impromptu leaf fun

Last Monday night, Becky and I decided to rake up some leaves to jump in. Boy, was it fun! There is just something about leaves that make everyone happy (when we're jumping in them, not raking them up!)

Becky all covered up. She said, "Not my face, because that will make me cry." Oh, the things she comes up with!

Then Al got home and got to join us. He had fun jumping up out of the leaves and scaring Becky.

The story wouldn't be complete, though, without me telling you that Al came inside while I was getting supper ready and says, "Have you seen my keys?" Oops! They fell out of his pocket while playing in the leaves. After about 10 minutes of searching with flashlights, we were able to locate them. It was really pretty hysterical. Who loses their keys while playing in the leaves? I told him, "You know I'm going to have to blog about this." He said, "I figured." At least he understands and can laugh about it with me. I think he was just glad we found them!

trick or treat

Friday night was Beggar's Night in Des Moines. We went over to Sarah's to go trick or treating with Emma since there aren't a lot of houses in our neighborhood who participate. It sure was fun, even though it was a little cold!

I was so proud of Becky this year. She went up to the doors all by herself and knocked. She had fun but was ready to be done. It was cold and rainy. Emma, on the other hand, loves candy, and when Becky said she wanted to go back to Emma's house, Emma said she wanted more candy!

carving pumpkins

Becky and I went and got pumpkins last night since we hadn't gotten to carve any yet. We found the three best looking ones we could. (Out of eight, we took ones that still had handles on them!) Here we are carving them.

Becky got in it and pulled out what she could. She kept saying, "That's disgusting!" (That's her new favorite thing to say from The Cat and The Hat. Thanks Brenda and Bode! : )

She did a pretty good job, but there were a lot of guts, so Daddy got to help.

Our finished product!

Nite Eyes

Last Saturday we went to Nite Eyes at the Zoo. Here is Jasmine all ready to go!

She sure wasn't afraid of any of the characters this year!

Posing for a picture with Cinderella and Snow White. They were so excited to see her, telling her, "Jasmine, we haven't see you in forever!" She was thrilled!

Emma and Becky

more Nite Eyes

Here are some more pics from Nite Eyes. We sure had fun. Thanks for going with us, Emma, Sarah, Vicky and Charlie!

Before we left, we saw Spiderman and Batman. We had to go see them. Becky was so excited, until we got to the front of the line. She decided that she did not want her picture taken, and Al felt too old to go up by himself, so I snapped this picture. Becky told me afterwards, "I only like them on T.V. mom." Maybe next year!

night with Isabelle

We got to watch Isabelle, Holly's little girl the other night. Becky wanted to hold her, so I snapped this picture before she started to crawl away!

First Homework Assignment

Becky's preschool was closed one Friday for the teachers to go to training. We got to spend the day playing and having fun. We also go to work on her first homework assignment. We sure had fun!

This is how she looked most of the day. She just loves dressing up like a princess!

her finished work product!

Clay County Fair 2009

Here are a few highlights from the fair this year. It was a beautiful day, and we had a great time!

Grandma Donna, Grandpa Larry, and Becky

long, busy weekend

We had a great Labor Day weekend, but it was busy! We had several people over on Saturday to watch the UNI v Iowa ballgame. It was a riot. We had people yelling and screaming and just having fun. Sunday was more low key. We stayed home most of the day, but we were busy doing activities. Monday we headed to Adventureland again. This time Julie and Drake went with us. What fun! Drake has even less fear than Becky does. The kids were great and seemed to be having fun, even though they didn't want to ride together much. Everyone wanted to drive! After three days of playing hard and no naps, this is Becky after about 10 minutes in the car on the way home Monday!
She was out. And it was hilarious. I swear she had just been talking to me.

Omaha zoo

On my birthday, we went to the Omaha zoo for a day. Sarah and Emma and Vicky went with us. What a great day! Here are some of the highlights.

It was such a beautiful day, and the animals were very active. A pretty good birthday!

Friday afternoon project

Al and I decided to take the day off the put carpet down on our sunporch. Here is the work in progress.....
And here is our finished product! It looks very nice, and we are pretty proud of ourselves! Becky would have loved to help and was a little sad she couldn't, but I don't think we would have gotten it done in an afternoon with her helping. We had enough trouble ourselves!