Leaf fun

We had a nice day to spend outside and decided to rake the leaves that were in the yard for a little leaf fun. Both boys enjoyed making a leaf pile and then rolling in it and also moving the leaves to other parts of the yard. Great fall entertainment!

Baby

We had our ultrasound yesterday. The boys went with us and thought it was pretty cool to see the baby. The baby also moved their hand so we told the boys the baby was waving at them and they thought that was cool. All is well and the doctor said we have a good sized baby coming.

Can you see the face?

Cooking pumpkin

After we picked our pumpkins at the pumpkin patch we brought them home and cut into them to see what was inside. The boys helped me clean them out and then we put them in the oven to bake. After cooling for awhile we were then able to remove the yummy pumpkin and bag it for the freezer. Both boys said it wasn't yummy to eat just like that but Ethan said it would be good in pie or cookies. Now we have lots of pumpkin to use this winter for yummy things like pie and cookies.

Pumpkin patch

We headed to the pumpking patch yesterday. It was windy and cold but be had fun with our friends. We had a hayride, fed goats, picked out pumpkins and apples and ran through the hay maze.

Ethan and Micah

Ethan fed the goats but Micah didn't want to.

Our little pumpkins!

Family adventure

We headed out on Saturday for a morning of fun. A beautiful fall day! We hiked Spirit Mound and then headed across the river to a lookout. Nice fresh air and a good walk. We've got to take advantage of the nice days while we have them.

Our little hikers with Spirit Mound in the distance.
The three boys!
We found a frog in the water.

Mommy and Baby Carlson at 16 weeks!

Preschool fundraiser

Ethan's preschool had a Mexican fundraiser this weekend. There were over 400 tickets sold so those of us in the kitchen had a very busy night. It was a very successful fundraiser and they will now be able to buy a Smartboard for his classroom. The parents handled the hot food and the preschool kids helped keep the tables supplied with chips/salsa and took plates to the trash. Ethan did a wonderful job and had so much fun. He has been looking forward to "the party" for many weeks.

They've been working on pinatas in class the past few weeks.
Our little mexican man!
(Action shot so a little blurry) Delivering chips to a table.

Dentist

Today was Ethan's first trip to the dentist. He wasn't quite sure this morning when he got up but after telling him again what would happen he was ok with it. Once there and in the chair they had PBS on the tv and he was just fine. He did great! X-rays, cleaning, polishing, and fluoride and he was a trooper for all. He got to pick a prize out of the prize box on his way out the door and he picked a cool army man. He also had no cavities!

Watching Caillou and not really caring about what the dentist is doing.