Adventures in pumpkin carving

I wanted to go with the easy level design-Josh wanted the more challenging so he ended up doing most of it. It turned out pretty good (the pictures doesn't do it justice). We have had a pumpkin sunday, carved pumpkins, made pumpkin cookies, and am also going to roast the pumpkin seeds. Brant will be having a halloween party at school Thurs and I volunteered Josh to help out. He is going to be a Dinosaur, figured that would work well since he roars at people all the time.

Its a pirate ship, duh!

Pumpkin Pickin'

Brant and I went to the pumpkin patch last sunday. the weather was perfect and we had a really nice time. he loved riding the hay ride. He was enjoying feeding the goats until one bite him! we picked out a huge pumpking to carve in a couple weeks and he picked out a couple small ones. He just went to his 3 yr check up and everything is a-o-k. his speech is also really starting to pick up. he talks a lot more and you can only make out a few words but he getting there. i think preschool has really helped.

No more ZZZZZZZs

so josh gets this wild hair up his butt and decides that he is going to remove the Z things off our cabinets, which is something we have talked about doing for a while. He practically disappeared into the shed for a couple weeks, sanding, staining, whatever. Below are some pics of the final product and I must say it makes a huge difference. He next project-because he can never seem to sit still-is to build cabinets to add to what we already have which would be great because we have noooooo cabinet space for all the cooking equipment that i rarely use. then add new counter tops, sink, and light fixtures. maybe even paint! i also wanted to add a picture of our new grass. this is the same area that had the big pile of dirt on it for brants party. i am suprised how nice it has came up but it is not as thick as it looks. heard that takes time.

A birthday to remember

Its hard to believe that Brant's 3 and since there are only two things he really, really gets excited about is big trucks and digs we thought it would be great to do a construction party. Josh hauled us in a mound of dirt-complete with hidden dinosaurs (Brants other love). It seemed like the kids had a great time playing, digging, and we even painted the inside of his playset.

This had to be the easiest cake I've ever made (dirt cake) and it actually didn't taste that bad either.

Brant really liked the icing. He got a ton of cool gifts, too many to play with. Almost glad to say I'm happy its over. It took a lot of work-next year he's not having a birthday!

First Day of School

Proud mama-sending her baby off to school. He didn't seemed bothered by it all. Went right in and took to playing. Had I sat there and thought about I probably could have cried a little. We were scared to leave, felt like he might get lost in the all the excitement. So far, he has done very well. He has had NO potty accidents and they haven't to come pick him up yet because he is misbehaving.
This is his teacher, Mrs. Smith. Brant actually took this picture. He is getting better-he usually only gets from the waist down!

Got to be the cutest backpack ever. Ordered from Dante Beatrix (if anyone cares). They have a ton of cute designs. He picked the dinosaur-no suprise there since he acts like one most of the time. Getting ready for his big birthday party this weekend. Should be a blast-diggin the dirt, painting, getting dirty.

Just some pics

Stealing cookies!

Cleaning up!

Straight Gangster Yo?!?

As the summer winds down, I try to think back to all the things that I accomplished. Well...that didn't take long. Can't believe its almost over. Guess we did do a lot of stuff, I just never take pictures of anything. We spent the morning at the Childrens Museum in Richmond, which Brant had a blast. We've been spending a lot of time at the pool which has been nice and he is doing pretty well in swim lessons. If he would use his arms he could probably swim. He will have his last lesson today, then things start getting busier around here. By the looks of the video-already crazy around here! This is our ninja in training.

Lions, Tigers, and Bears Oh My!

My mom and I took Brant to the Richmond Zoo. He really enjoyed growling at the lion and talking to the rhinos. I thought the giraffes were the best. You could feed them and they have the longest tongues. It would reach all the way into the food cup-it was wild, literally!!

These turtles were HUGE and slow.

So, you might be thinking-Geez, it's been a month since you blogged and you are not even working. I think-what have I been doing? Napping! But I was just thinking to myself today that maybe I should do some cleaning, like real empty out the cabinets and clean, but then again a nap is so much more appealing. Maybe I will do it in August. Brant has been doing Tumble Tots this summer which he has loved, loved, loved. He gets to run, jump, swing, roll, all this favorite things. Also have him in swim lessons which is hilarious. He loves the water but freaks when she wants him to swim but he is improving. And I have decided that speech therapy has been a complete waste of time. So that's been our month.