First drawing

Patrick did his first drawing last week. He drew the head first, then the eyes, then added knees and pants (scribbles), then arms last. I am one proud mama for sure!

Happy Halloween!

First Hair Cut

wow, it's been almost a month! Annika got her first hair cut. I learned from Patrick to let the professionals do this. Well, not just any professional, but the same gal who has cut my hair for the past 12 years!

No tears, Annika did great.

Leaves!

I love leaves in the fall. The kids had a blast in them the other night and we all ended up picking leaves out of hair and other places for a long time after!




The kids are really fun right now. Annika understands so much and is really expanding her words.
hot, hat, poop, uhoh, tickle, thank you, and a few others that are her own language but we understand!
Patrick is quite the football player lately. He is doing really well with throwing and catching.

His dad enjoys this as well! Annika gets a little jealous though, she is quite the sports girl herself and loves to throw and catch balls too!

Sunday school

Patrick is in Sunday school and they sang in church for this first time today!







Annika hung out as well!

Some fall days

I know I should talk about our awesome day at the orchard, but I also want to give an "i have the best kids" update. So, here are some pumpkin pictures scattered in with updates:
Patrick is 3.5 years old. I can really start to see the difference between 3 and 4 now though. He is much closer to 4 all of a sudden.

He is most always on the move. Many times though he'll stop and hug me for a long time and say "i love you mommy" Melts my heart every time. The other morning we were being lazy in bed and Patrick says I love you. I say " I love you more than the clouds in the sky" Patrick answers. " I love you more than Squirrels, am I silly mama?" yes, indeed.

He is so smart and retains so much information. The other day he saw a toy in a store. He hadn't seen that toy for months, but remembered it as one that a friend had given us that we put away the same day we got it. He also knows cars super well. He can pick out the make/model/color. He doesn't know the real names, but does know who's car it looks just like or sort of like. He is right just about every time. He is really into art lately. Loves to paint, cut, glue and create. Such an imagination as well. His little jokes just crack me up!

We took him to Sunday school for the first time a couple weeks ago. He just said "mommy, you drop me off, I go all by myself" I just loved his confidence, but heck if I wasn't walking him to he classroom!

Miss Annika. She is still our little peanut at only 18lbs and almost 15months old!

She got her first haircut this past week. (photos soon!)

She has so much personality in that little package. Her comprehension is just amazing. She understands complex directions and has her own opinions. The other day I tried to put her shoes on. She fussed and fussed to get them off. She then pointed at a different pair that she wanted to wear instead. Already picking out her own shoes!

She will copy many things that Patrick does, but also do her own things as well. Her list of words includes:
mama
dada
hi
bye bye

and now: tickle and basket ball. The girl loves balls!

I am pretty smitten with both my kids!

It's fall!

I had to scope out this location the other day so took the kiddos to play. They were so go for me!

Totally their personalities

Love this!

and the best of the bunch... I think I need to blow this up nice and big!


Also we hung out with the pumpkins.



I know Patrick doesn't have as many, but he will not ever look at me!