All Aboard!

I am so glad I didn't get rid of the trains! My boys lost interest in these quite some time ago and the "Train table" became a "Lego table" Our Little friend Tristan is now in love with Thomas so the last time he was here I got the trains out of the attic for him to play with. Now Levi thinks they are the best and is begging me to play trains with him. Here is the set-up we made the other day.

There were many tears when two big brothers (who shall remain un named) came home and wrecked all of our hard work:(

Let the baking begin!

The season of baking has officially begun. I made this cake today for a cake walk at Eric's family night tonight. I'll be making another one for our Fall Fest at church on Sunday and I volunteered to make a gazillion chocolate covered pretzels for Eric's school party next week. Ahhh...I love it!
Here are my trusty (well, actually, not so trusty) helpers. Levi was covered in chocolate icing. He kept telling me "Mom, this cake is perfect." and "Mom, isn't this cake just so wonderful?" I can always count on Levi to boost my ego...even though I don't trust his judgement at all (He says the same sort of things when I try on absolutely hideous clothing at the store). Oh well, we had fun. It was nice to spend time with my littlest man, making the same kind of memories I have of my mom.

Pumpkin Patch II

I took Levi and a friend to the same Pumpkin patch yesterday. They were too cute trying to move this monster pumpkin.
This contraption takes the goat feed up to the top of a platform for the goats. As soon as the boys started to turn this wheel the goats all ran to the top of the platform to get fed. I love Levi's expression in this pic. He was so amused watching the biggest goat lick the conveyor belt, waiting impatiently, for the cup to reach him.

Pumpkin Patch

David had his school trip to the pumkin patch this week. I went along and we had lots of fun. We fed goats, went on a hay ride, walked through a corn maze and, of course, picked pumpkins.

Let's just say...whenever you think your own kids are too hyper and don't listen well the best thing to do is chaperone a field trip and be sure the teacher gives you the 2 "cutest" boys in the class. You are sure to think your children are absolutely angelic!

I was so exhausted by these two and one other little "mayhem maker" who was drawn to me like a magnet.

Hello from the Big Apple

Here is a picture with some cityscape behind us. We were looking out at the Statue of Liberty
We did a geocache
We did a lot of this...trying to figure out where in the world we were and how in the world we were going to get somewhere else!
ALAS, M&M World. A three story building full of all things M&M's in Times Square.
Eric, David, Levi...We miss you and love you big time. See you soon and don't forget to have fun with Grammie.

lil' swimmer

Levi has been swimming like a little fish

His buddy Shawn

Soccer boy

David has been playing soccer and loving it!

Meet Julie!!

I forgot

I forgot to add this one to my last post. We took Grammie Carey geocaching and she found this one. The clue was "Stop, I'm right here!" Nice find Grammie!!

Last week

Last Thursday Eric had a Grandparent's Day celebration at school. Grammie Carey came down to visit so that she could go. Can you see how much Eric loves to sing?



Grammie brought pumpkins for the boys to carve. She also bought them a book called the Pumpkin Gospel which explains how carving a pumpkin is like Jesus cleaning out our "yuckies" and letting Him shine through us. We loved it!



Here are the finished pumpkins. Eric carved his ALL by himself!
Grammie also brought me a huge potted mum. The front of our house actually looks festive. For those that know me well...you know this could qualify as a minor miracle.
Thanks Grammie Carey...We had such a good time.

September

Ok, I have not done so well at blogging lately. Here's what you have missed through the month of September


1. We broke down and hired someone to fix our backyard! The boys enjoyed having this parked in our yard.



2. Hurricane Hanna..didn't hit us as hard as predicted. The boys spent much of the day in the rain collecting all of the fallen acorns. Eric said it was so much fun he couldn't wait for another hurricane.

3. David started playing soccer. He loves it. He scored a goal in his very first game!

4. I had strep throat which was awful!

5. Kem and I celebrated our 9th Anniversary! We had a nice day out together without the kids. We tried to go to a nice restaurant for lunch and ended up paying $9 for our meal. At least we had a nice view of the ocean. We also did some geocaching at Ocean city. This one didn't have a cache but you had to submit a picture like this and answer questions from the plaque to prove that you had found it.

6. Levi turned 4 We just had a small party here. This was the cake he insisted on. Grammie came to visit and we had a fun time.

His favorite gift was this lego set from Eric and David. Eric insisted on buying something with his own money. He was so sweet. Look how excited they both are.

It's always great to get some Grammie love!

While Grammie was here went geocaching at a historical park. This one was fun because you needed to answer questions from six informational plaques and use the answers to get the coordinates for the cache. Kem led us there because me and the GPS don't get along very well and then I found the loot. Woohoo!

7. School

• Eric is enjoying going to school this year and is doing pretty well. He loves all 4 of his teachers. The homework is a different story:(
• David adores school and is so responsible about getting ready and doing his work. Almost every morning he says "I love school Eric, don't you?"
• Levi hasn't started preschool yet but we are having fun hangin' out together. We are on the go constantly.