Pumpkin Carving

Today we carved our pumpkins. Well, Riley was more of "stuck" her pumpkin. She had gotten a cute princess potato head pumpkin kit from Erika, so she was all set to go. Mike drilled some holes, some with Riley's help, and then she pushed the pieces in. It turned out very cute. Then for the first time, she actually scooped out the pumpkin guts. She was having a lot of fun, but it took some time as she was sometimes taking out the seeds one at a time. She had a blast though and I think daddy had fun too.
I took a short video of her scooping the guts too.

Fall Fun

This morning I had an eye doctor appointment and they wanted to check out Riley too (since mommy is so blind!). I was worried that she would not do a good job, but she was excellent!! Did everything that the doctor asked and everything was just fine. Luckily, the doctor also said she does not have an astigmatism, like mommy, so that was even better news. After the appointment, it was off the meet Shannon and pick up Juliet. She has been wanting to go to a haunted house and Mike loves scary stuff, which I don't, so he thought it would be fun to take her. We had some lunch and then off to the pumpkin patch...finally. We had been putting it off since the weather has been so nasty, but today was our last chance. It was muddy and sloppy, but we still had a fun time. While Mike and Juliet went through the corn maze, Riley and I took a train ride. Then we picked out some pumpkins. There was a haunted barn so Mike and Juliet decided to check it out. She changed her mind at the last minute. (The plans for the big nighttime haunted house also changed.)

We had a great time enjoying the fall day and spending time with Juliet. Right now Mike and Juliet are enjoying a scary movie.....but not me. And why do I have a feeling that somehow Mike is going to find a way to take me to the Abyss....the haunted house that he was looking forward to checking out tonight?

Baby Warren

Today the Warren family grew by 1! Mike's cousin Ryan and his wife Kersten welcomed a little boy into the world. Hudson Elliot Warren was born today and we cannot wait to meet him at Thanksgiving. He just missed sharing a birthday with his Uncle Matt and Cousin Shannon by a few hours. Congratulations to the new family!!!!

Happy Birthday Shannon!

Sorry I have not blogged in a long time. We have not done many exciting things and work has been keeping me busy....or just making me not want to go on the computer at night.

Today was Shannon's birthday, so we headed to Granny's to celebrate! It was great for the kids to all get to play together and for the adults to catch up. We had a great meal of spaghetti and GIANT meatballs and some delicious cake. Then it was time to head home and get ready for another week of work and conferences...how is it that time already?

More Pictures Soon....

I will be adding some pictures for the last few posts soon. Picasa does not seem to be working (on mine or anyone else's blog), so I am going to have to attempt to post them a different way. Stay tuned......

Zoo with Lisa

Today we met cousin Lisa at the zoo. It was a blast! Lisa had never been to Brookfield Zoo, so Riley had a great time showing her around and taking her on the carousel. We got to see lots of animals and it was a fabulous day to be out and about. It was also Bear Awareness Day, so we got to see some cool bear things like the giant polar bear skull, and the bears seemed to be in the showing off mood too. We had a great day together. We even got to see the Ensign and Howard families there too....what better day could you have?:)

Magic Capsules

Tonight I decided to bust out the magic capsules. You know, the capsules you put in water and then get sponge creatures out of. Riley had a blast, although they worked to come out of their capsules very slowly. She lost interest after a bit of waiting, but kept going back to check on them. I am guessing they were a hit since they had to come to the zoo with us the next day. Don't tell her, but she lost 2 or 3 of them there. Oh well, it was still a fun Friday night activity.