My Kind of Runner!

Danny ran his first race yesterday! Cameron ran a St. Patrick's Day race last year (his first) and this year, Danny wanted to be just like his big brother. I might be biased but, it was the cutest thing that I have seen in a long time! Danny came in dead last (in the middle picture above you can see the volunteers picking up the cones behind him); the race officials were packing up the finish line when I heard someone shout "Oh, here comes another one!" To his credit though, despite having the shortest legs of all the runners, he ran the whole 1/2 mile, smiled the entire way, and cheered on his big brothers and friends way ahead of him on the out and back course. That's my kind of runner!

Brotherly Love

Can you guess that this ended in a tackle?

Happy Thanksgiving From Two Turkeys

Really, a turkey and a Native American but I just couldn't resist!

Happy Halloween

We got a treat for Halloween . . . Grammy came to visit!

Pumpkins Everywhere

We LOVE fall at our house. The leaves are gorgeous, the boys love to carve pumpkins, and for Dennis, our Christmas fanatic, it means the start of Christmas season. If you think I'm kidding, I guarantee that he is already listening to Christmas music in his car. After years of experience, I have learned to put a moratorium on Christmas music in my car before Halloween or after the first week of January.

We are very lucky to live just a few miles from a couple of nice pumpkin farms.



One of the pumpkin patches makes frozen custard and Cameron asked that they both have some with "chocolate smudge." Apparently, Danny knew what he was talking about!



Danny's goal was to find a "yittle punkin" (little pumpkin) so he walked around saying "yittle punpkin where are you?" I don't think this one was it!



Cameron begged for this one and, while it was cool, I didn't think that bringing mold into the house was a great plan.

It's Official, Cameron is a Kindergartner

He marched right in yesterday and we had to call him back for kisses! When we picked him up, he came running to Danny, gave him a hug, and said "Kindergarten's fun!". He then called Daddy at work to tell him that kindergarten is as cool as he said it was. A perfect start to what I hope is a year of learning to love school.

Danny's Growing!

In more ways than one . . . Up until a few months ago, Danny didn't have much to say. Suddenly however, he has found his voice! Aunt Catherine gave both boys gorgeous hand-painted growth charts for their birthdays (a little plug - her friend makes them if you are interested!) and Danny is learning the names of the dinosaurs on his!