Carving our pumpkins

We carved our pumpkins this weekend. As you can see, the kids were super into it!!

Our last fall day...hopefully not!

Well we enjoyed one of our last fall days (hopefully I'm wrong and more warm days are to come) at Grandpa and Nana Vohs' house. The kids loved running outside and playing by the lake, though Alex was surprised to see that the dock was out of the water and there weren't many boats on the lake. But nonetheless, we had a great visit and mom and dad were excited for some of Nana's cooking!!!!! The kids are growing fast. Lauren is now talking a bunch - her favorite words are dad, mommy, coat, hat, Zeus, puppy, baby, water. As cute as it is that I am now "mommy" and not mom, she uses it repeatedly every time she's mad, sad, upset, even happy and excited. So basically we hear it 100 times a day, it's funny. Some funny quotes from Alex this week....
*One day he just wanted to snack all day and not really eat at mealtimes so I told him that I do not run a buffet and he needs to eat his meals and not snack all day and he looked at me and said, "Mom, kids get hungry and then they eat, that's what kids do!" I didn't have much to say after that!!

*Out of the blue (seriously by no bribing by me), he asked his dad if we were going to get a new baby sometime. Drew said that new babies grow up and that he'd have to share his toys and he said that he's ok with babies growing up like Lauren and he would like another Lauren. DARLING!! Then he said that we could get a new baby at Target. So Drew thought he meant a doll but Alex said, "No dad, a REAL baby. There is lots of real babies there!" True enough, since we visit Target in the mornings, there usually are a lot of babies there!! If only it was that easy!

*At dinner now, he always says "Thanks for dinner mom" and then asks Drew, Lauren, and I how are days were. He's turning into a very polite little boy!

They are growing so fast but are so much fun. We're having a great time with them and Alex is VERY excited for Halloween this Friday. Lauren could care less and hated her costume when we tried it on today so it could be interesting! I'll put pics up next weekend of our Halloween experience!

Chuck-E-Cheese Playdate

Alex, Lauren, and I went and met a bunch of our friends from school at Chuck-E-Cheese Tuesday. The kids had a BLAST!!!! Alex talked about it all the way home and couldn't wait to tell his dad all about it. Both kids loved the Chuck-E-Cheese band and were dancing up a storm. The loved the rides and the games and then Alex turned in his tickets that he won for a new bug. An insect - he's such a boy. But the kids adore their friends from school and luckily, I adore their moms!! So it was a fun little lunch date with a bunch of 3 year olds running around and Lauren trying to keep up! Alex is the ever-present big brother and was teaching her how to play some things and then he actually said, "Very very very good job listening to me Lauren." Are you kidding me?? He's way too cute!

Johnnie football game

A couple of weekends ago, Drew and I along with Grandpa Vohs took the kids to a St. John's football game. It was a beautiful fall day and it was fun for mom and dad to show Alex and Lauren where we went to college. Alex had been there once when he was 5 weeks old but not since. We had a great time and the kids had a ball. Alex even told Grandpa Vohs that he wants to be a football player when he grows up with a football helmet, football pants, football shirt, and football shoes. Alex, dad, and Grandpa Vohs all got new St. John's hats and Alex proudly shows his off. It was a fantastic fall and as we sit homebound today, we are very grateful for incredible fall and summer we had!