Black Island Farms

For the past two years now we've gotten free tickets to Black Island Farms. It's a Halloween place with corn mazes, hayrides, farm animals, giant slides and more. Last year we skipped the hayride because the line was too long, but the kids wouldn't let us this year.

The hayride stops in a huge pumpkin patch where everyone gets out and picks a pumpkin. We ended up with 4 large pumpkins that now line our porch steps. It was pretty funny to watch us try to get the boys, a stroller and 4 big pumpkins to the van.

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The Crayon

So the other day my sister Elisa and I are driving with our kids in my van. Samantha, my 3 year old niece, informs me that Kayden is picking his nose. So tell me something new. He keeps doing it. Finally Elisa says that she thinks he put a crayon up his nose. Hmmm. So we get home and sure enough there's a crayon stuck up his nose. I tried to get him to blow it out and it wouldn't budge. I got tweezers and they just pushed the crayon up even more. At this point Kayden finally has realized that maybe he should be a little panicked. I'm thinking, great, another ER visit for Kayden. Last time being when he ate all the drugs out of the first aid kit. I decide to have him try to blow one more time. Of all the colors, a green crayon came shooting out. Yeah! No visit to the doctor.

One Week Down

Caleb survived his first week of First Grade. The first day he came home exhausted. After 2 1/2 hours of Kindergarten, than Summer break, a whole day of school is a little overwhelming. He loves his new teacher, Miss Hellewell. Kayden and Elizabeth come with me in the morning to drop Caleb off at school. Kayden insists on bringing his backpack with him every morning. Poor Kayden has cried a couple of times and thrown a flat out tantrum other times because he wants to stay with Caleb and go to school so bad. He still has two more years before he starts Kindergarten. Hopefully Kayden and Elizabeth will become friends and entertain each other.

Happy "29th" Birthday Grandma

My family came over to celebrate my mom's birthday last Sunday. We had lots of fun and lots of laughs. You'll have to ask her about Edward.

County Fair

We took the kids to the Davis County Fair. They had so much fun going on the rides over and over again. Although, when asked what their favorite part of the fair was, one of the boys said it was the special food. I have to admit that the funnel cakes were really good!! Elizabeth loved the cotton candy.

While looking at the animals, Caleb found out how true it is that goats eat everything. He wasn't paying attention to the goats in the pen he was standing next to, when all of a sudden the goat was eating his shirt. It took me awhile to get the shirt loose- goats have a strong grip apparently.

15 Months Old

At Elizabeth's 15 month well check-up she weighed 18 lbs 10 oz (3%), she's 30 3/4 inches tall (70%) and her head was 17 5/8 inches (25%). She's still in her rear facing car seat. We'll reach that 20 lb mark someday!?!? At least my back isn't sore from carrying around a normal weighted child. Don't let her size fool you though. She can keep up with her brothers pretty good. And don't think about crossing her- she's learned to take care of herself fast with two older brothers!!