Pumpkin Patch

Better late than never, right? We took the kids up to Rock Creek Farms in Broomfield. It was crazy! I have never in my life seen so many pumpkins. Seriously. Henry loved running in the fields.

We took Nana, Papa and GG. Good day.



Henry picking a pumpkin.... he brought home 10.

Nope, not drinking... just loving the pumpkins.

Daddy and his girl.

GG and her girl!

Papa and Henry

Henry loves cotton candy.

Pretty sure we won't be getting a good family photo for years.

LOVE LOVE LOVE

We start them early

We play strong republican cards in our house. We don't care what our kids decide when they grow up... as long as they find the right to vote important.....

Both our kids were born in voting years. This year? Liz voted. She liked it. Her candidate lost. But she was pretty happy that day all the same.

Henry voted his first year too. He candidate lost and he cried.

Love that we have photos of both with their stickers. Maybe one day we can use these when they run for office.

Etsy...

Here are some things I am loving from this site today....

Slippers for Henry.....

This amazing wool coat, for ME

This diaper bag (since I don't carry a purse)

This necklace... with my kids initials. I have another one I love....

These longies for lizzie to wear over her diapers. Cute for Christmas!

all photos from www.etsy.com

Go Wyo

Henry.... likes Wyoming. He liked football and those cowboys....

And now? Well, Liz likes them too. Good girl.

Baby Food

When Henry was born one of the things I wanted to do as a STAY AT HOME MOM, was to make all his baby food. I mean, I was at home all day, it was the least I could do. Plus, you have read the benefits, right? It is full of vitamins and cheaper, plus there are no preservatives and I am keeping the plastic out of landfills. You get it.

Well, when it was all said and done, there were about 5 things that I made regularly for Henry. Squash, bananas, pumpkin and applesauce. Wait, that is 4 things, and he HATED the bananas. So pretty much, I gave up. And you know what? Henry is a picky eater. He doesn't like many veggies, and the fruits he does eat are random- one day he likes them, the next he doesn't. Maybe this isn't about the fact that I fed him jarred baby food. Maybe it was the fact that when he didn't like something we gave in and let him have something else. Who knows.

With Liz we (ok, I) really wanted to try and make as much as we could. We waited until she was 6 months old to start any kind of solid- we figured she wasn't ready at 4 months and didn't want to push it. We started with some organic jarred foods- I wanted to see what she liked (and really, what liked her). Once we had a better idea we got started.

We use a Beaba- it makes it so easy to steam then puree any food. That said, I don't think it makes the food as smooth as Lizzie likes. And it is only good at making small batches. So we switched it up to the large steamer and food processer. We now have a freezer full of food that lizzie loves.

A quick sample of what we have:

- mango/banana
- mango/sweet potato
- sweet potato/ banana
- brocolli/pear
- chicken/cauliflower
- peas/carrots
- peas/apples
- apples/chicken

Here's hoping we can keep this up.....

My kids

A quick update on Henry and Lizzie. This is for my one reader.... and my mom :)

Henry:

- Started MDO this fall, he LOVES it. There are 8 boys and 2 girls. He wants to go everyday. Looks like next fall will be 3 day a week preschool!

- Is POTTY TRAINED. This is the best news ever. Seriously, B and I had a mini party to celebrate.

- May or may not be using some choice words he has heard mommy use. Bad bad news. I won't tell you what ones they are, but I will say, they are not ones I hope he uses while at church.

- Loves, loves, loves his sister. It is awesome. He crawls in her crib after her naps (and sometimes during her nap) to play. It melts my heart.

Lizzie:

- is army crawling

- is still cloth diapered. 8 months- wasn't sure we would make it. But still love it.

- is eating EVERYTHING. I make all her food so she has some pretty great mixtures (post to come, I am obsessed)

- waves at us (oh lord, this is the cutest thing, ever)

And because they are cute......

Busy, Busy

It seems that we go weeks between posts these days...

What have we been up to?

Watching Lizzie grow (and make her mad face)... she now weighs just over 10 lbs and is 23 inches long. She is tiny compared to Henry. She is still in her tiny clothes- NB and some 0-3 months...

Golfin'- Henry and Daddy have gone 3 or 4 times in the last couple weeks. Daddy has taught Henry how to tee the ball up, how to putt and how to "put the ball in the hole!"
Playing with our trucks....

Watching Henry and Daddy play golf. She was as excited as her momma...

More to come soon, this time we promise!