Carving the Mysteries

Yesterday I got to go along with Camden on his preschool field trip to a pumpkin patch.  We had a very good time tromping through the mud with his fellow little people.  All the kids got to pick out their own sugar pumpkin to take home.  The nice lady in the blue jacket is his teacher, Mrs. Eskew.

After a long day at school, I got to come home to enjoy pumpkin carving with the family.  It was very nice to spend the evening, all four of us together doing something everyone enjoyed.  Shelby helped me pick out some pumpkin seeds to roast in the oven.

daddy helped Camden carve his pumpkin.  Camden designed the face all by himself.  So did Shelby…her’s was a bit more, well….abstract.

The finished products

Pumpkin Pie

Yesterday we made our annual trip to Remlinger Farms.  We sure had fun now that both kids could enjoy all the rides.  Here we are on the steam train, posing for a rare decent family photo.

This may have been the favorite part of the whole thing for both kids.  A large area full of loose hay that acted as a spongy, messy trampoline.  Next to it was a kid’s size hay maze that left us asking, “where IS Shelby??”

The obligatory face in the holes shot.  They are so cute.

 

It is hard to imagine our little guy will very well be over 6 foot tall someday…

 

Riding the pig with their cute friend, Bella. 

 

The spinning pumpkins was Shelby’s favorite ride.  As it would slow down to end, she’d kick her feet and shout, “again! again!”  Camden’s favorite was the roller coaster.  Since we stayed until they closed, by the end of the day most of the people had left so we could just get back onto the rides without waiting in line. 

  

Here he is “driving” an antique car.  We barely made it alive.

Footprints on My Stomach

I'm too lazy at the moment to upload this one again after rotating it. You get the idea - here's how well Camden can construct train tracks nowadays....with very little help.

Here's true sibling love. First it began as this....

and then turned into this...on separate couches

Matt took the kids on a Friday to the Children's Museum in Seattle. That brave man took them on the light rail train and the monorail to the Seattle Center. They all had a really good time and learned a lot about poop at the Sesame Street exhibit.

Early in the month we helped celebrate Bella's birthday. Camden broke the Elmo pinata and Shelby ate all the chips.

The moments I love the most are ones where the kids are playing nicely with each other. Here Camden is showing Shelby a book. She loves books even more than chips so this was quite a treat for her.

Matt took Camden to a Mariner's game. They lost. However, the concession stand made a lot of money off our hungry little hippo that evening.

and here's a funny video of Camden dancing around in a pair of Matt's sweat pants. I like to call it, "My Name is Gumby...and I Can't See Where I'm Going"