Happy Halloween!!!

From my 3 monsters to all of you!!!

One Motocross Racer

Fantastic Four's "The Thing"

and the cutest Cow you will ever see!

We saw this HUGE pumpkin in our cul-de-sac this morning...

And it wouldn't be Halloween if there wasn't some sort of meltdown (by someone other than mommy, of course!)

Evening reading time

As I have blogged before, Chris HATES to read outloud. Unfortunately, it is part of his homework so it continues to be a nightly battle. He did, however, enjoy this:

Isaac was a little put-off by the fact that Chris wouldn't read HIS book, but was still ok to sit next to him and read to himself...

Fall is here!

I must admit, I hate to see Summer go. However. I will not miss the hot weather. I will miss the lazy days of no school, sleeping in and letting the boys have at the neighborhood. I am loving that both Chris and Jake are in all day school and I have just Isaac here, who takes 2 2-hour naps (YEAH!!!). I do love fall for its beautiful changing leaves, the cool mornings and the crisp evenings.

This is a tree just down the street from me that I have been meaning to take a pic of for more than a week. I finally did it!

And a spider web that had the morning mist clinging to it...

Welcome Fall. Don't be to harsh on us. Keep the sickies away, friends close and hot cocoa in our mugs to warm us on those cooler days.

Blessings to you all!

Fire Truck Ride... Oh yeah and pancakes!

So. We went to the Fire Department for the Pancakes, but the best part was the Fire Truck Rides!!! The boys were SOOOOOO excited (including Isaac) to see the trucks up close and personal. Then we got on...

The first time we went Chris sat in front... yes, no pic of that, Grandpa had the camera. This is our second trip - neither Chris or Jake could stop smiling the ENTIRE time!!! They asked the driver very polite questions, like what would happen if there was a fire when we were out on the ride? He said that we would just have to hurry back and get everyone out of the truck and get to the fire as fast as they could. He was very nice and explained in "kid terms" the many components of the truck.

Isaac got to go only with Mommy, so we went twice. He was so facinated by the seats and the things around us, he hardly said a word the whole time, which is rare for this child!

Chris and Jake went 3 times, and would have kept going if I would have let them... We went torwards the end of the day so there were hardly anyone there and no one in line for the most part!
I don't think that they had ANY fun what-so-ever, but I think that I will have to drag them to it next year to torture them even further... Hahahaha!