Happy Birthday Joshua!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Joshua!

A little flashback to Baby Josh and to Kris' beard...
Cole and Joshua meeting for the first time

Josh is excited that it is his birthday....although I think he is still trying to figure it all out. Grandpa Gamber called this morning and told him Happy Birthday and Josh said "Happy Birthday to you, Grandpa!" He came downstairs a few minutes before me this morning and when I went in the kitchen he was biting into a head of lettuce. I took it and asked him what he wanted for breakfast and he told me cereal with lettuce. He is very excited for his X-Men birthday party later this afternoon...more photos to come!

Why So Serious?

Nope, Josh isn't preparing to be the Joker for Halloween....

He's enjoying chocolate chip pancakes.

Pumpkins

Last night was the long-awaited Pumpkin Painting night. The kids were SO excited to get their pumpkins! We brought Ali's in first and told them that was the biggest one. Cole was a little sad until we brought in the other two and he realized we were tricking him!

They worked hard to paint them just the way they wanted them...

The finished products:

OK, this last pumpkin one is a flashback a few years ago - Cole worked so hard to paint this pumpkin and he named it "Punky Poopstain" all by himself. We laughed about it forever - in fact we are still laughing!!
Josh found a great new alternative to socks - GLOVES!

Ali looking pretty
Josh got a new Batman bed - this expression says it all. When h walked in his room he started screaming and jumping up and down and holding out his p.j. shirt to show that it matched his new bed. He loves it!
The boys chillin with Batman

Random Photos

Our litte Hula GirlMy parents' sweet neighbors went to Hawaii and brought back some darling outfits for our kids!
Cole and Josh at the circus. Love the expressions!
There was a double rainbow outside after the last rainstorm. You can't see both of them in the picture, but the kids thought it was pretty cool.

'Tis The Season

Ok, not that season, but it is my favorite season. Fall is here! I love fall! I love the weather, the colored leaves, the fact that football season has started, all of the fun, upcoming holidays...but most of all...I love that Arctic Circle now has their PUMPKIN SHAKES!! Yum!! So here's my funny story that I have to share. We finally went last week to get a pumpkin shake (and it was soooo worth the wait!) and we saw that they have sweet potato fries. I wanted to see if Kris could eat them, so I asked the guy working there if they were breaded or had flour on them. He actually responded by saying "I don't know...(pause) oh - I know - they do have sweet potatoes in them". Kris had to turn around because he started laughing and I couldn't even think of anything to say. Did he really tell me that the sweet potato fries had sweet potatoes in them??? So then this girl working there hears us and says "oh I love them. They are good!" So again, I ask her...are they breaded or do they have wheat? I even tell her we have an allergy so I need to know. Her response: "I don't know. But I love to dip them in caramel. It is so good!". Needless to say, they are not so helpful. But I do recommend you go get a pumpkin shake - I don't know that it even has pumpkin in it but it is so good!