Pumpkin patch fun w/ friends

watching the trick pig

petting the baby pigs!

Weekend fun.

First up, the fire station open house. We try and go every year & it's always so much fun. The firefighters are awesome hosts and the boys can't get enough of seeing the rigs & riding in the little pumper truck. And guess who gets to have their next b-day party there.... Cal! He has some serious luck when it comes to their raffle. Two years ago he won a fire truck ride and this year he won the fire station bday party!

of course the boys have the look the part

mini pumper rides

big boy going solo on a ride

Next up, Oktoberfest in Leavenworth.

South, yum!!

Crazies

Crazy 1 & Crazy 2. These boys have way too much energy.

Diaper free house!

Friday marked day 1 the of the dreaded potty 3-day training & I'm happy to report  that we're on day 2 of being accident free (knock on wood). Not changing any diapers feels kinda amazing. We did the same 3-day training that we did with Cal and it didn't let us down again. The only difference is day 1 wasn't as big of a disaster as it was with Cal & our biggest challenge this time around was Cal cause he  wanted to be really involved.

It's crazy over the last month or so how much B has seemed to grow up. It's like he woke up overnight taking in full sentences, picking up & using random (funny) expressions, knowing the entire alphabet, counting to 10 like a champ (& even to 20 skipping a few numbers here & there), and now wearing big boy undies. Stop growing big guy, your mommy doesn't like it (aside from the no diapers ;)

tower of new undies washed & ready to go

we played LOTS of tractors to pass the time

Since one of us was on house confinement at all times, Ian was able to take a break with Cal for soccer and a trip to the fire station.

First real school homework.

Brought to you by the letter I. Welcome to the big league, Cal.

Weekend hunt for clean air.

We had even intention of spending last weekend at home since we've been gone so much but the smoke has been SO bad (still, ugh) so we fled town, along with everyone else. So what better to do then head to Pullman for some Cougar football. Stellar time, not so stellar game.

and a visit with Grandpa Jack

Our goal for Sunday was to drive as little as possible but be able to be outside. So we went up to Lake Wenatchee, granted it wasn't smokeless, but it was better.

My attempt at updating the blog

I use nap time as my blogging time however this little lady makes it a little tough to get anything done on the computer.