My Boy

My boy and his car. He LOVES it :)

Green Marker and Cara's photography skills :)

Cara gave Alex a marker to color with when I wasn't looking. Thankfully it was washable!!!

Cara got a hold of my camera while I was taking Alex to the bathroom. These are just some of the pictures she took. She took pictures of the things that interest her the most. The tv show Super Why and Grandma's pillows. She loves Grandma's pillows!

Trick or Treating :)

SLeeping Beauty Cara and Superman Alex...ready for action!!

Yes, yes, I know Superman doesn't have a mohawk...Blake is in charge of the superhero's hair next year!!

The first house they went to. Cara totally got it!

Alex had NO clue and eventually just started wandering around, looking at everyone's car.

She LOVED getting the candy!

Thier haul. Pretty good, I think :)

Eating her one piece of candy before bed.

Pumpkin Patch 2010

Our first time to a pumpkin patch :)

Cara wasn't exactly sure what to do at first.

Alex was on a mission.....and it wasn't really to find pumpkins. It was to look at everything else!!

He did, however, find this pumpkin very intriguing.


They soon caught on to the fact that we were picking out pumpkins to take home.


Cara had a great time looking at every one!!


They weren't really interested in watching us carve the pumpkins, but they LOVED how they looked after we were done :)

They were thoroughly impressed when we put the candle inside. They tried very hard to blow it out. Silly kids.

Blake's pumpkin. It is staring at the knife in it's forehead.

Mine was just a traditional jack-o-lantern. It was fun to carve!!

They look so awesome!!!

We had a very nice afternoon with the pumpkin patch and the carving. The kids are not quite old enough for this kind of fun, but next year, I think Cara will be!

Alex's 18 month stats

We were a month late getting Alex to his 18 month appointment (becuase of the move). He is one healthy little boy!! Here are his stats:

Weight: 29.5 lbs -- 82%

Height: 34 inches -- 81%

Head Circ: 52 cm (20.4 in) -- 100%

He took his shots like a pro. I laid him down on the table, which disturbed him, but I gave him his toy to play with and he was fine. The girl stuck the first shot in and his head whipped around and he yelled "What was that?!?" She quickly did the other shot and he simply said "Eck!". No tears, no nothing. What a good little boy!!!

The kids

Such a cute picture of Cara........

and then there's Alex with his tongue in the background!!!

Pool Time!!

It has been SO warm down here, we just had to get the kids a little pool to cool off in. They love it :)

The aquarium at the Mall of America

(New jammies from the Disney store in the Mall of America)

We went to the Mall of America this afternoon. it is located in Minneapolis, MN. We figured that since the kids and I were flying out of the cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul), we would just go the night before and go to the mall. I especially wanted to go to the aquarium. It was fabulous!!! I couldn't put all of the pictures up, but here are a few. Sorry there are so many jellyfish pics, they had a special jelly exhibit or something. It was pretty amazing. Cara absolutly LOVED it! It was just the cutest ever!!!!!