Fall Days

Some of our favorite fall things: Baseball playoffs, pumpkin patches, football, costumes, beautiful crisp days, exploring nature and wildlife, hot soup

Where's Jane?

Oh, here she is, hiding in the pantry eating brown sugar by the spoonful.

Jane meeting Matthew Painter

Will's First School Picture

Trout Lodge Photo Shoot

My Lil' Helper

We went to a friend's baby shower last weekend, and Jane was eager to tag along. She loved helping the Mom-to-be open presents and took this task very seriously:

First Pumpkin Carving

This is the first year that both Will and Jane have had an interest in helping me to carve pumpkins. There was a food drive held in our neighborhood and in exchange for bringing items to donate, we got to pick out pumpkins.
I was especially proud of Will, who in the past hasn't liked doing any sort of activity that required fine motor skills (coloring, crafts, even eating with utensils). Since Will has been in preschool and working with an OT, we've seen a change in his confidence, patience and ability in that area. We even spent almost an hour last night playing with Play-doh. May not seem like a big deal, but it was huge for our Will. Makes me want to cry, I'm so proud of him!

September/October Birthdays

As the family/extended family expands, we find ourselves doing more joint-birthday celebrations. This past weekend we had fun celebrating Jackson's 26th bday, Gretchen's 27th bday, Joy's 1st bday and my Dad's 61st bday all rolled into one.