter stayed with "Grandpa and Grandma Clark" who are really my aunt and uncle. Lily was feeling under the weather, so that changed our plans a bit. But we were able to attend the wedding and the kids had fun with their grandma and grandpa and cousins.

Carter adores "Grandpa." As long as he was with Uncle Neal this weekend, he was a happy camper. Uncle Neal sure is good with these kids. He plays with them and they have the greatest time together.

Cousin James, "Grandpa," and Carter, waving to a dump truck. I guess there was a bit of competition felt between the two little boys about their grandpa. Little does Carter know that James actually has more ownership of this Grandpa Clark!

Cousin Mary, Lily, and me after hunting for rocks in Grandpa and Grandma's streambed. They found a real geode and cracked it open. So cool! I also have to say that Aunt Chris (a.k.a. Grandma Clark) was an angel this weekend and took such good care of Lily when she was feeling unwell. Thank you, Chris!

I love being Lily and Carter's mom! Lily is on the mend but still a little under the weather so she stayed home today. I love having her home! We watched a Halloweeny movie together, colored, and then the kids made forts.

Lily snuggled in her fort with Lamby.

Carter backing out of his fort so I can't get his picture.


I love these kids! I adore them more than I ever thought humanly possible! They are both fun and surprise me with what they are capable of doing. I'm the luckiest mom in the world!

Pinks

I just have to post this cause I think it's so darn cute.


I was going about my daily afternoon tasks when I turned around and Carter held up his hands full of pink-hued crayons and said, "I got pinks, Mom!" It was so cute how he said it. He speaks very clearly, sometimes with spaces between the words. He said it like this,
"I got pinks, Mom!" It was too cute.

I've noticed him do this a few times before. He digs through our bin of crayons and pulls out all the pink and red-violet ones. Maybe it's because he's grown up with so much pink around him from all of his big sister's toys and clothes. He's so masculine in every way, then once in a while he'll pull out all the pink crayons to color with! He's fun! I adore him.

Per Uncle Jordy's request, here is a post about what we're up to lately.


While doing a huge organization and cleaning of Lily's room, she made this cool mask for herself.

This is Lily's little pal, Anna, from school. They met at the beginning of school and were friends immediately. Anna said to Lily, "Do you want to be friends?" and Lily responded, "I was thinking the exact same thing!"

Have I ever mentioned that Carter loves construction vehicles? He adores them and knows every single one of them. He loves riding in the van and shouting out when he sees a construction vehicle and what it's called. He can identify them so quickly and with incredible enthusiasm.

Aaron took Carter out for a daddy-Carter date. They went and looked at tons of construction vehicles. Yes, heaven for Carter. Here Carter is knocking on the track to see what it's made of. This one is hard and made of metal.

Aaron took Lily to our church's Princess Ball. Lily felt lovely and had the time of her life with her daddy. He is her dreamboat. (He's mine too!)

Carter put Daddy's shoes on. They fit him pretty well, eh?

Nothing big is taking place at our house...just lots of little things!

Craving

Today I'm feeling all pregnant and wanting to just sit down and eat a whole big batch of something chocolately and gooey...and not feel one twinge of guilt or regret about it!This is the first time I've felt this during this pregnancy. Confession: there was a period of time during my pregnancy with Carter where I'd sit down every afternoon with half a dozen gooey chocolate chip cookies and eat them all in delight. I don't remember how long that went on but I loved it.

So what am I going to do about my current craving? Probably put it off for a few days until I can't stand it. Then break down and go buy some Reece's peanut butter cups, then make this recipe I found on my friend's blog. Really I wish I could just eat a big batch that she makes.

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Post script:

I made the cookies that day. They were yummy but not what I was having a hankering for. So we'll see if that craving comes back some time. At this point, I'm just eating everything and a lot of it!