Big Girl

Well it's official, my little girl is quickly becoming a big girl! Today was the "official" switch...no more infant cereal, no more nursing, no more. I am taking this much harder than I did with Isaiah. I am glad that she will be eating more solids, which makes it easier to go places, but also more expensive. She is a tank! She can out eat Isaiah any day, and we thought Isaiah was a big eater!!!! Steve and I are going to each need to get another job just to feed these two!



Today we went downtown Sun Prairie to the Fall festival. Participating businesses had crafts and/or games in their stores, so we took in a little pumpkin bowling,


Some crafts where Brielle just liked eating the glue stick.





Then we played a pumpkin bean bag toss game. Isaiah tried to do it the right way and had fun, while Brielle just walked up to the pumpkin like she owned it and threw the bean bags inside, while eating her glue stick.





We also got to go on a horse drawn wagon ride. It was fun to watch the kids having fun. Since we went down main street, there were plenty of cars for Brielle to wave to.
And yes, I have one picture to prove that I was there too!



We topped off the afternoon by decorating a cupcake. Brielle was talking up a storm...must have been something good! Isaiah was allowed to eat it after nap, where he practically ate it in one bite!

Pumpkin Patch

Last week I took the kids to the pumpkin patch and it was SO much fun!!! It was a really hot day though! Who knew on October 10th we would be wearing shorts and tank tops?!

The pumpkin patch that we went to was part of our MOPS, Mothers Of Preschoolers, group that I am a part of. We have two playgroups a month, one of which is usually an outing. This month we had the whole farm to ourselves! There was a bouncy house, pedal tractors, corn maze, jungle gym, little kiddo maze, slide into a corn bin, duck races, and lots of animals. They took us on a tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch and we got to search for our great pumpkin.

Apple Guts

Well, Some of you know the glory of apple guts, but for those of you who don't it is when you stomp on the almost rotten apples on the ground. Here is a picture of this years apple guts.



Let me back up a bit and start at the beginning. We had to find a new orchard this year, and I was having a hard time. I just wanted to go back to the greatest place on earth...but it is a 6 hour drive back into the St. Louis area. So that was out of the question. After settling on an orchard, we set out on our journey...too bad each of us thought that the other one had the directions! Well, long story short we turned around 3 different times and finally found the orchard. We had a long walk up a very steep hill to get to the orchard.




Thanks goodness Steve did the work!

We picked our apples and sampled a few too!














At first Brielle just liked picking the apple out of the bag an putting it back in the bag. Then she figured out that they are good to eat!

We had a great day!

October News

Well, here it is....October already! I can't believe that we just got home from a Halloween party where it was too hot to wear costumes!!! We actually had the air conditioner on most of the day too! It looks so nice with the leaves falling, you expect the air to be crisp and then you open the window to heat?! It's crazy! I guess this past week has been about 20 degrees above normal!

Brielle has been walking more and more and is almost running now! The video I wanted to post has a problem with it, so I will try again another day. Here are a few pictures of Isaiah trying to help her walk one day.




Isaiah really likes to help her...to the point where she can't do things on her own. Now I really understand how come the second children don't talk as quickly as the first! She is doomed! She is a really funny girl who is starting to show it! She makes funny faces and noises and loves to giggle.




Isaiah is becoming such a big boy! His legs are getting longer, is appetite is bigger and he is learning how to use the potty! Potty training is definitely harder on me than it is on him! I already miss the diaper days! He is putting together more complex sentences, which make us laugh! Our latest favorite is when he starts the sentence with "actually". He is a funny, goofy kid who likes to throw things. (most things are appropriate)


Steve and I are trying to keep up.

Brielle's first steps

Yup that's right we have a walker!!! She is not great at it yet, but she definetly does better when she doesn't know she is walking! The camera work is a bit skechy on this video too, so I appologize!




Other than Brielle walking, not too much is new. The weather has turned fall like very quickly which has me, Calie, searching for warm clothes and jackets that actually fit the kids. We went on a bike ride the other night and realized that we don't have mittens that fit either child! Time to go shopping!!! Too bad my wallet doesn't agree!

I have had the urge to do more home remodeling, but again, my wallet doesn't have that same urge :(

For now we just find ourselves busy with stuff....couldn't really tell you what kind, just seems like there is always something going on!

The day has come

The day has finally come that Brielle starts to fight back. She has proven that she will not be pushed around! In fact, she is doing the pushing. She loves to walk, but doesn't have the confidence to do it by herself just yet. Hopefully this video will work!



We had a busy, but fun weekend! We traveled to MN to celebrate our Goddaughter's
1st birthday. We had a little extra time so we squeezed in a visit to the zoo before heading to the party. Brielle had such a great time! She was pointing and making all sorts of crazy noises!




We had a busy Sunday with Rally day. We had an outdoor worship service, church potluck and games for the kids.
Steve and I both had disappointing opening weekends of the football season as both of our teams took their first loss.

We are looking forward to a slower week and Daddy's day off on Thursday!

Flying

How did so much time pass between my last post and now? Oh yeah, maybe 2 little kiddos! We have been busy and on the road lately!

We spent a weekend in Northern WI at a congregation members cabin with the high school youth kids. It certainly was a good time boating, fishing, jet skiing, fishing, eating, and enjoying the sun. Oh did I mention fishing? Isaiah caught his first fish! While Steve was trying to get the hook out, he had to put the fish back in the water, so he told Isaiah that he caught another one. Since Isaiah bought it the first time, Steve did it again! Isaiah was so excited that he caught fish! He even threw it back himself!








While Isaiah and Daddy fished, Brielle and I got in the car for a 5 hour trek across the state to MN. My Mom was hosting a baby shower and requested help. It was a lot of fun spending time alone with Brielle, and she enjoyed it too!

We returned home to unpack, do the laundry and repack for another weekend away at another member's cabin. It was also nice to get away and enjoy some more fishing, boating and food. Steve even jumped off a cliff into the lake. Let's just say I was more than nervous, but he did it anyway!

Now we are gearing up for the beginning of the school year, which means new schedules and new programs starting at church. Exciting and overwhelming all at the same time!

Isaiah is getting very tired of his toys, which is obvious in his behavior. He isn't terrible, but you can tell he is bored. I need to beef up my efforts to teach him new skills, and keep him engaged.

Brielle is cutting 2 new teeth, and they are not being kind to her! She is clingy, but wants her space...go figure! She pulls herself up on everything, pushes anything that she can walk behind, eats anything in front of her, and takes everything out of my drawers and lazy susans in the kitchen. She even tried butter Crisco one day!