My first chaperone trip

Katelyn's class took a trip to Gentry Farm today. It was my first opportunity to chaperone. The kids had a great time despite the rain. We had to eat lunch in the back of my van, but they thought it was fun anyway. All three kindergarten classes went on the trip with a ton of moms and two dads.

Pumpkin Carving

The girls have been asking for weeks when we would carve our pumpkins, so today we ventured into the world of Pumpkin carving. The girls loved putting their hands in the ooey gooey mess, especially Katelyn, and Ellie focused on picking out all the seeds from the mess. With daddy's help, they made a decent looking Jack-O-Lantern face.

Cheer Girl

Last Friday night Katelyn had the opportunity to be a Cheer Girl at a CPA football game. She talked about it for weeks. Despite the cold, she did a fabulous job and was super enthusiastic, especially with her kicks. Check out her in the video. She is near the end on the left first row.

Betty Crocker

Found this picture on my camera today of Ellie cleaning up after making me brownies for my birthday.

Cross Point Fair at Owen Farm

Yesterday was a beautiful day! Our family took advantage of the beautiful weather to attend Cross Point's Fair at Owen Farm. The girls had a blast. The day included a Corn Maze, Super long slide, a sandbox filled with corn that the girls tried to bury themselves in, inflatables, petting zoo, pumpkin patch, snow cones, smores, fall treats, etc. Lots of kids and fun!!!!! We really enjoyed the family time.

Corn Sandbox

Milkin a cow

Duck races

Finishing the corn maze

Taking a break in the corn maze

My health manager

Not sure what they are teaching Ellie at school lately, but she is obsessed with healthy foods. Alan bought some ice cream before he left and I have been tempted to just toss it because I cannot control myself with it in the house. While pregnant with Katelyn I gained 13 pounds in one month due to ice cream overload. So I decided we would try to finish the ice cream off as a family tonight and get rid of it. While Katelyn was practicing soccer, Ellie and I went on a walk. When I mentioned dessert for the night, thinking she'd be excited, she paused and informed me that she couldn't have ice cream because "I eat healthy now." What? A 3 year old turning down ice cream. That was followed by, is cake healthy. However, after a little more thought, she informed me that we could have ice cream and that we would start being healthy tomorrow. Rationalizing her ice cream at 3--what is in store for her at 20? And I must say, the ice cream was delicious.

The room is almost done--All boy

We finished the touch ups tonight, so the room is boy. Boy Blue with lots of sports. All that is left is to find some matching wall decor. The girls love it. Now we just have to wait for the baby. I had an appointment on Thursday and all looks good. We have 7 weeks left after tomorrow. On some days I feel like I have been pregnant forever, but then on others, it seems to be just flying by. My favorite part of the day is in the evenings when I am winding down and he starts moving all over the place. I think the hustle and bustle of the day rocks him to sleep, but the quiet and calm of the evening wakes him up.

Katelyn helping us paint. We let her use one of her small watercolor brushes.

The girls taking a break to just laugh and play.

Playing in the rain over the last two weeks.