"I'm not tired momma"

said the sleepy toddler who fell asleep in his chair while we stepped into the kitchen for two minutes

fun filled friday

give a toddler a ball of yarn...

...and Mommy will have a few minutes where above-mentioned toddler is not clinging to her leg!

day at the muse-UM

Yesterday Mommy had the day off of work so we met up with Kase's buddy Walker, and Mommy's buddy Nichole at the Children's Museum (or muse-UM) as Kase says.

Kase's highlight of the trip was playing in the ambulance.  He could have played in that thing for HOURS. 

His other favorite part was the music room.  It was filled with pianos and drums...an active toddler's favorite things...and a mother with a headache's worst nightmare.

  Not sure if I've ever blogged about Kase's fear of cows.  It all started this past summer at the Boyden Bash where a baby cow...MOOed at him.  FREAKED OUT.  So imagine how well it went when this baby cow was around the corner...yeah...it was not good.

practicing his big brother skills

future pilot?

After a few hours of playing we had some lunch and headed home.  This sleepy boy was asleep by the time we left Iowa City!  Thanks Walker & Nichole for meeting us and for a great day a the muse-UM!

Halloween!

Honestly, I'm not a huge Halloween fan.  I don't like the freaky costumes, I don't like it that it's suddenly "OK" for my child to take candy from strangers, and I think it's just a strange holiday.  However, I'm not a fuddy-fud Momma, and Kase LOVES to dress-up so...

Last fall when Halloween costumes were 70% off I scored these two costumes:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

and Firefighter

 What's a firefighter without his red fire truck?

This picture has nothing to do with Halloween other than the fact that it was taken on Halloween.

It's a rare glimpse at Momma on the blog.

Moving on...

Kase ultimately decided on the Firefighter for his costume this year.

Even the truck came with us trick or treating.

We have 2 firefighter hats, so Daddy got to wear the red one while pulling the wagon.

Trick or Treat!

Overall it was a successful evening.  We hit just a few houses, scored some great candy (which will mostly benefit Mommy & Daddy), and had fun playing dress-up!

fall

Last weekend we took Kase to a fellow co-worker's farm where they have a pumpkin patch.  He was thrilled to be able to walk around and see all of the pumpkins.  He was not, however, thrilled that I made him wear his hat & gloves.

In their front yard there was a small tractor which instantly became his favorite part of the trip.  Nevermind the pumpkins we had just picked, he was in love with this tractor!

After pumpkins we went to our friend's field where he was combining his beans.  Since Kase loves watching all of the combines in the field we thought maybe he'd like to ride in the combine...but...

apparently we were wrong...

...screaming...

...still crying...

...OK, maybe this isn't so bad.

In fact, this might be pretty fun! He thought the big window in the front of the combine was pretty great.

And then it was totally cool to watch the beans go into the wagon.

He survived!

Then, because I'm NOT handing my 2-year old a knife to carve his pumpkin, we painted!

This is the look of SERIOUS concentration.

not sure what this face is though...

Keith and I intend to carve our big pumpkins closer to Halloween, maybe then I'll post an after picture of the pumpkins.  We painted one for Molly, one for the baby (half pink, half blue, with a question mark in the middle), and then Kase's masterpiece.  He thought it was pretty great!

not just any band-aid will do

Hey Guys,

Kase here.  I fell down and got a good booboo on my knee.

Mom tried to put a regular band-aid on it.

I was all like "Oh no Mama, you DID NOT just try and put a regular band-aid on my cute leg."

So today we went to the store...and wouldn't you know it, they had Buzz & Woody band-aids!

My favorite!

We put one on after bath tonight, and I wouldn't let Mama put my pants on.

I just don't want to cover my stugly (studly) band-aid.

Peace out dudes!

Kase