Pumpkin Patch Fun

Mike’s mom, Nancy, was in town for a few days, so over the weekend we took the kids to a pumpkin patch.  Our next-door neighbors have a daughter, London, who is also in first grade at Noah’s school, and they have become quite the playmates.  They’re pretty much inseparable, so we invited London to go with us.  The kids had a great time; Amelia especially loved playing in a large pile of pumpkins!  

Getting fake wounds

 

Amelia Update:

She is currently getting four molars in along with her second set of bottom front teeth.  I’m never sure of what kind of mood she’ll be in when she wakes up; I think we’re both ready for the teething to be over.

"My teeth hurt!"

Her newest words are thank you, bubbles, slide, kitty and pretty.

About a month ago or so, I thought I would try getting her a potty seat and just introducing her to what it meant to sit on the toilet, and it went surprisingly well!  She now goes on the potty about 85% of the time; I am thrilled about changing a lot less diapers

Welcome Home, Daddy!

It was so wonderful to have Mike back home!  The kids and I met him at the airport last Friday night.  Noah and I had made a sign that Noah held up when we first saw Mike.  Amelia was mesmerized by Mike . . . I think she was surprised to see him in person and that he didn’t permanently live inside my phone!  We had a great weekend together and we really didn’t do anything except enjoy each other’s company.

Noah had his first Boy Scouts Den meeting and I am one of the leaders.  This was not my original plan, but there wasn’t one person who wanted the job.  So, two other dads and me are splitting the responsibility three ways; I have to admit it’s a lot more work than I had planned on, but we’re enjoying it.

Noah also had a “fun run” to raise money for his school last week.  He called family members to ask them to pledge a certain amount for each lap he ran.  The information his school sent home said that the average was 25 laps; well, Noah took this fun run quite seriously!  He was weaving in and out of other kids and his face was cherry red while he ran.  After each lap they would mark his shirt and, in total, he ran 42 laps!  I was amazed, to say the least, and his school got some good donations from Noah’s family!  Thank you to all who gave money!!!

It’s officially been over a year since I started this blog, and I have to say that I am really happy I did!  It has been an amazing year; we have had some huge changes, and it’s great to get to look back and see some of the highlights.  I’m excited to see what’s in store for this next year!

Noah's first grade class after the hat parade.