Halloween is Coming

We went to the Johnson Farms Pumpkin Patch today, the weather being a bit cooler than earlier in October when we went to the KC Pumpkin Patch! It was nice though because it wasn't very crowded and we were first in line to get donuts. Grandpa T is here visiting us and the boys are enjoying his company...

 This afternoon, Jonathan's school had a Trunk-or-Treat so the boys dressed up in their costumes and we walked down the street to get some candy. Jonathan is Daniel Tiger and Christopher is Boba Fett...

 After dinner, we (I) carved our pumpkins! It is always fun to have the pumpkins carved and lit up. Jonathan chose his little pumpkin to be carved, which I have to say was much easier than the big pumpkin!

Still Harvesting

It's October 19th and I'm still picking vegetables! Today I found a handful of fresh tomatoes, some basil and a couple peppers, including a yellow (ish) pepper! It's so exciting to continually go out and find things to eat in the backyard. There is also a bunch of kale, which I will use for a recipe later in the week, some chard and a little bitty eggplant starting to grow. This has been such a fun growing season and I'm already starting to think of what we'll put in next year!

Two Turn Tables and a Microphone

Well, not really two turntables, but one at least!

I thought the boys needed to know the way people used to listen to music so we purchased a Victrola. It also gave me a good excuse to get the Joshua Tree anniversary box set of 7 U2 records! They (especially Christopher) were fascinated with it! You can imagine that Chris was intrigued to figure out how the thing works. We also picked up a Chuck Berry record too!

Also, I've thought that Chris looks more like me and Jonathan, well, I'm not sure who he looks like. But I was at my mom's, looking through old albums, and came across this picture which Brian pointed out looks very much like Jonathan!

The eyes are definitely similar. I think I was about 2 or 3 in this picture!

The Boys

On Thursday the boys got their hair cuts together and were looking very dapper as they enjoyed the beautiful fall weather!

 Then this morning, Chris created a marionette (obviously)...

 ...and Jonathan previewed his Daniel Tiger Halloween costume!

Big Boy!

Jonathan had his 3 year-old appointment today and the conclusion is that he is a big boy! He was in the 95th percentile for weight and the 93rd for height. Everything else looked good and Dr. Hostetler encouraged Jonathan to use the potty now that he is three lol!

Reader

Today was the Children's Sabbath at our church at which the kids took over some of the roles of the service. Christopher signed up to be the scripture reader at the early service so here it is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk0q3zj5FGA

More Recent Pics

Monday night, after dinner, we went to Betty Rae's to celebrate Jonathan's birthday! Here is a picture of everyone in the van! Also, Jonathan celebrated the next day with his friends at school...

On Wednesday, we met Tiffany and Leatha for bagels and coffee and the boys were being their silly selves...

And this morning we were waiting on a sunny day (it was raining this morning) and wore our sunglasses anyway!

Three!

Happy third birthday to this sweet little boy! 

Party Time

Today we celebrated Jonathan's third birthday! His actual birthday is tomorrow but we had a great little party with family and friends this afternoon. The theme was Paw Patrol! The cake followed the theme... and most of the toys did too!

 It was a fun afternoon and we are looking forward to celebrating our little man even more tomorrow!