Pumpkin Day

Although this event occurred about a week and a half ago, I felt it was still worthy of posting. The girls, Grampy (Rich), and I attended Pumpkin Day at the Farmers Market. The events of the day included a pumpkin decorating contest, the biggest pumpkin, and kids activities (face painting, moon bounce, etc.). Although we didn't partake in the kids activities (the lines were too long), we did witness the largest pumpkin and some of the winners in the pumpkin decorating contest. Believe it or not, the largest pumpkin there (not in the contest) weighed (?) pounds!! (Take a guess at the weight)

It took quite a while to pick out our pumpkins. Kate gravitated towards the odd shape ones with bumps and lumps. She sees beauty in everything! We also had the opportunity to see the "pumpkin blow-up" that Kate asks about each year, as well as come home with an orange pumpkin, a white pumpkin, and two small tri-color pumpkins. Fun for the whole gang!

Crib Diving...No Longer an Option!

About a week and a half ago, we heard a loud "THUD" about 15 minutes after putting the girls to sleep. Lauren had decided it might be fun to climb out of her crib. Although it startled her, she was okay, no broken bones or bruises. She assured us that she would stay in her crib the rest of the night, which she did. HOWEVER, she repeated the act the next night as well. (We never experienced this with Kate, so this "crib diving" was new to us.)

So, the next day we headed out to purchase a mattress for our daredevil. Since Lauren has a timetable all her own, her room has not been redecorated. Kate allowed us to paint her room and decorate prior to moving into a "big girl bed." Hence, Lauren is in her same room, nothing changed, just a mattress on the floor in place of the crib. (We did order a bed for her this weekend.)

We must say, she loves her big bed and has actually slept longer in the mornings than she did in her crib. I guess it's well worth it!