Eli is still very much in love with his big pumpkin, however he has never liked the stem so this weekend he covered the stem w/crate paper and was very pleased the the ugly stem was covered up. He was also excited when I informed him that he could use washable markers on it and then clean it off if he did not like what he had written or made. I have yet to convince him to carve it we will see. He enjoyed coloring on it and we even practiced his words on it to something different for a change.

Kiley loves to play with her hair things and head bands. They are great they can be almost anything with a little creativity. She likes to where the ponytail holders as bracelets, the bands like a hippy child, and anything else she can think of. This particular day she bandaged Eli's head because, "He was not listening and fell off of something he should not be on and got an ouch so she had to fix his head and then he needed to sit down."

You have got to love 5 year olds. Eli at times seems and talks so grown up and other times well not so much...

I am not a fan of sponge bob. Eli has seen it once while getting his hair cut and once at a bowl game in the bus w/all the coach's kids as we were staying out of the cold weather. He knows how much I hate the show so he sometimes make comments about it. As we were looking through his book order from school the other day he sees a book of sponge bob and says, "Mom while I do not necessarily find sponge bobs actions appropriate, I do find him to be funny at times." He had a very serious look on his face and I almost started laughing b/c I found it hilarious that he was talking about a childish cartoon but in a very adult manner...

This was followed shortly by laughing hysterically when his sister said pee pee potty head?!

Really?!

...this was supposed to be the rest of the last post but I was having some computer issues...

We started Saturday with a soccer game. The kids had a lot of fun and we actually kicked toward the correct goal the entire game so we are making improvements.

After soccer Kiley had some messy shaving creme fun, they both washed their car, and we enjoyed some games. Zingo is one of our favorites b/c Kiley can actually play it good and has been for about a year - great family game!

Today we had a parking lot party at church and the kids had a blast on the inflatable, playing with water balloons, face painting, snow cones, good food, and probably the highlight a cake walk. Kiley won the first time she walked around and Eli, stayed walking for a good 5 minutes until I eventually joined too and landed on the right number so he got to pick a treat. He was very excited - even though he was not going to be able to eat any of it! Here is my ferocious lion after playing and sweating most of the paint off! The both ended up with little sunburns! We are defiantly in the south when we can burn in October.

We have had a pretty good ending to the week, the weekend, and we are ready to start again. Kiley got to spend some time at the 'pumpkin patch' with her good friends Lilly and Lexi.

We got to go have lunch on post with daddy. She loved the potluck food and the fist pond outside. I think that she ate 6 meatballs before I cut her off.

Monday daddy had off work (b/c of Columbus Day - I love that fact that he is a government employee now :) so after school we headed to pick out a couple of pumpkins from a grassy place with pumpkins piled on it. I made the mistake of calling it a pumpkin patch before we went and though the kids had fun they were a little disappointed that there was no hay rack ride, cutting pumpkins off the vine, feeding animals, and fun activities - we are hoping to head to a pumpkin patch some weekend before the end of the month but we will see. They enjoyed looking through all the pumpkins and picking one out. Kiley picked a nice small pumpkin and Eli searched long and hard for the perfect one. As we wheeled the pumpkins to the checkout I was shocked to realize that Eli had picked out a $35 pumpkin (that is not a typo - crazy) Anyway, I informed him that I was not going to spend that much money on a single pumpkin and he could go and pick out another one. So, being the politician that he is he asks if we could split the cost and he could pay for part of it. I was a little surprised b/c this is the child who does not spend his money on anything b/c he can not ever decide what he wants! He was determined to get the pumpkin so he departed with some of his money and made his first big purchase - a pumpkin that will rot out soon. Got to love him - and he loves his pumpkin!

Kiley wants to send out a big THANK YOU to aunt Gina for the package of Cheetos, silly bands, and glasses! She has become a little partial to Gina (especially when we were living in the same town), but who wouldn't be w/Cheetos coming and really anything she asked for! We love you G - thank you for providing my children with the 'goodies' that I deprive them of!

Eli had his first soccer game last night and he had a lot of fun. His team is the Landslides and though there is no official score they did 'win'. I was pretty impressed the majority of the time we were heading toward the correct goal and all the kids had fun.

They only play 3 kids at a time and there is no goal keeper so each kid got to play a lot.

So I originally wrote this Saturday and then could not upload the pictures so it is a little late, but I had fun with some of the pictures...

Both of my children are napping right now - I really do not know the last time that happened. So I should be scrubbing my floor or working out but decided to just enjoy a few minutes of the quiet! This morning we headed to check out a new park. The whistle stop park was a hit with the kids. It is beside a train depot and there are old train engines and cars to check out. Kiley and Eli both had fun climbing all over them and then checking out the park. It is one of those all wooden playgrounds with tons of turns and corners. I guess it wore them out.

Today was a big day for Eli. He was the Super Star this month at school! Each month they have a character trait and the teachers pick a child who most demonstrates that trait. This was the first Super Star of the school year and the trait was responsibility. (Sometimes I wonder at the accuracy of this when I have already told him multiple times to put the same thing away:) Needless to say he was very excited. Kiley and I went to school and ate lunch on the stage with him and they announced his name on the mic and put his picture on the wall. It was fun to see him so excited when they were all cheering for him.