Pumpkin Patch!

We finally made it to a pumpkin patch this year! I really didn't know if we were going to make it! It was way fun and yes we got to enjoy Hunter's company again. You will also notice in the picture that Ethan broke his arm yet again. This time, it was the same arm but the radius and ulna in his lower arm instead! Poor kid! We were playing at the park with Tayler and Grandma and Grandpa Clark and Ethan fell off a ladder that was about 5-6 feet off the ground. I pretty much new immediately that he broke it again. It was still a great day to go to the park! :) This is his temporary hard splint and sling until the swelling goes down.

Mylie enjoying the maze with cousin Tasha!

Playing hide-and-go-seek with Jeff in the maze.

Wagon rides! Nice face My!

Mylie showing off her pumpkin!

Sniffy with the pumpkins! I will have to do a sniffy post someday and just show all the pictures of Mylie doing sniffy in various places. I love it!

Cute kids!

All the cousins that were able to come. Thanks everybody!

Kites!

Jeff had the great idea to fly kites this day! It was VERY windy! The string broke on the kites several times including one time where Ethan's kite flew into our neighbors circle! I ran to get it before it blew too far away, Ethan was crying, and I nearly went into labor trying to rescue the darn thing! Next time we will have to order less wind and back-up kites! Here is Mylie so proud of her barbie kite way up high!

Ethan before the near loss of his spider man kite!

Good job kiddos! With the high winds I was seriously afraid that our kids may take flight with their kites! That was a great idea! Thanks Dad!

Campfires with Dad!

I know this picture is kind of dark but it was oh so cute! This is one of Jeff and Ethan's favorite things to do together. Mylie and I usually join in too but she was already asleep for the night so we stayed in.

Park City for Labor Day

Grandma Frazier had the great idea to go to PC for Labor Day. We had tons of fun! Hunter (cousin) even got to come which made Ethan very happy! Thanks for the great idea and the rides Grandma!

Mylie enjoying her ride on the animal of her choice the "chicken"

Cute smile!

Mylie and I braved the alpine slide together! It was so much fun! She loved it, although she kept getting mad at me because there were various bugs on the slide and I wouldn't stop to let her hold them!

My handsome boy ready for a race! Jeff went down with him so I don't know why he wasn't in the picture.

Enjoying ice cream at the end of a fun day! What could be better? Thanks again Grandma!

Random moments in our lives..........

One of the first days of school. Shortly after we drop Ethan off each day Mylie asks "where did my Bubby go"? You would think that walking him to school and saying good-bye to him would give her a clue :) It is cute that she misses him and she is always happy to go pick him up.

Mylie wanted to wear a pretty dress and have me take a picture! I hope this lasts!

This was Ethan's idea! We all had to dress up like Pteradactyls (sp?) and fly around the backyard. And yes, I was one too. What were the neighbors thinking that day?

Making scary dinosaur sounds! And Mylie was in clothes at one point during the day, although she almost always gets back into jammies somehow!

Jylaire had the great idea to take all the kids to Mrs. Cavanaugh's! We were quite the herd! I'm sure they will stop public tours after our visit. The kids loved it! Thanks Jylaire!

Watching a movie on how their candy is made. Look how well mannered the kids are :)

Mylie enjoying her free chocolate sample.

Ethan had asthma issues the other day which required a nebulizer treatment. Mylie had to join in on the fun! Good thing we had two "elephant trunks" and for those who are wondering, her mask is hooked up to the couch!

The other day we were at a restraunt and Ethan saw a no smoking sign. The kind with the circle around a cigarette and a line through it. He asked what it was and we told him. A couple days later he created this sign for his door. It is a girl with a circle around her and a line through it to ward off all the girls trying to enter his room! (or more specifically his sister) :) What a cutie!

This is why I shouldn't talk on the phone when Ethan has friends over and their little cute imaginations are running wild! As I walked down our hall, I noticed that the linen closet was open and pretty much completely empty. This is a rather large linen closet with every towell, sheet, pillowcase, tablecloth, and many of the blankets that I own. I then walked into Ethan's bedroom to find this! The kids were trying to build a fort. Seeing that they didn't have the proper things in his room to hold up the walls, they thought it would be appropriate to just get as many things in there as possible to make walls. Oh the horror! It took me and my neighbor and friend Tasha over an hour to fold everything again. Thanks Tash! On a more possitive note, my linen closet has never looked more straight and organized!

Mylie thinks it is funny that she can give me a hug around my legs and completely disappear under my belly! Yes, this is my belly and yes, you can't see my toes!

Peek-A-Boo!

This is my little fashion queen. She loves to find lot's of "pretty" things and put them all on! Ethan also likes to dress her up in everything he can find. This one was all her though! What a cutie!

Soccer, once again, has come and gone!

Ethan got to play with his good friend Mason again for the third year in a row! They have so much fun and very similar soccer techniques! (run around, follow the team, smile, have fun, but don't make too much contact with the ball)

Nice action shot! I don't know if the form is just right but looks like fun!

Notice the determination!

Funny Conversations...................

I walked into the bathroom to find Ethan playing in my bathroom sink. There was water and soap filled to the brim of the sink and all over the counter and everything on the counter. I said......
Me: Ethan you made a huge mess what are you doing?
Ethan: Mom, I'm just doing science and sometimes it's messy!

Mylie's newest phrases
What's your deal mom? (when I'm not hurrying fast enough)
That's amazing!
Yea I probably did that. (when accused of doing something naughty)
Actually, I don't want that.

I found Ethan downstairs with lot's of candy wrappers and I asked him why he went and helped himself to the candy cupboard with asking me first (which is our rule) He said, Mom since you are so tired because of the baby in your tummy I didn't want to bother you to ask you.

He is getting very smart with getting his way. These are some examples...................
Mylie since you are being so good today I'm going to let you watch TV. (I don't like them watching a lot of TV and so if he says it this way he is just being kind to his little sister!)

Mylie frequently comes running upstairs while they are playing downstairs and asks for pink milk (strawberry milk) for her and Ethan. (Ethan's idea, I'm sure) She will later bring both sippy cups back upstairs to be washed. (again Ethan's idea)

Any time Ethan really wants something or is very thankful for something I did for him or allowed him to do he calls me the most beautiful girl in the world! He also has a song he made up about how beautiful I am. (It says "Mommy is so beautiful" over and over again) Mylie sings it with him now most of the time. Even if I am just in a bad mood sometimes they both break out is song to cheer me up. It works! :) I love these kids!