The Pumpkin Patch

What is Fall without a visit to the pumpkin patch? The kids had a blast seeing all the animals and picking out pumpkins. BJ was his crazy little self and ran around giving all the pumpkins hugs. And chasing the chickens around. And trying to climb into the calf pen. And not coming out of the hay house. Okay, okay, enough about him. It was such a beautiful day, and we came home with a pile of pumpkins to eat and carve. We carved them a bit early this year since we are going to spend Halloween in San Diego! I'm sure I'll have a lot to post about when we get back.

I just remembered...

One more thing that I forgot to mention in the last post. The little incident of the crickets. Oh yes, the crickets that I had just bought for our lizard, released into my bedroom. Fun fun!

Here comes trouble

A good portion of my day lately is spent chasing around this little munchkin. He really likes to get into trouble-- way more than Ammon or Talia ever did. Just a sampling of what he's done lately: Bitten the tip off of a purple marker (see above), dumped a cup of flour into the dishwasher, climbed into the dryer, climbed down into the window well, stolen and lost all the kids' toothbrushes and toothpaste, left the phone off the hook many times, lost my credit card that he stole out of my purse, climbed behind the computer and gotten tangled in the cords, eaten plenty of cat food (can crawl thru the cat door,) pulled all the stuffing out of one of my stool covers, thrown half a box of apples down the stairs (one apple at a time,) and others that I just can't think of right now. He is the busiest little boy I have ever known. Thank the heavens that he still takes naps!

How I know when I've been too slack with the housework

Ammon says to me "Mom, why are you cleaning? Is someone coming over?"

Ahhhh... isn't she cute?

This is a picture of Talia about a year and a half ago. I put her to bed in a t-shirt and diaper, and this is what I found when I peeked into her room. It cracked me up! (There's no diaper on under that shirt, by the way.) Anyway, I am entering this photo for a contest at http://www.5minutesformom.com/4380/win-a-new-bedroom-set/ I like the Lily Rose set, and Sissy really needs a new bed (she won't even sleep in her current one.) I really tried to get a recent picture of her sleeping, but she would wake up just before the flash!

Oktoberfest

Okay, so it looks a little like a pumpkin, and looks quite large, but actually it's a tomato! I was playing with my new camera. Yea! Finally a new camera! Now I just need to get used to using it more often.

After a nice cold rainy day at Oktoberfest in downtown Longview, we decided to get ice cream. Needless to say, the kids were a little excited, which is when I remembered to get the camera out. Here are my goofy ice cream eaters:

Extreme Bathroom Makeover-- Moore edition

BEFORE: (Husband not included)

(Okay, so the toilet wasn't really in the tub-- we had just moved it there to do demo on the floor.)

AFTER: