A Big Fall Blog Update

Apologies for the long absence. I am making it up to you now!

After the pumpkin patch the next weekend we met Grandma at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. Evan was not in a good mood that day, he didn't want to be there, he wanted to go back to the pumpkin patch we visited the week before. He would LIVE in the pumpkin patch if he could.

oooooh a sea lion!



Awesome!





Climbing a fun spider web at the zoo's nature inspired play ground.





Could barely drag him away. He was up there trying to get past the big kids eventually. No pictures of that obviously as we were looking out for his welfare.



On second thought, so sure I want to be in this pod.



Slides!





This pretty much sums up Evan's mood that day.



Caribou, Elk?



The Zoo just opened up a large expanse of land as a nature preserve. Pretty cool.







Ooooh a gorilla!



Big guy. Ignored us.



Monkey!



Grizzly Bear!



whoa.



Finally, Evan is happy because he is seeing his favorite animal, the giraffe.





A few days later we headed to the State Fair. Another one of Evan's favorites, I really believe he may be a carnie when he grows up. That, or a lawyer.

Rides!









Food!



Drew tries cotton candy, likes it.



Evan would have nothing to do with cotton candy, but he was all over the ice cream, or it was all over him.



Something that stunned me, Drew likes salad. This child will eat RAW BABY SPINACH LEAVES. But he does love his salad drenched in Ranch as well.



Halloween!

First we have our annual tradition of gathering at James' work for trick or treating at desks and games and food. Fun fun.







Can I have what he is having?



Gathering around for the Rock Band competition.



Trick or Treating!

At first, Drew thought the point was to ride in the wagon.



But he observed Evan for a few houses...



And he caught on with gusto.





We never got around to carving pumpkins this year, we were so busy, so here are someone else's.



Trick or Treating in action.



The day after Halloween, we went up to Virginia for a few days,



Evan is really into "power slides" in the Jeep.



I hope everyone is having a good November!

Happy Halloween!

Things have been very busy around here with my jewelry business. I have a ton of wonderful pics of the boys to post, zoo trip with Grandma, The NC State Fair and Trick or Treating, and I will post them in the next week. In the mean time we all wanted to say Happy Halloween!

The Fall Fun Begins!

October is a busy month when you have kids, and this month is going to be jam-packed with fun for us. We went to the "Punkin Patch" as Evan says, today. Next weekend we are meeting Grandma at the Zoo and then the next week we will be going to the State Fair and the next week of course is Halloween! Fun fun!

Economy Tanks! Thousands wait in bread lines! Drew is not happy at this headline.



Brothers snuggling on the couch.



I put this costume in the Goodwill bag and Drew dug it out and wanted to wear it. It was the costume he wore at 9 months and it is labeled "infant" but it still just barely fits. It wouldn't button up in the back though.



Drew, lining up cars.



Evan wanted to pose with his backpack on in front of the Halloween Tree we decorated together while Drew napped.



He calls this little one "The Punkin King"



I finally trimmed some raggedy wisps from Drew's hair. His first haircut.





We joined Lori, Jim, Vince and Mia at the "Punkin Patch" or so Evan calls it.



Evan in one of the many mazes, he must have done this one 15 times. This child loves mazes!



Drew on the other hand, couldn't get enough of the bounce house. So while Evan figured out the mazes with James, I witnessed the force of nature that is Drew. The child who can keep up with kids 3 times his age.









Then we moved on to the train ride. Drew and Evan were both very excited about this. Drew spots the train and he is so happy!







After the train ride we moved to the fort. Drew wants James to pick him up! Stand on your tiptoes Drew!



Next up, the hayride, which Evan was very excited about.



This ride brought us over to the pumpkin patch, where you pick out your pumpkin then take the hay ride back to the main "farm" area.



Selection:





We rode back and had a picnic lunch where I ran into my friend Lavanya and her family!



A couple videos. Drew toots his "horn." This was a "Jonah and the Whale" Evan made at preschool where you toot the party horn on the bottom of the whale and a rolled-up paper Jonah comes spewing out the "spout" of the whale. It was cute, until Drew later ripped it up.



Some spooky books Grandmas sent.