Friday, October 07, 2011

Other happenings

We took very few pictures in August and September. So pathetic. Here are few that we did take:

We've been spending a LOT of time outside enjoying the perfect weather. I'm so glad we bought this swing set - it has been a great addition to our backyard!

Blaise got these capes for his birthday last year and every morning Isaac puts one on and then asks Blaise to put the other one on and play superhero with him. These two boys are getting along really well right now and it's so fun to see Blaise get a chance to be the big kid. He is so good with Isaac - so patient and let's him choose what to play (so unlike his sister!)

I'm doing "Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons"
with Blaise right now. I stole my sister's idea and after he finishes
25 lessons he gets to go on a date with me. He finished his first set last week
and we went out to Dairy Queen!

He is such a good big brother. He's so good with Claire and she just adores him. (yeah, I'll admit Blaise is my favorite child right now) :)

Claire found her feet recently. Yummy. Nice to have built-in chew toys when you are teething.

Claire is not the only one teething! Rae finally lost another tooth on Friday Sept.30th. She lost two back in November and this is the first one she has lost since then. She has three more that are pretty wiggly. She went to the dentist on Wednesday and everything is great!

This girl is growing up too fast! She is scooting and rolling everywhere! Ahhh, I'm not ready!

And this little guy is just as cute as ever! We've been having a hard time with jealously issues, but making sure he gets a good dose of mom in the morning and then getting Rae and Blaise to include him in their play really helps him be happy. He's talking more and more and if he takes his thumb out of his mouth you can actually understand him!

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Hello Fall

We welcomed October with a trip to a farm/pumpkin patch. We didn't do any pumpkin pickin' (umm, they are cheaper at Aldi) but we did enjoy a hayride, straw maze, animal feeding/admiring and beautiful weather and scenery.


Teasing Blaise (what she does best)

Isaac was not fond of the straw maze. It had a roof over it,
so that made it quite dark and a bit too scary for this little guy.
But Rae and Blaise loved it! (You see Claire? She slept almost the whole time)


That's one cool scarecrow!


Hauling away the prisoners!




Giant catfish

Tiny bunnies

The goats were just regular-sized though


Baby chicks and baby pigs



One more hayride while I took Claire to the car to change and feed her.



"Yay, hay!"



Aren't the colors beautiful??