Fall Fun

We have had some fun outside this Fall. The boys wanted to make a scarecrow, and so we did, and he sure has been a fun addition to our family. And, once our trees get started, the leaf fun never ends!

Straw Maze

A few weeks ago (Oct 15-18) Aunt Cami came to visit for her Fall Break. We had such a fun time with her here. On Friday night we went to the straw maze over in Salem. It was such a fun time had by all. I don't know why I didn't get pictures of Cami with us, but we got pictures of the rest of the gang. Mitch and Tanner and Colty got glow stick weapons. Mitch got a sword and felt like a real pirate, and Colt and Tanner got guns. We were glad we had them because it was kind of dark in there and we didn't think of that as being an issue before hand. It has turned out to be a fun thing anyway as the boys keep their glowsticks in the freezer and get them out frequently to play with. It took us a long time to go through the maze, then "amazing" Dave decided he could do it again without any problem, so we went through again and were truly out in like 5 minutes. The memory of and elephant, or maybe a lab rat! They also had a kids maze that the little boys liked most. The straw was only one bale tall and it was much easier to do. But, even after doing it 3 or 4 times, they still didn't remember how to do it. I guess they got their mom's skills, not their dads!

New Toofee

Braden now has a tooth!! Yippee! He is 8 months old and we noticed on Sunday that his bottom right tooth has broken through. Tanner was about 10 months, and Colton was over a year old when they got their first teeth, and I was done nursing both of them by then, so nursing a kid with a tooth is a new experience, one not so pleasant I might add. Makes me contemplate weening him soon.
So, I guess I will make this whole blog about our littlest brother. Brady Bug, as I call him regularly, is a fun boy. He wants so badly to do what his brothers do, and most of the day is spent calming Tanner and Colton down from acting like his is going to ruin all their stuff. He has been crawling now for 2 months, and it is quite hilarious. He gets up on his feet and crawls like a stink bug. But, his legs are kind of short so his back end really doesn't poke up too much.
He is at the stage where he puts everything to his mouth, and he eats okay too, but he is really quite partial to applesauce and pearsauce, will not eat veggies, and loves dry cereal (cheerios, cap'n crunch, etc.)
I love this stage. He is fun to play with, responds to funny noises, makes funny noises, and is so dang cute.
It is so fun to be a mom.

Braden

Country Boys

Tanner

Colton