Happy Reformation Day!!!

Maddie the Mermaid and Jackson the Tiger

We took our first family trip to the pumpkin patch at Huber's this year!  As we roamed the pumpkin field, it dawned on me (Jayna), that this was the first time for even Kurt and ME to do this.  I've been to farms before, but it wasn't a tradition when I was young.  In fact, I remember we grew pumpkins a time or two, so it wasn't necessary to trek out to the pumpkin patch.  Many times, we just bought our pumpkins the old fashioned way:  at the grocery store.  We found a nice round, but rather bumpy pumpkin to be our family pumpkin this year.  Unfortunately, the week after we brought it home, it started rotting on the bottom.  So, we ended up choosing our pumpkin the old-fashioned way again:  at the grocery store.

Maddie and Jack with our lemon pumpkin

Charlotte didn't care much for the pumpkins.  She was content to snuggle Daddy.

What a handsome guy.

Mommy usually isn't in the pics for a reason...

And Mommy Loves You, Too

Charlotte Rose is 2 Months Old! (as of Oct. 11)

Charlotte's Two Month Stats

Weight:  11 lb. 14 oz. (80th percentile)

Lenght:  25 in.  (85th Percentile)

Head Circ.:  Normal, not too big, not too small :-)

Up, Up and Away!

These pics were taken by my sister-in-law this summer.  So fun!

School Time

These pics are from July.  Each day throughout the summer, we tried to have a set 'learning time' so that it wouldn't be so difficult to get back into it once Charlotte arrived.  While I work on phonics and math with Maddie, Jackson often plays nearby or at the table.  Here, he's having fun burying his animals in rice.  Good times.

Remembering Summertime

July 2009

First Grins

Well, maybe not first grins, but some of the first.  Charlotte has been giving us sweet smiles the past five days or so, and we love it.  It gets harder to take those milestone pics the more babies you have.  Poor Charlotte.  But perhaps if I had faster shutter speed.....(Honey, are you listening?)

New Pajamas

We recently went on a family trip to Costco, where I found kids pajamas at a reasonable price.  What luck!  Now that it's gettng colder, Maddie and Jack have needed new pajamas for fall and winter.  I let them pick out what they wanted, and found their choices quite telling.

Maddie's Choice:  A food themed set with a big doughnut on her shirt and the words, "Sprinkles Make Me Smile".  The pants are covered with doughnuts, muffins, and cookies.  My girl LOVES her food, especially dessert.  Aside from being told, "Jackson ate his broccoli, but yours is still on your plate", there is no greater motivator for Maddie than dessert.   She even passed up the same style set of PJ's with a cheerleader theme.  Dessert rules!

Jackson's Choice:  Racecar themed pajamas.  This pic doesn't do these PJs justice.  The detail on front, back and side make him like a NASCAR driver.  They're pretty clever.  Now, this puzzles me some since we never have NASCAR races playing on TV, but Jack does have an affinity for all things that move, be they live or motorized.  And the sad thing is these may be his only footie pajamas this year, or perhaps for the rest of his life.  Our little guy has big feet.  He wears a 10 wide at three years of age.  Perhaps we should get him into swimming.  Could he be the next Michael Phelps?