Talk about imagination

Jonathan has grown to love football these past couple of months. You can frequently catch him running around the house "tackling" himself and practicing his drop-kick. The other day he walked into the kitchen with a diaper box on his head... as his helmet!! Gotta love this kids' imagination.

Happy Belated Halloween!

For Halloween my parents decided to make the trip up to Denver to see their grandkids dressed up! We all met up at my brother's new house for lunch and hangout Saturday afternoon.

I tried to get some pictures of Padriac dressed up as a skelton... but they just didn't turn out. But, he was ADORABLE!Grammy holding Catherine the Tiger. She loved the costume and could have worn it all day!Jonathan was an elephant. He went back and forth as to whether he liked wearing the head part of the costume. Catherine and daddy

Me with the kids after their trick or treating experience. They both had a wonderful time! Catherine caught on quickly... and would run up to the doors to exclaim "Trick or Treat." Once she got her treat she said "thank you." It was adorable!

Cute winter hat

For the past several weeks, I have been searching for a winter hat for Catherine. The ones that I found were either, in my opinion, quite ugly or way over priced. I wasn't about to pay $10 for a hat that she is going to wear for a couple months. I, then, decided that I would take my 50% off coupon to Michael's and buy some yarn. So, for $2.50 in yarn and my Knifty Knitter (if you don't have one you should!) I made her a hat in about two hours- and I am slow! It was so easy and really fun. Now, I just have to convince her that hats are fun to wear!!

Snow Days!

As I mentioned in a previous post, we were snowed in for two days this past week. So, I am sure that you are asking yourself 'what does one do when snowed in?' Fear no more, I am hear to rest your weary, wondering mind.

We raced match box cars and trains down ramps:

I won that race, of course!

Jonathan and Chris found out which car could go the farthest once off the ramp... the red little fire truck.

We built a fort and read lots and lots and lots of books in it.

And Jonathan practiced his kicking skills!At the end of the two days, surprisingly, everyone was in good spirits! And, don't worry, Catherine was around having merriment admist the fun... she just didn't make any of the pictures for some odd reason.

Parks in the fall.. or is it winter here?

I love Colorado weather! You never know what you are going to get here. And, if you don't like the weather we have just wait a day and it could drastically change. Take for instance the past four days. Monday and Tuesday were a perfect temperature. The leaves were a nice red and orange color. You just needed a light jacket to go outside. And the sun was shining both days. On Wednesday morning we were hit with a fairly large snow storm. We were snowed in for two days! (more pics on that to come) Today, Friday, the sun is shining again and you don't need a jacket to go outside. The two feet of snow that piled up in just a few short hours is practically gone now. I love it!!

Luckily, just a couple of days before the storm hit I took the kids to a nearby park. We had a ball!

Fall Leaf Piles

We have lots of trees that shed their leaves around this time of year... so the other day I decided to do some raking. Jonathan, Catherine and Trace- the three year old who lives next door- had a GRAND time playing in them.Jonathan and Trace LOVED raking up the leaves. They did a good job of sharing the rake!Jonathan and Trace running around in the pile of leaves.

Can you find Jonathan is this pile of leaves?

Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch

The other day the kids and I went to a corn maze and pumpkin patch with the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group that I am involved in. It was a small venue, but we had a great time!Here are some (we couldn't get all of the kids to sit) of the kids that we went with... it is very hard to get 12-15 toddlers to sit still for a picture at the same time. he he So, out of about 10 pictures that I took, this was the best one.There were two corn mazes, one for adults and the other for little kids. I thought, though, that the "easier" and smaller corn maze was still tough. Jonathan had to stop and contemplate which way we should be going.Since we were in the maze for quite some time the kids needed a little breather! he he Actually, I thought I would try to take a cute picture of the two of them in the maze.

Instead of a sandbox, they had a cornbox! It was a really cool idea. The kids had a great time playing with the corn and little gords.