Thankful

We did thankful leaves this year. For the week leading up to Thanksgiving Ethan got a leaf each day to put something he was thankful for. After a few days he was getting up each morning wanting his leaf and telling me what to write on it. Our string kept falling down so next year Mommy wants to find a tree but I think this will be a tradition we carry on through the years. It was neat to hear the things he was thankful for.

AWANA

Here is our little Cubby Bear! Ethan is involved in AWANA this year attending Cubbies and is loving it so much. His vest is his pride and joy and even more so now that Mommy got help sewing his award patches on, thank you Great-Nana Daum! He loves going each week and is doing very well with saying his weekly verse and reviewing the old ones. Wednesday night is family church night with Daddy and Ethan involved with AWANA and Micah and Mommy helping in the nursery. We are so blessed to be a part of such an awesome church!

Trick-or-treating

We headed out for some trick-or-treating fun tonight. This is the first time we have taken the boys out and we all had lots of fun. The weather was beautiful and it was a nice evening to be out walking around. We came home with lots of candy. We sorted out the peanut candy for Dad and Mom and now we all have candy to enjoy for the next few days.

Our little construction worker.

Thomas the train.
Our first house. Thanks for the cookies Josh and Sara!

Sorting out the loot and enjoying a few pieces.

The Monster

It was pumpkin carving day in the Carlson house today. First of all we rolled The Monster up the stairs so we could begin our handywork. Thank you Nana for growing us such a nice pumpkin to carve! Micah wasn't really into it too much, he had more fun playing toys, but Ethan had fun cleaning it out and helping Daddy carve it. Micah helped Mommy a little bit with his pumpkin.

Getting The Monster up the stairs.

Getting all the guts cleaned out. Ethan loved doing it but not Micah.
Ethan and his finished pumpkin. He then wanted to draw on it with the black crayon to make it more pretty.

Micah helping Mommy a little bit with his pumpkin.

Micah's finished pumpkin with a lot of help from Mommy. =)

And then it was time for a little wrestle time with Daddy before he had to leave for work.

Pumpkin Patch

We headed to the pumpkin patch/apple orchard today. It was a perfect fall morning for a hayride and picking out a pumpkin. We met a big group of friends and had a nice morning, thanks Sara for setting it up.

Ethan all ready for the hayride.

Ethan picked out this pumpkin.
Getting them both to look at the camera was impossible!

Our little pumpkin and apple. =)

Storytime

We were getting ready for Bible Study on Wednesday morning and as I was running around the house getting things put together I called to the boys that it was time to go. Ethan replied with, "I'm reading to Micah and we need to finish our book." I went into Micah's room and this is what I saw. What a cool brother moment!

Murdo

The boys and Mommy headed to Murdo over Labor Day weekend while Daddy was backpacking in the Tetons (his pictures to follow). We enjoyed almost a week with Papa and Nana. The weather was beautiful so we were able to enjoy being outside, which the boys loved. Thank you Papa and Nana for letting us come visit you!

Papa and his boys on the 4-wheeler. What a great entertainment this was. Micah was hard to get off when the ride was all done. He also learned very fast what you have to do to start it.

Storytime with Nana.

Micah and Nana picking beans. He was a great little helper.

Ethan and his pumpkin. We look forward to carving it on Halloween.