October 28, 2008

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we headed back to the pumpkin patch, this time with daddy in tow. We all love this season; the cool fall air, the leaves falling, the shorter days, and the pumpkin patch. Will, Addi and I went out with some friends last weekend to Sauvie’s Island and rob was insanely jealous living via Skype and phone calls. So, as not to let him down, we headed back out to Sauvie’s to the giant pumpkin patch. We hit the corn maze first with Will leading the way. Addison thought it would be funny to hide in the corn stalks and jump out at us. She’s pretending to be a tiger here. Here’s a few pictures of the crew.

































Last week I told will that we had to wait to get a caramel apple because they are Rob’s favorite. It was the first thing he asked for when we got out of the car. And here he is sharing it with Addison.


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It was really windy all day Sunday and the dirt was getting blown around everywhere. Before we grabbed pumpkins, rob and I decided to try another pumpkin patch closer to home-hoping that the mountain that I backed to would cut down on the wind. WRONG! It was worse. But this one had ponies. Cute, fuzzy ponies perfect for any four year old to ride on. And Will, who is usually timid and shy, proudly proclaimed his love for ponies and his desire to ride one that minute to us the instant he saw them. $5 dollars for a 2 minute ride. Normally, we’d pass this opportunity by based on the ridiculousness of the cost. But, partly because Rob is still spoiling the kids rotten from being away so long and partly because I am always looking for ways to get Will out of his cautious shell, he got the pony ride. He was very nervous at first, asking me exactly where he should put his hands and what he was supposed to hold onto. He was curious about how the ponies knew to go around and around. Ahh, the young mind-it’s because their tied up and forced to do it! Oh well. Here he is on the ponies. The wind almost blew him off and it also forced him to ride holing on with just one hand, the other one shielding his eyes form the wind. What a big boy he is.






And here’s Addison, in the wheelbarrow waaayyy too tired to know what to do. Tomorrow night…we carve pumpkins!

October 21, 2008

Where does the time go?

My typical post... (this is what I am telling rob right now). Yes Rob! He's home! We have our DADDY back. I'm not sure it was the entrance he was looking for-the kids were int he bathtub and excited about playing cars. Oh well. He thinks they each grew a foot and that addison has the vocabulary of a 4 year old-not really. ten things we've been up to in the past 17 days:
1. spending time just mom, will, and addison. With ROb out of town promoting this, we've been home by ourselves. Thank god for family that spent hours watching the kids so i could get some grocery shopping done.
2. Pumpkin patch with friends-we'll be making another trip this weekend with Rob in tow to enjoy the delicousness of pumpkin season
3. Read library books. I am on a never ending quest to pay off our last credit card (so close...) and thus we rekindled our relationship with the library. I could write for days about the library but let's just say it's been romantic
4. Work-lots of work. on lots of things. Some day soon I hope to not work so much
5. Friends. Cool friends we have. enough said.
6. Planning...for the best Halloween party EVER! this has been a huge hit with Will. I never liked Halloween too much before this year and I am finally feeling first hand what it is like to live through your child.
7. Planning...for Christmas. I have some plans for this holiday season.
8. Back to the gym...in the morning no less. 5 am comes so quickly.
9. Studying...all of us seem to be studying something. Will is learning to read, Addison is learning to put sentences together, rob's learning to run a company, and i'm working ont his darn mba.
10. enjoying fall. fall is wonderful in Oregon. Something everyone should get to enjoy!

October 04, 2008

Saturday morning classes

The kids are in classes on saturday mornings this fall. Addison is in ballet and will in soccer. Rob caught these videos this morning. I'm not sure which one is cuter. Will or Addison???

ps. Addison did not like class the previous two weeks so I was excited to see her enjoy herself today!



Here's Will