Wonderfully Wicked Bus Tour '11

This year was our 2nd annual Halloween bus tour! Last year our theme was 80's..... this year it was the Wonderfully Wicked Bus Tour - all black event! We had tons of fun!!!

Kent & I The "Tony Niight" group; Kent & I, Justin & Jamie, Tony & Miranda Tiff, Gusty, Kelsey, Katie & Me The group

Painting Pumpkins

Wednesday night we got our pumpkins ready for Halloween. Kent carved 2 Jack-O-Lanterns (per request of Macie)...I dug out all of the seeds & we cooked them..... Macie painted 2 pumpkins with finger paint.....Brayden painted 1 pumpkin (for about 2 minutes-ha ha ha)

Brayden -

Macie -

Pumpkin Shopping

Some cute pictures of us trying to find each of us the "perfect pumpkin" for Halloween...

Severs Corn Maze & Fall Festival

Ok so I am not a little behind on my blogging, I am a lot behind! I promise I will try & catch up soon! October 1st - 5th daddy went to North Dakota hunting so it was just mommy & the kids. Sunday the kids & I & my niece Taylor joined some friends & went up to Severs Corn Maze in Shakopee. It was a lot of fun, there is so much to do & see....Corn pit, Pig races, Giant slide, Petting zoo, (it even had a Jaguar, Macie was super excited) and 2 jumping pillows.... Next year when Brayden in another year older I think both kids will have a total blast!

The big maze (we didn't attempt)

The Corn Pit (Macie loved it, Brayden didn't really care for it)





The Big Yellow Slide - Trip #2 (Mommy & Brayden were on trip #1)

Katie/Macie, Taylor, Talan & his daddy Scot

Macie was so excited to see the Jaguar - it was just like the one Diego has :)

Feeding the birds - They give you a Popsicle stick with bird seed on it & the birds come & sit on the stick. Both kids loved it!

Macie Starts Dance

Like mother, like daughter.... Macie had her 1st dance class tonight. After going to her cousin Taylor's dance show last spring, Macie kept telling me she wanted to wear a shirt like Taylor. Everytime I asked her dance or gymnastics's, she answered dance. They are not supposed to start dance until 3, but since she is so close her teacher let her try it. She loved it! It helps that her assistant teacher is a daycare teacher & also a babysitter. She is dancing to a Cinderella song & using a fairy wand. I will post as the season goes on.

Brayden 18 Months

Wow I can not believe our baby boy is 18 months! He is still not saying a whole lot; mom, dada, ya & ut-o. Dr. Benson is going to call the school district & suggest he start speech therapy. Of course dad & I are game for anything we can do to help him out. So at this point, we are just waiting for a call for the next step. Otherwise he is a very happy little boy. He LOVES to be outside! He LOVES to be where ever his dad is! He is all boy..... getting dirty, trying to take things apart, trying to fix things, playing trucks, riding the 4-wheeler, everything. He has been in the toddler room at daycare since June & will stay there till he's almost 3. It was a nice transition because he was able to be with Macie all summer long, so it went really smooth. And he ws able to do a lot more activites being in the toddler room vs te infant room. Macie has just moved into the preschool room this week! My babies are growing up. Here are Brayden's 18 month stats:
Height; 32-1/4 (50%)
Weight; 26.2 (55%)
Head; 18.5" (80%)

Labor Day Camping

So we headed back to the campground with the "jumpy thing" (as Macie calls it) over Labor Day (aka the Yogi campground in Autin, MN). Our family got there Friday about 3:00 & enjoyed the weather. Saturday morning we were joined by Grandma Nancy, Grandpa Kurt, Auntie Katie & Cousins; Sam, Tyler & Brielle. We were able to enjoy lunch & then some rain moved in.....it turned out to be A LOT OF RAIN..... A FLOOD! Kent figures we got about EIGHT INCHES & in a VERY short amount of time! Grandpa Kurt went from feet on the ground, to feet on a couple 2 x 4's, to feet on a cooler. It was UNREAL! In one area they had 2 tents go under, a car get way too much water & 2 pop -up campers get too much water. So after they were done with them, they headed over & pumped us out. We still had a great time, but to say the least the kids were WET & DIRTY! The kids were still able to do a lot; a paddle boat ride, riding the mini bike, riding the peddle bikes, jumping on the jumping pillow, several train rides, riding the little bikes, just tons of fun stuff. Auntie Katie & our cousins crashed in the camper with us & stayed till nap time on Sunday. We stayed through the day & night Sunday & headed home Monday. It was a VERY wet, but VERY fun weekend!

Our Family - Macie (almost 3) & Brayden (1-1/2)

The kids in the rain at the START of it

Hi mom

Auntie Katie

WATER....



Grandpa :)

Macie & Brayden on the "jumpie thing"




Brayden giving Yogi FIVE

Brrrr

The kids on the train ride


Macie & her cousin Brielle on 1 of Macie's SEVERAL train rides

Macie the puppy

Brayden the puppy

Mom & Macie roasting marshmallows

Our home away from home