Pumpkin Carving

We carved our Halloween pumpkins tonight. Bryce and John carved a face in their pumpkin, and Landon and I carved a bat. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of our finished products!

Landon's Halloween Parade

Landon's childcare center hosted its annual Halloween parade today. Their class is named the Honey Bees so the teacher had all of the kids dress up as bees. They were all so cute! Honey bee Landon!

Funny Landon

This picture is a perfect description of Landon. This morning he ran downstairs laughing and exclaimed, "I'm spiderman." How can you not smile at a three year old wearing spiderman swimming goggles while he laughs hysterically at himself at 6:30 a.m.? He is a mini version of his daddy!

Happy Birthday John

Happy Birthday John! John received assistance blowing out his birthday candles!

We had a nice dinner celebration yesterday with our friends Mark and Allison. We extended the celebration into today for an entire weekend of birthday fun!

Bryce's Fall Party

Bryce's kindergarten class recently had its fall party. Bryce is in the back row wearing a red plaid shirt and knight helmet. I was able to volunteer at his school that day and help with the party activities. It was great to watch Bryce enjoy all of the activities and interact with his friends!

Football in the Mud

It was a muddy day of flag football practice! Bryce didn't mind the mud at all! Here he is with his friend Connor. Here is the team playing.

While Bryce was playing football, Landon played with Connor's sister, Morgan.

Molly and Wally came to watch Bryce's game today. Wally helped to entertain Landon by passing the ball to him and Molly took him for a walk.

Bryce's goal was to be the dirtiest player on the field and he succeeded! He searched for the mud and jumped in it!

Fruit Farm Field Trip

Landon went on his first "pumpking picking" field trip yesterday. We were blessed with dry weather and comfortable temperatures.

In this picture Landon is thinking, "Why won't this darn pumpkin let go!" He didn't expect it to be so hard to pick a pumpkin, but he kept trying.

The gourds were much easier to pick.

Finally, Landon found a pumpkin! He was so proud to have found one that was already off the vine and lying on the ground for him to pick up!

Bryce's Birthday Party

We celebrated Bryce's 6th birthday with a party at our house today. We had a lot of fun planning the pirate theme party. Bryce's birthday cake.

Blowing out the candles.

Bryce's friend Grant gave him this John Deere tractor book. It was one of Bryce's favorite presents!

In his best pirate accent, John read "How I Became a Pirate".

After the party, John and Bryce put together a Lego set, which was given to Bryce by his friend Jimmy.

Katherine's Princess Party

We went to our friend Katherine's princess theme birthday party last weekend. Landon and Katherine are in the same preschool class so there were a lot of Landon's special friends there. Bryce was happy to attend and play with Grant. While I was taking this picture, Bryce refused to smile - he just wanted to pose with Grant's light sabor.

Landon had a terrific time with his friends.

There was a scavenger hunt during the party and Landon's special prize was hidden in the mailbox.