This last week has been so much fun!  It was my birthday and my sister, Annie, came and stayed with us for a night!  I felt so loved by family, the team and friends back home!  I’ll post more pictures soon…but for now….

I can’t believe this time tomorrow we will be in the car on our way home!!!  It is so exciting and unreal all at once! 

Please enjoy these cute faces from an outing in the park the other day…

I don’t really like the dark part of Halloween with all the crazy decorations and scary costumes, but I love the dress up and candy part!!!  So, Happy Dress Up Day!!!!!!!!!!!!  🙂

I think I have the cutest little (ok…maybe not so little) Tigger and Superman EVER!!!  Please admire their cuteness…

Although I can not claim the bee holding J…I’m pretty fond of her as well…and think she is the cutest bee 🙂

Today was so much fun!  Ha ha it feels like we drove ALL over Indiana looking for a pumpkin patch/corn maze/hay ride only to find the pumpkins were ALL gone!!  We were all a little astonished-thinking they should be out till Thanksgiving!  I guess we were too late to get the itch for a pumpkin!!  So, we drove to Wal-Mart hoping to at least find one there that we could get for the boys to get pictures with…they were all gone too!  Poor Caleb had his little heart set on a finding a pumpkin too…so I could not completely squash his little heart and brought him back a plastic pumpkin…do you see the joy in his face holding his pumpkin????  Hahaha it is so sweet and then a little sad too.  The poor guy didnt get a real pumpkin!  He did take his plastic pumpkin to bed though!  Haha in spite of our lack of pumpkins today-we really had fun! 

• we drove through some beautiful corn fields
• got settled in a new room
• practiced trick or treating on Maddie’s door…where she gave out Nemo fruit snacks and granola bars
• went trick or treating in a local mall (all the cool stores were giving out candy)
• ran around at a park by a river-which was the perfect fall landscape
•  had dinner at a local italian place
• and now home in bed!!

• ****Jeremiah’s version****
  • I like food!!!
  • Meals are a lot of fun!!
  • Always open my mouth when something edible is coming towards it!
  • I like kiddie rides and carousel rides-why did I use to sleep through this fun?
  • Rolling a few times in a row is fun and gets me places…but I still don’t want to crawl
  • My squeals and  shrieks sound a lot a like-but neither make mom and dad very happy when done in the middle of the night
  • Throw a fit every time I get into the car seat-cause sometimes I’m stuck in there for a while
  • Glow sticks are amazing at 10:00pm on a long car ride
  • I like my pack n play travel bed!
  • Roll when I am getting a diaper change-its fun to see the frustration on mom’s face
  • Real food makes for some hard poops
  • I like my bottle even when the water has to be cold
  • Grab Ben’s beard, Maddie’s earings, and daddy’s glasses as often as I can
  • Turns out I might be the only one with straight hair in my family-even with it way past my ears…mom isn’t ready to cut it
  • I’m very interested in Gavin, so I don’t get placed close to him to often
  • My blanket is my most prized possession!  With all the craziness and change-it is the drug that calms me!
  • Pacifiers are chew toys-I like to put holes in mine
  • I miss Napoleon, so I love to play with plastic water bottles like he does
  • I can defend myself when Caleb takes something from me-a Jurassic Park shriek tells them I can’t be walked over
  • My constant tooting when I am asleep makes my parents laugh

****Caleb’s version****

• While riding the “alligator” (elevator) it is ok to press the button with a star next to it (for the lobby)…never press the button with a bell or phone…and NEVER EVER press the fireman helmet button
• Always ask for prizes in the car, because mom usually has one
• Watch Cole in the review mirror at all times, so I can keep him in line…and correct him at all times…and its pretty cool to ask for whatever he is holding and playing with aswell
• Wake up before mom wants to get up, so I can crawl in the big bed with her
• Mickey Mouse, Pooh, and Handy Manny aren’t always on TV like they are at home (ahem…missing DVR)
• Run into every new hotel room and find the pen and paper beside the phone on the nightstand
• The small pools at the hotels are the “hot ones”
• Offer J my chicken, so I don’t have to eat it (besides I only eat ‘muscle chicken’…Ben’s brillant method of getting Caleb to eat his dinner)
• Do not go O.C.D. no matter how many times mom wants to hand sanitize my hands in a day
• Do not freak out (tantrums) because I will have to calm down, count to 5 (3, 6, 8, 9, 11-hahah its different every time), and say I am sorry
• “Please” doesn’t always mean I get what I want oh wait I haven’t grasped that one yet
• Every “new room” is a “cool new room”
• Some of my favorite new phrases are “check it out” and “I’ll be right back, mom”
• Do not EVER let mom style my hair
• I seem to always mix up the terms breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Do not attempt to sleep in a hotel bed-I will wake up with a bump on the floor…I’ll just stick to my Spiderman bed
• Be thankful I’m a deep sleeper and don’t wake up to J’s nightly wailing
• Put things in all the dresser drawers (makes mommy do a scavenger hunt when we pack up)
• Ask for cinnamon rolls at breakfast-cause they are “so good!!!”

Special Edition: An interview with Caleb

Mommy:  Who is your friend on this big trip?

Caleb:  COLE!

Mommy:  What is your favorite thing to eat?

Caleb:  Cheese dip!!

Mommy:  What is your favorite thing in the “new room”?

Caleb:  Mi’rowave…I put things in it

Mommy:  What is your favorite thing at the park?

Caleb:  Slide

Mommy:  What was your favorite animal at the zoo?

Caleb:  I throw this water on you, mommy

Mommy:  Ok, I think we are done with the interview