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

GO BRAVES!

Football season has been a big challenging this year with a rambunctious toddler!  There is VERY little sit in this child, especially when he sees other kids running around.  Last year we found an area in the endzone with a fence on two sides so we could prevent them from running too far.  And since I'm not going to even attempt to sit in the bleachers with him, sitting in the endzone has turned out to work pretty well.

Kase gets pretty excited to go to Daddy's football games!

Apparently it's necessary to drink out of both cups at the same time

Kase has a shirt that says "My Daddy's the Coach" :)

I have a shirt that says "Coaches Wives Club"!

TOUCHDOWN IOWA BRAVES!!!

 These two boys are lifesavers at these games!  Krazy Kase keeps them busy, but the boys can run a whole lot faster than this pregger Mama! 

Kase and his buddy, Addilyn.  He has a terrible habit with Addilyn...he tackles her...often.  Poor Addi.

tractor

Cue music "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"...

"I like my Daddy's tractor.

I'm a pretty cool dude.

 My momma says 'be careful'

While I'm chugging along."

big boy fun

One of Kase's newest big-boy activities is playing Play-Dough.  We bought a set before we went on vacation this past summer, but haven't gotten it out much until recently.  It's also been fun to watch Kase's imagination unfold as he creates new things with his play dough.

This creation is called "white donut"

 He also thinks it's fun to have Mommy put the play dough into little balls so that he can put them into the cup, dump them out of the cup, and then repeat...multiple times.

  

The oven timer has turned into my newest parenting technique.  Not only is it our timer for when Kase needs to have a time out, but it's a great timer for letting him know when it's time to move to a new activity.  For example, tonight while playing play dough it was getting close to bath time.  I knew it was going to be a battle, so I set the timer for 5 minutes...and it worked!  As soon as the timer sounded he hopped off the chair and said "time for bath Momma!"

This little/big boy is growing up too fast! :)

apple pickin' belly growin' fun

A few years ago Keith and I went apple picking with my family who lives in Pella.  Since then we haven't been able to go with them due to busy schedules, and won't be able to go with them this year either, so we decided to go on our own!  Kase LOVED picking the apples, and it was great to be able to have a family activity in the midst of our busy fall.  Hopefully this is a new tradition we can continue in the coming years!

 first we had to have a lesson in not eating or picking up the apples on the ground

daddy got his weight-lifting workout in for the day!

   

 

"Mommy, are you coming too?"

This is one of three apples (that I know of) that he ate while we were picking.

 Mommy was there too...

I'm not quite sure what Kase is looking at here...

like I said earlier, Daddy got his workout in at the orchard! :)

 

and since I know you're all dying to see Baby S, here's Mommy & Baby at 23ish weeks!