Pumpkin Carving

The weather has been pretty warm lately, so we put off carving our pumpkins to delay the inevitable rot. The boys were so excited. This is the first year that Brady willingly scooped the guts out of his own pumpkin. Colby dug for a while but decided he would rather ride his scooter around the garage. He did however tell me how he wanted his pumpkin's face to look.

Brady's pumpkin, Todd's pumpkin, my pumpkin and Colby's pumpkin.

Bi-zi Pumpkin Patch 2007

We took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch with a large group of friends this year.

Anthony and Brady took quite an interest in a duck who was splashing and flappy in "less than clean" water. It was actually green.
Todd found a rotting sunflower seed and took joy in throwing seeds at us.
Brady found a pumpkin that was just his size.
Allie, Anthony (our neighbors) and Colby go for a ride in the wheel barrel.

Colby had been scoping out the animals at the Pumpkin Patch every morning and night when we drove by. He was so excited to pet and feed them.

Both of the boys are animal lovers.

Of course, the sheep are his favorite. Baaa...

The hay bale maze is always one of Brady's favorites. He helped Colby make it through.

Next up, the hay bale mountain. It's full of tunnels that Brady loves to crawl through. Colby wasn't quite ready this year. He was however willing to climb to the top.

I'm on top of the world!

Colby, Brady and Anthony

Brady and Anthony found their way to the top quickly.

Zoo Trip

It was such a beautiful day on September 23rd, the first day of fall, that we decided to get in one last trip to the zoo before the cold and rain set it. We even made it on the train.

We love being zoo members. We try to make it there every other week in the summer, but with vacations and crummy weather, we just didn't get there often enough this year.

The boys always love to pose on the animal statues.

The boys were very sad upon our arrival to find out that it was the last day of the Alaska Tundra exhibit. The boys have loved it for years but they're closing it down to build the new lion exhibit that will open in a few years. Fortunately, a wolf was out, which is rare, I think it's the first time any of us have seen him. Poor skinny old guy!