Happy Halloween!

We had a very busy October....we went to the pumpkin patch here and then Sam had a field trip with his whole school to the Farmstead, where there is also a pumpkin patch!  This year Clayton dressed up as a pirate.  Sam did not want to dress up at all - he just wanted to eat candy!  His costume would have been a spider but he would cry when he had it on saying "TOO big, too BIG!"

Here are some photos from our adventures this month....

At the pumpkin patch!

Sam's favorite ride...

Horseback riding, Kansas style!

Checking out the bumble bees

Sam loved this slide too

Peek-a-boo!

Clayton was in heaven with life sized Lincoln Logs!

Family derby race

Clayton found his pumpkin!

Sam found his too!

And a little one too...

On Sam's field trip to the farmstead, just getting off the hayride

Weeeee!!

Another pumpkin!

Sam's whole class at the farmstead

Playing in the leaves

Happy Halloween from the whole neighborhood!


Arghhh!!


Clayton's class Halloween party




Bobbing for apples

First days of school!

Clayton is very excited about Kindergarten! He has 19 kids in his class and it's almost an even split of girls and boys.  His favorite thing to do is play on the playground outside right after school with all his friends.  Here are a few pictures from his first day!

Walking to school

First day of Kindergarten!

Sam was pretty upset when he realized he didn't get to stay...

After school we played in the backyard - and found this little bug

Then worked on his latest craft...a bunny

Here is Sam on his 1st day of Montessori school - he started the week after Clayton

We also are transitioning speech therapy to the school system - we will miss Meredith!

Wanna play?

Fall is here!

Fall is here (whether we like it or not)! We have been enjoying the mild weather because we know what happens in the months ahead. We have been outside as much as possible.
I realized that I forgot to do a back to school post, so I'm going to take care of the photos from that at the bottom of this post. Today we went to the pumpkin patch, it was a very windy and dusty day but we had a great time!

The pumpkin patch!


He found one he liked






Sam took a break from collecting rocks to pose for this picture





Happy Fall!

Sam loves to swing on his tummy


Sometimes they get along :)


Clayton is learning to play soccer!


He is #11 (one of my favorite numbers)


Sam is the goalie (actually he can dribble the ball very well!)


All ready for church


One of Clayton's many towers


This has been a popular playing spot lately (it is a great place to collect rocks!)


Sam got this for his birthday from us, forgot to post a picture :)


He loves trying on everyone's shoes!


Clayton was sick here and they were snuggling to watch a show, so sweet.


We discovered 11 Swallowtail caterpillars on this plant




Some of Clayton's drawings...


"Pirate Ship"


Cat in the Hat with friends, Sally & Nick


"Butterfly"


"Our house"


"Building with lots of windows"


"Shark"


Sample coloring, age 4.5

First day of Preschool

Sam's first day of "school" (KDO)


He loved carrying his own backpack




This was how I found him when I came to get him from school

CLAYTON
* Likes to point out all the "no parking" signs and "no trucks" signs as we are driving
* He is asking how to spell words and reading letters then asking "what does that spell?"
* He loves his brother. Oftentimes we will be looking at pictures and he will point out "Look at Sam, he is so cute, I LOVE my baby brother".
* Once when he heard Sam cry he remarked "Mommy, I don't think Sam likes himself!"

SAM
* Loves to try on everyone's shoes. We went to a birthday party with a giant bounce house (it even had a slide!). All he did was sit outside the bounce house and try on everyone's shoes! :)
* He is slowly beginning to talk (we think). New words include: binky, thank you
* He loves trains! Everytime he sees the train table at church (which he loves) or any other train he screams CHOO CHOO!!
* His favorite show is "Classical Baby" and when he wants to watch it he will sit on the couch, point and grunt at the tv, and do a little dance (it has music)
* His new found foods are mandarin oranges and chocolate covered sunflower seeds (they are colorful!) - he likes them both
* Likes to try on all of his pajamas - everything goes on over the feet
* He likes to call daddy at work, when daddy answers he will say "Hiiiiii!"
* He likes to pretend to blow his nose into a tissue (he only blows out of his mouth)
* Still loves collecting rocks