Pumpkin Carving

John and the boys carved this years pumpkin last night. We used the biggest pumpkin of the three we got at the pumpkin patch last week. But the biggest pumpkin was still a pretty small pumpkin. Carter and Preston both had fun. Carter doesn't like to get dirty but Preston dove right in. We had to watch Preston carefully because he tried to eat it. We included Liam in on the fun but he slept the whole time in the bouncy seat.

Baby Toys

Preston has discovered all of his toys he used only a short year ago. Whenever the bouncy seat is in the living room he tried to immediately climb in, even when Liam is in it. We finally had to take the waterfall off as Preston kept getting in but couldn't get out.

Finally, We Can Play Outside

Now that the weather is cooling down a little bit we actually got to go outside and play in the backyard. John and Carter went out this afternoon while Preston was napping and then we all went out after dinner. This was the first time for Preston to play on the new playset and he LOVED the swing. I was actually shocked at how high he wanted to go. The higher we went the harder he laughed. Carter pushed him for a little bit but was a little rough. I was scared that Preston was going to get whip lash but he loved every minute of it. Carter played with balls and loved throwing them up the slide and watching them slide down and loved just throwing them up in the air. John helped Preston slide down our little slide that Aunt Shannon got Carter last year but he wasn't so sure about that.

The New Teddy Bear

My Aunt got me a new Teddy Bear to sit next to Baby for the monthly pictures. This bear is huge! Carter and Preston love playing and wrestling with him!




Can you find Preston??

A Good Day

We have been having quite a few rough days lately so it is so nice to report such a good day. Granted, it's only 3:30 but usually by this time I am completely ready for John to be home. The day started very early as Preston woke up early. We all got up and had breakfast and were in the car and on our way to a park by 9. We met some friends from our local Wylie Mom's group. Carter was excited because the train park is one of his favorite parks to go to. I don't really get it because it seems like it would be boring as it is just a train with no moving parts but the kid loves trains!

The train park is part of our outdoor mall. So while we were there, we walked over to the Stride Rite store and returned a couple of shoes I had gotten for Preston. I had found some super cute shoes at the Stride Rite outlet and figured I would save a little bit of money. We also went into the Carter's store to see if they had gotten any of their "Big Brother" t-shirts in. They only had long sleeved and the smallest size they had was 3T, which isn't going to fit Preston. I need to order the ones I designed for the boys. They are really cute.

We then loaded back into the minivan and were headed home. I needed a few things from the grocery store and I figured I wouldn't want to get back out so we went ahead and stopped at Kroger. Both boys were so good!

We came home and ate lunch and for the first time both boys went down for nap with only a few tears and I only had to make one trip in there to rescue a pacifier. While searching for said pacifier I hit the outside of my eye on the crib and bruised it. The crib is nowhere close to childproof from the outside as it is 30 something years old and there is a metal piece sticking out that I so gracefully bumped into.

I am hoping that the rest of the day and evening go as smoothly and maybe, just maybe I can get out to go get a pedicure that I so desperately need!

New Playset

We decided a few months ago that we needed a playset or something in the backyard for our three boys to exhaust themselves on. Our house is just too small for the energy of three boys. A neighbor of one my "mom" friends had just sold their house and the new owners did not want their gigantic playset that was in the backyard. Their loss was definitely our gain!! John and his buddy Todd spent all day last Sunday disassembling it, moving it and reassembling it. It was a huge task that took them just over 11 hours to complete. I made sure they stay hydrated with a ton of cold water, Gatorade and made sure they ate lunch and dinner. They worked so hard and it paid off! We have an awesome playset in the backyard now.

Playing

Since Preston has learned to crawl, his whole world is expanding. He can now get to the things he has wanted to play with for so long, like his kitchen!