the pumpkin patch

We took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch the other day and we had a great time.  The kids went straight to the swings, of course.

Carter was so proud of himself...can you tell?  That face is killing me!

Next, it was time for a train ride.  Grace was so excited and Carter was just taking it all in.

Lots more playing...

Grace needs a tire swing...she had so much fun!

Carter wants to be just like his big sister.  Seriously, love him and those red curls!

We finally took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch.  (Dear Santa, John NEEDS some new sunglasses for Christmas, please!)

It didn't take Grace long to find her perfect pumpkin.

Carter thought the pumpkins were great!!!  He loved picking them up and chunking them across the field while I ran around trying to catch him and the pumpkins.

My favorite 2 punkins in the whole world!!!

Love this guy too!

This was in the backseat on the way home.  I think he had a great time...I know I did!

Oh, and by the way, that pumpkin has been very close to that little hand ever since it came home with us.  It even went on an errand to Target the other day.  Ha!

we made applesauce

Grace and Carter helped me make applesauce the other day.  First, we peeled and chopped up 6 apples, but I'm pretty sure only about 5 whole apples made it in the crock pot.  There were these little hands that kept reaching up and grabbing the apple pieces.  Grace helped chop the apples and she thought she was so big...using a knife.

I bet you can't guess whose hands were stealing those apples.

Can you tell how proud she was?

Next, we added about a half a cup of sugar, a half a stick of butter, and some cinnamon.

We turned the crock pot on low and we went to the pumpkin patch.

When we got home, our house smelled soooo good!  After dinner, we ate our super yummy applesauce.  Carter LOVED it.  Grace did not. I do not like applesauce, but I love this kind...a little chunky and buttery!  Mmm!

InstaWeek

Grace was so excited to be the Star of the Week at school!  She was so proud of her poster that told about her favorite things!

We made cookies after dinner one night and Grace said, "These are so good!  It like makes my breath happy!"

The next night after dinner, Grace called me outside to look at God's beautiful pink sky.

Grace went on her very first field trip and I got to come along.  She rode a bus to the pumpkin patch.  The kids had so much fun and were all so cute...they acted like a little family.

That night, Carter and I were waiting on Grace to get out of Awana and this guy was really building with these Legos.  We may need to ask Santa for some!

Then, we had tornado warnings for a few hours.  Ugh!  I really HATE tornados!

Thursday, I went on a second field trip this week.  This time, my kindergarten class went to the fire museum.  Let me just say two field trips in a row are too many!!!

Saturday, Grace played store at Aunt Steph's booth at Christmas in the Valley.  This was almost her dream come true...since she plays store or restaurant every chance she gets!

We drive by this inflatable pumpkin every day and we stopped by to check it out.  "It's the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown."

pumpkin day

Grace, Carter Man, and I had a fun pumpkin day!  We started with a pumpkin craft.  Grace said this was her favorite part of the whole day...painting.

Carter was very confused.  I sat him at the kitchen table, gave him a plate, put paint on it, and gave him the paintbrush.  What would you do if you were 21 months old?  You would eat it, of course.  After all, you're sitting at the kitchen table with a plate in front of you.

While the paint was drying and/or being digested, we read some pumpkin books and colored a pumpkin.

Then we played some games with some candy corn and pumpkin numbers.

Carter just ate the candy.

Finally, we finished our pumpkin craft.  And Carter did not eat the glue (I don't think).

He was pretty proud of his pumpkin!

Ta-Da!

There are many more pumpkin post coming.  I just love fall and pumpkins.  Don't you?

The one with way too many pics from Chuck E Cheese's

We got to celebrate Tripp's 4th birthday at good ole' Chuck E Cheese's!  The kids were super excited!

Carter's favorite "game" was sticking the coins into any and every crack that resembled a coin slot that he could find.

He also loved anything with balls!

Even with cousins around, these two still played together most of the time...LOVE them!

Grace just figured out that games=tickets=prizes and she was obsessed with winning!  She used to only care about the "rides."  Not any more!

We ate some pizza with some of our favorite cousins. (Lily, we really did miss you, but we know that you were having so much fun with your friends at school.) My kids know what to do with pizza!  They ate more than anyone else...I think they get that from their Daddy.

We had so much fun celebrating with the birthday boy!  He was so excited that words cannot even describe it!  We love that 4 year old boy a bunch!  Happy Birthday, Tripp!