Buddies

Today Carter had his buddy over.  They were getting ready to watch a movie and he gets on the couch and says, 

"Hey Lucas you want to snuggle?"

Lucas, "Why, does this movie scare you?"

Got to love four year olds.

Pumpkin picking

One of our favorite events is going to the pumpkin patch.  I love the experience, the tamales for the lunch, chocolate treats for dessert, the activities, the weather, searching for that perfect pumpkin - all of it.  I especially love watching the kids enjoy every bit of it.  

This got me thinking that with all the craziness that comes with have two little kids - cooking, cleaning, laundry, naps, crying....it is so important to take time and enjoy the events with them.  There is nothing more enjoyable than watching your kids revel in activities and traditions.  They take so much joy in simple things like riding on a wagon, running through a hay maze or tickling a pig's nose it really makes you stop and appreciate what a precious gift they are a how amazing their little minds and spirits are.  So I apologize for all the pictures but of course we think they are so cute we can't resist.

We all enjoyed watching Logan try to lift every pumpkin he saw.

Logan enjoying the hay ride

Carter was totally into this scarecrow but Logan wasn't so sure.  Carter is trying to show him there is nothing to be scared of.

Nice try big brother, but he's not buying it.

Better times

Carly and Joey making it through the bouncy obstacle.  It is a lot harder than it looks when you watch the kids doing it... Carter kicked all our butts.

Lowgs making it through.

Carter loves animals and had to check them all out.

Hay maze

King of the mountain (hay pyramid)

Logan loved chasing his brother through the hay maze.

Birthday party

We celebrated three birthdays this weekend and everyone had to dress up like movie characters.  Having a 4 year old we had to go with a Disney movie so we were Snow White, the Prince and the dwarfs.  We had a lot of fun with the costumes and a great time at the party.

Don't we look like an exciting group. :)  We were watching movies for a game.

Gee Gee and Carly

Jackie's costume is a drive-in theater (birthday girl)

Veronica - one of the birthday girls

Carly is Audrey Hepburn (birthday girl)

We wore out one of the dwarfs

Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana

Legally Blonde

Ecosystem and Impressed

Carter's new favorite words are ecosystem and impressed.  He is impressed with everything.  The other day him and Logan were both eating sandwiches and he told me, "Mom I'm so impressed with Logan he is eating his sandwhich just like me."  I asked him if he liked the pumpkins I brought home and he was impressed, Brady and I fixed up his room and he was impressed. :)

Now instead of using the expression "the whole world" Carter is into "the whole ecoystem".  He was telling me how "Logan is the best, best, best, best, best little brother in the whole ecosystem and I love him so much".   

WSU football time again

Its not fall unless we go up to WSU for our annual Coug game.  As my Dad said...we knew they were that bad it was just hard to see it in person.  But that is okay, the tail gaiting is what it is all about. We had a great time camping with Nana, Papa and the Tippetts and caught up with some friends up there.  Plus it is even more exciting now that Carly is a student.  We got to hang out with her and invade her house to take showers, Carter even got to stay the night.  We had a lot of fun.

Eating lunch before the game.

Logan and Carter loved it because they got to run around between bites of their lunch.

Here we are checking out the big horn sheep and bears.

Carter is pretending to be a big horn sheep...any reason to ram your Daddy.

Logan, Carter, Emerson and Ryker up close and personal with the bears.

Thirteen years ago Brady and I met at WSU and here we are back with two kids and married for nine years...wow time flies, it feels like we were just students.

Here is Carly - check out here new pad!

Carly's first sewing project ...she made this cute table runner to go under her T.V.

Spinning

Logan loves to dance especially with his big brother.  His new favorite move is spinning, here is a little video of him showing off his new trick.

Getting big

Logan is just 13 months, it is hard to believe all the big boy things he is doing.  He is learning to eat with a fork and spoon, drink out of a straw, he runs everywhere he goes, he can sit at the kids table and there is a little video of him vacuuming.  Where did our baby go?  Its a little bittersweet but he is sure having fun.