Carson is walking!

Carson has been taking little steps for the past few weeks. On Saturday he finally walked across the living room! It was very exciting. He was pretty proud of himself. But what he really likes to do is push his toy fire engine around...I think he likes this because he enjoys slamming it into the wall. After a little more practice, he will be walking everywhere. Go Carson!

Two posts in one day is pretty good for me! :)

Soccer in the snow?

Only in Minnesota do we play soccer when it's 20 some degrees out and there is a dusting of snow on the ground!

Ethan's last day of soccer was a little chilly to say the least. I made fun of Jarred because he was going to wear snow boats. WELL, I guess I was wrong because my toes were completely frozen by the end of his game. The kids didn't seem to mind to much, they were all bundled up and still had fun playing their game! You could tell by the end that they were getting a little cold.

Watching that video just makes me feel cold.

Have a happy Monday! :)

Off to the pumpkin patch....

....okay, so it was just a roadside pumpkin stand. But there were lots of them and Ethan had fun picking out his pumpkins while his brother tasted a pumpkin!

Maybe if it ever warms up, we will get to go to a REAL pumpkin patch!

The sun is shining!

The weather for the last week is not what I had in mind for FALL! It has been miserable, especially when there is an almost 5 year old in the house who has a lot of energy and needs to get outside! Otherwise his mommy may go crazy. :) So, I hope the sun can stay out today until after work...because we need to be outside!

Taking pictures of the boys is definitely not easy anymore. Carson won't sit still and it takes a lot of convincing (and bribing!) to get Ethan to act normal and not stick his tongue out or close his eyes. Although it does make for some funny pictures sometimes.

Saturday is Ethan's last soccer game. I just hope the crappy weather can hold off so that they get to play. Ethan has missed 2 weeks because of being sick and the weather.

The cute little blue eyed boy from above has decided for the past 4 or 5 nights that he wants to be awake from 3-5 a.m.! I think when he was sick with his last ear infection he got a little to use to being picked up in the middle of the night. I hope we can break this soon, because it makes for

a long day at work!

It's been an exciting week of MN sports. Ethan says GO VIKINGS & TWINS!

Mama's Boy

Happy 11 month birthday to Carson! I can't believe he is going to be 1 in just a month. Time to start planning the party! I have a feeling he will be walking all around very shortly, he is already brave enough to take a few steps. I am pretty sure his first word was "mama". Which fits, because he is a mama's boy!!!!!! :)

Soccer!

Ethan had his first day of soccer on Saturday. He loved it. He looked so grown up in his cute soccer uniform. There are 6 kids on the team. They start with a 1/2 hour practice and then they have a game. They take turns playing 3 on 3 with the other team. It's so funny watching those kids run around in a pack chasing the ball. They have a hard time keeping their hands off the ball because they want to stop it or pick it up and throw it. Ethan had 2 goals...one for his team and one for the other team! ha. He is already asking when he gets to play again.

Summer is almost over.....

...and I am okay with that! As most of you know (because I say it all of the time)...I love fall! We look forward to being outside in the fall, going to apple orchards, buying pumpkins, fall colors...and of course the nice cool weather. And lucky for Ethan, he will be able to ride in the tractor and combine again soon. His favorite thing to do!

Ethan had a great week at his new school last week. Don't call it daycare around him, because he will correct you and tell you that he is now at SCHOOL, not daycare. :) I hope it continues to go well. He already has some new friends he likes to talk about and they seem to keep busy with lots of different activities.

We didn't do much over labor day weekend. Just stayed around the house. Jarred and Ethan did some work outside and needed Grandpa John's gator to move some blocks around, so Ethan of course loved that. He thought he should be able to drive!


Ethan was excited to have Benji with us for a few days.

Happy to be eating......

....and then the "hurry up and get that spoon back in my mouth" face!

Have a great week!