Giggles

We just got back from a fun trip to Spokane. The kiddos did great in the car and now they're playing and giggling. It's music to my ears. I love the all out laughing that I hear. It's so cute. Now they're wrestling and I'm wishing I had a camera to record it.

Oops...Lauren just bumped her head. The giggling is over. Sigh. :-)

Broke

Hi there...Just wanted you all to know that I think our camera is broken. While I was showering yesterday Sam got his little fingers on the camera and did who knows what to it. I think he pushed every button several times and now I can't get the flash to work and actually flash. Sigh.

One more thing...not only is our camera broke, but we are too! Ha Ha! :-) So, that means it may be a while before we have a post with some pictures. Aaagghhh! And Halloween is next weekend! I'll have to borrow a friend's camera for that one. Anyway, hopefully Evan can fix the camera after studying the owners manual in great detail. I'll keep you posted.

Lauren's first few steps...with a little help!

Music to my ears...

A friend gave us this little "baby" toy trumpet that plays the same song over and over again. Well, all day Sam "played" the toy trumpet around the house and was excited for his dad to get home so he could play the trumpet with him.

We couldn't resist getting the whole performance on video. It's very cute and I'm excited for the day when Sam plays a real trumpet just like his dad! :-)

Fall Fun

On Friday we went to a local farm and pumpkin patch with some friends. Sam has been begging me for weeks to go to a petting zoo, so this was right up his alley. Besides a petting zoo they had a fun play area for the kids with tractors to ride and climb on, a big slide, and not to mention the huge bin of corn to play in. Anyway, Sam LOVED it. Lauren liked it too, especially when she could get out of the stroller and crawl around.

On the drive up to the farm I kept telling Sam we were going to a farm and a pumpkin patch. Well, he must have heard me wrong because since then he's started calling any and all pumpkins "pumpkin hatches." We'll be driving down the road or going into Fred Meyer and he'll see a pumpkin and say, "Look, Mommy...there's a pumpkin hatch!" Or, "Look, Mommy...look at all those pumpkin hatches!" It makes me chuckle out loud every time I hear it. We've tried to correct him, but he won't have anything to do with a pumpkin patch...it's a "pumpkin hatch!"

And, finally the petting zoo...The other funny thing Sam did was he kept taking handfuls of corn from the huge corn bin and then he'd run over to the animals and "feed" them corn. He did this at least three or four times...running from the corn bin to the animals. He'd get up to the pen where the animals were and say, "Here Sheep (or pig, or duck, or horse/mule)...have some corn." Then he'd drop it on the ground inside the pen. They're probably not supposed to eat corn, but I couldn't interfere with his fun. Besides I was having too much fun watching him! :-)

Our new pet...

We were at a friend's house last week and in her D.I. pile was this enormous stuffed dog. Well, Sam immediately fell in love with it and instead of going to the D.I. the dog came home with us. Sam named it, "Soft Dog" and loves to feed him (usually bread), pet him, and ride him like a horse. As you can see from this picture, he also likes to put him to bed at night and he gets a soft pillow and one of our best blankets. :-)

Here Comes Trouble

Lauren's in the power crawling stage where she gets into EVERYTHING! I'm certain she'd crawl to Alaska if I let her out of my sight long enough. She seems to know when the front door is open because any time it's open she makes a B-line for the door. She has no problem crawling outside and loves to crawl on the sidewalk, lawn, mud, and rocks.
She also thinks it's fun to pull mom and dad's books off the shelves. The other day she was in our room with me while I was folding laundry and would say, "Uh-Oh" with every book she pulled off the shelf. It was cute.