Halloween 2010

Highlights of our Halloween Fun.....

Carving Pumpkins!

Playgroup Halloween Party

Trick-or-treating at the mall

Caleb the cute elephant
Ethan the Lowes worker (Ethan LOVES going to Lowes!)
Thanks grandpa and grandma Jastifer for trick-or-treating with us!


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Brothers

There is no better sound then listening to my two boys chase each other around the house laughing, or catching them reading together, playing with the cars downstairs, dancing in the living room, or Ethan telling Caleb that he loves him and Caleb smiling back. I would like time to stand still sometimes and soak up as much as I can of them at this age. They are so free-spirited and caring towards one another and truly enjoy being brothers. Trust me, they fight and tell on each other, but they would not be brothers if they didn't. We are so happy and proud to be their parents and watch this amazing brotherhood develop. Why do they have to grow up so fast???

For Grandma

Here is a picture of Caleb FINALLY eating his first Oreo cookie!

Needless to say - he loved it and wanted another "cook-ie" after it was gone :)

Fall 2010

Fall is upon us and we are loving it! The boys absolutely love jumping in the leaves and having leaf fights in our backyard. Today we went and picked pumpkins and we plan on carving them on Sunday. Happy fall!

Loving the pumpkin patch!

Meet Crawls

This is Ethan's newest buddy, Crawls (named by Ethan of course). One afternoon a couple days ago Ethan wanted Crawls to eat lunch with him, Ethan made sure to get him a plate, cup, and some cheerios. It was really cute and Ethan loved having Crawls join him for lunch!

GO GREEN!

We root for whoever daddy wants us to!!

Blanket Surgery

While we were on vacation Ethan somehow got silly puddy all over his much-loved-can't-go-to-bed-without soccer blanket. It is sort of like getting gum out of hair, nearly impossible! I explained to him that mom was going to perform some surgery and he would somehow have a new soccer blanket but also having some of his old one in the new one. So here is the end result and lets just say that the blanket has not left his side since he woke up from his nap today after mom finally finished it. He feels whole again and that makes mom very happy! :)
The old part is the blue soccer blanket and the new part is the colorful soccer balls. I was able to cut the end of the blaket off that had the silly puddy and un-sew the sides, put both fleeces together and make a no-sew blanket. It was a lot of fun and well worth all the effort!

Vacation 2010

We just returned from a wonderful vacation to the Smokey Mountains in Kentucky. Our family along with grandma and grandpa Jastifer, Aunt Mari, and cousin Dani stayed in a log cabin high up in the mountains. We went on hikes, toured a cave, visited the fort of Daniel Boone, played in the hot tub, grilled out, ate out, had bon fires (thanks to Dani) made smores, made a visit to the Cincinnati Zoo, and played lots and lots of Settlers of Catan!! The kids had a great time and let us sleep in a little bit some days. Mom and dad were even able to have a date night our last night there. Thanks grandma and grandpa for a wonderful vacation - we had a great time, something this family really needed!! Back to reality now.....