It's about time I posted a blog ;)

Finally! After a month of being sick, life seems to be getting back to normal.

Alex started preschool this fall and absolutely loves it! They have a pet hamster the class named Mr. Nosey, and Alex talks about him constantly. He has also decided that he can no longer use the girls bathroom...so that has made trips without dad interesting ;) He is doing well, learning new songs, how to color in side of stuff instead of all over the place, tracing, letter and number recognition. They say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning. His imagination has gotten better too and I love listening to his stories and to him playing. While I was cooking dinner, he was running around the table saying "I'm going so fast, I can't stop mommy!" and I asked what he was gonna do. He said "I'm gonna have to find my breaks..here they are mommy! EEEERRRRRR! I STOPPED MOMMY I STOPPED! The break was on my foot" He never ceases to make me laugh!

Carter has started going to MDO at the Baptist church on Mondays and Thursday, and he has done a complete turn around on clingy-ness. Yeah, he's still a momma's boy, but not an infuriating one anymore! He goes to the nursery ladies without crying and plays for 3 hours and absolutely loves it. When Alex and I go pick him up, he's nothing but smiles and it completely melts my heart! He just had his 15 month check-up and he's about 20.5 lbs. In the past year he has only gained about 5 pounds. He is an active boy, so it's understandable, but the doctor still wants me to bring him in for a weight check in November. He's not worried, he just wants to keep an eye on him. He loves playing peek-a-boo and wrestling with his 'Bubba'. He also likes waking me up to play at the butt-crack of dawn. I just pray that ends someday ;)

Yesterday the boys and I went to a chili cook-off downtown while Jason cleaned the garage out. I didn't realize how awesome this thing is! For 3 bucks I fed my entire family and got to taste test 20 chilies, some brisket, and some ribs...YUM! After that we headed to Hobart for their annual Pumpkin Palooza, where they featured Pumpkin Chuckin'. Unfortunately we arrived 2 1/2 hours before that began so we had to waste some time. I actually broke down and spent $3 for Alex to play in one of the bouncy slides. And as far as he is concerned, those were the best 5 minutes of his life:

We wasted more time painting a couple pumpkins, and eating lots of tasty food. I had a caramel/chocolate/white chocolate apple that was amazing :) Finally 4 pm comes, along with the rain, and the Pumpkin Chuckin begins:



I'll admit it, I was pretty impressed by it all ;) Alex though that it was the coolest thing he's ever seen. His favorite chucker was the big black one, of course. Carter could have cared less, and Jason was impressed by the 'Redneck game'.

It was so good to finally get out of the house and have some great family time! If you want to see more pics of the day, see the Oct 09 in my Facebook profile! I think most of you who follow me have a FB account now ;)


*~Many Blessings~*
The Larimores