Macie turns 3

Our baby girl turned 3 yesterday! I can not believe where the time has went. She is such a good little girl! She is in the preschool room at daycare & thinks it's pretty neat to go on field trips & ride the "big bus". She is still doing dance class & really enjoys that. She is a very good big sister, always helping with Brayden!
We celebrated her birthday already back in September because we rented a bounce house & wanted to do it while it was still warm out. Yesterday we told her she could decide what we did & she wanted to go eat & the place where you throw money in the water (aka - Mexican Village). She was a lucky girl... she got grandma & grandpa Evans and grandma & grandpa Hewitt to join her as well!
Happy 3rd Birthday Macie! Mommy & Daddy love you very much!

The kids getting ready to throw their money Macie throwing money in the wishing fountain

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%)