First snow

We got our first snow last night. It snowed a lot more than was predicted! The boys were so excited to wear their snow boots today! Here is a picture outside the back end of our house:

And some of the boys playing during class:

Carsten with his teacher Miss Laurel

Fun moments

As a parent of three young children, I don't have to look too hard to find funny things happening all around me. Each of the boys has their own unique personality and it is fun to watch them develop and grow in their own time and way. Each day I am faced with both joys and challenges. On those days that seem to be more challenging than joyful I still find myself smiling at the end of the day when I think back on the fun moments that did occur! I am so thankful to be not only a mom, but a mom to three beautiful little boys!

Logan chewing on his toy bar

He sure was enjoying it, must have tasted good!

Not sure how he even got himself over there!

Carsten has figured out how to take off his clothes!

Rylan always wants to be right by me in the kitchen

And his tower had to come with him so brother didn't break it

Looks comfortable, eh?

New bed, decorated room

Today we finally got around to moving the crib into Logan's room and setting Carsten up in his toddler bed. We were so thankful that there happened to be a toddler bed available for use on our campus and our friends had a crib mattress that they did not need any more. We also got Logan's room all decorated with the cribbing set my grandma made for him! We love how it turned out.

Costumes

The boys had a lot of fun last night going around and collecting candy. We went to a fall festival on our campus first and Carsten grabbed an apple that was supposed to be for decoration and started eating it. He did not want the candy, just the apple! He was devastated when the apple fell and got dirt all over it. Funny kid. After the fall festival we went around the neighborhood for just a little while. We stopped at a local school where there was a fire truck with firemen handing out glow-necklaces! The boys loved those! Overall it was a really fun night and not actually too cold...a minor miracle for this area! Oh and Logan stayed home with daddy that is why there are no pictures of him!

Happy Pumpkin Day!

For Halloween today I put a pumpkin on each of the boys shirts! They came off the cards that my gram sent in the mail this past week. We got a few good pictures of the boys. Tonight we will go to a fall festival on campus and then around the neighborhood a bit. We are having pizza at a friend's house first which should be fun. I will post pictures tomorrow of the boys in their costumes.

Fun package

Today the boys were very excited because they got a special package in the mail from their great-grandma Burns! They each got a card and a fun little "critter" that vibrates and twirls on the ground when you pull the string. They both kept pulling the string and watching their little critter go all over the place. Carsten found it particularly funny and began to laugh which then caused Rylan to laugh as well! Thanks Gram, they loved it!

Although Carsten does not look very happy in this photo, he was. The camera we have has a long delay when the flash is being used and by the time the camera actually took the photo he was either looking away, closing his eyes or no longer smiling. This was the best one of the bunch!

All three

It is very hard to get a good picture of all three of the boys together. I have yet to accomplish this task, but here are a few attempts!

Carsten "reading"

Got a good one of these two!