Pumpkin Carving

Starting Family traditions..... Now that Brayden is getting older it is so exciting planning our traditions! Last night we had my parents over and Eric and I made dinner and dessert. (pumpkin spice cake :) YUM!) We got the kids Halloween pjs and grabbed the pumpkins. Much to all of our surprise we found out Eric is/was a pumpkin carving virgin!!!! My mom got a book of stencils that we chose out of, but since Eric never did one he didnt know what it was like so he goes online and finds a Buzz stencil that was so detailed! We joked that I was going to have to stay up with him till 2 so he could finish :) But it was only till 10 and it turned out great! He only had to take a couple breaks cuz his hands/fingers were killing him! Ha... BUT Brayden loved it when he saw it this morning.

Buzz Lightyear!

My Bat pumpkin

My Parents pumpkin

This is the first time Brayden has ever seen or felt inside of a pumpkin. The pictures do a great job showing you what he thought. He did ok but was not a huge fan, but it shouldnt surprise me because this is my child that asks for a fork when eating so he doesnt have to use his fingers :)

Digging in



touching it with his bare hands :)


I can take pictures all day long of these two! (If only Brayden would allow me too :)) They are just the cutest...

AND the wrestling begins :)

BUT so does the brotherly love (my heart smiles everytime I see these two smile)


so alert



Blake got you Brayden...watch out, he soon will be getting you back ;)

PRECIOUS <3

Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Pumpkins! This evening Eric and I took the boys to Mother Nature Farm pumpkin patch. Brayden has been eyeing all the pumpkins in the grocery stores, saying "pumpkin mommy" "pumpkin mommy", so we were both very excited to take him to get one. On the way, Eric asks Brayden what color a pumpkin is and without hesitation he says "orange!" I was shocked because for MONTHS I have been working on his colors and FINALLY it is clicking :) It was a proud moment in our car :)

Brayden got to pick out a pumpkin and decorate it with stickers. He is so funny and constantly reminds me that his pumpkin decorationg skills do not need to be perfect... He is just 2 Laura :) but anyways he places the stickers on the pumpkin all nicely and spaced out from one another.... as I try to find him more stickers I take my eye off of him for one moment... when I look up the next thing I know he has taken the stickers off his pumpkin and stacked them all on top of eachother! So needless to say we decided to skip the decorating and try the hay maze. :)


Cheese!

Yes Blake needed to have a turn :)

Brayden went right in and then asked for daddy to go with. He was doing great till like the middle of the maze and he was just done. So he climbs on the hay stack and walks along the top till he found the exit! HE IS SUCH A BOY :)



We also did face painting! ( Daddy didnt think you would sit still for this, but I said we will never know if we dont try) You did great! even though you look mad at me for taking your picture, you sat very still. And made cute faces when it tickeled your cheek :)


Finished Product :)

Lastly you went on a hay ride with me while daddy stayed with Blake and it was fun! I love cuddling with my boy!

You kept pointing to your pumpkin for every picture we tried to get of you... so this is the best we got :)

Love him... too bad you were not feeling good :(

Daddy can get you to smile :)

And Lastly, BLAKERS!!! You did amazing,just relaxing while your brother had all the fun. You are such a sweetheart and just so darn cute! Mommy needed a picture with you to show you were at a pumpkin patch too! I love this picture! You gave Daddy the greatest smile!

Cant wait for tomorrow when my parents come over for a pumpkin carving party :)

Splash Pad time at the ZOO

I just cant get enough of this weather. Today the boys and I went to the zoo with Brittany and Addison. Since the kids had so much fun Tuesday at the splash pad we went again today. First we walked around to get some exercise and finished with the water. Addison is so cute to watch walking around holding her hands up to balance herself. She loved the water and even though it gets a little crazy with older kids running around she holds her own! :) Brayden is not a big fan of the water splashing him. He had fun running in the water stream part and going up and down the slides. I absolutely love this splash area because there is so much to do and I don't have to worry about Brayden running off because he is entertained the whole time.


Going up the little Slide


on his way down


running in the stream


and laying in it... silly boy


Trying out the BIG slide... This one went super fast and always planted you on your bottom at the end of it.

not a big fan of the squirting water before going down.... and is that kid pushing you...arghh.. too bad mommy didn't see that earlier. Seriously some of those kids need a kick in the butt (of course I am not serious...well maybe)


Ah Blake... How I LOVE YOU

After the zoo we went out to lunch to our all time favorite spot "Chick fil a" I typically do not let Brayden play in the play area but needed to feed Blake so decided it was ok. As I was feeding Blake I thought to myself what a good idea it was for him to play..... UNTIL I needed to get him out so we could eat. He was at the very top of the play area in this plastic tube car. Yes I mentioned "car" He did not want to get out. I felt helpless because the only way for me to get him out was to climb up and go through the tubes myself. After about 5 minutes of asking him to get down, bribing him, and then other kids working with me to get him down. I finally climbed up the play area and pulled him down. SO Brayden when you are older and you read this you will know why I will not let you go in the play areas at chick fil a ANYMORE! After we ate the kids were just loving each other by making each other laugh and finishing the day off with a goodbye kiss :) They are just too cute!

Cant get much cuter than this... so precious! Love them!

Zoo time

This has been one fun week so far. Since the weather has cooled down a little we have been to the zoo twice already this week and will go again tomorrow. Today we went with Shannon, Trey and Boston. Shannon came up with this great idea to bring her wagon to put the big boys in and put the little boys in my double stroller. This definitely made for a more convenient trip. Brayden was able to get out and actually LOOK at all the animals and didn't cry when I put him back in..... soooo it looks like I need to get a wagon now! :) Besides getting some walking and talking in for us girls, the boys had a great time also. Some of the pictures of Brayden and Trey today....

The Monkeys are ALWAYS good sports... they come up to see the kids :)


Tractor fun! This kids LOVES anything with wheels






Wonder what he is thinking?!

Brothers... Bath.... Bubbles

Bath time is always so fun around our house. One because the boys like playing in the water and two I LOVE the way they smell afterwards!! I can just squeeze and kiss them all day long!!!






After their bath I decided to dress them in their very 1st matching T-shirts :) of course Blake spit up on his shirt right after I put it on him.... oh well they still turned out cute :)



LOVE