Pumpkin Patch #2

This past weekend we went to visit the pumpkin patch again, this time the one that we've been to before. The boys loved pulling / pushing the wagons :). Bitty had an easier time with the wagon than he had with the wheelbarrow the prior weekend. Showing me his little bitty pumpkin :). Cuddlebug and Bearhug making me laugh with their silly faces :). ♥ ♥ ♥ We went on a hayride... ...which...

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Redirect... FAIL

We were at church Sunday and Bitty was wired, running up and down the halls with the occasional screech. He's been really having a hard time at church lately, but that's another post. I took him for a walk and he was finally starting to settle down but I sensed he was on edge and would soon take off running again so I tried to distract him with the paintings on the wall. "Who is that a picture of?" "What are they doing in the picture?" etc. He wasn't really interested but as we passed the bulletin...

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Pumpkin Patch

We took the boys out for an early-fall trip to the pumpkin patch. The one we usually go to wasn't open yet, so we tried a new one. Turns out this one sells fresh-baked pumpkin pie too... YUM!!! :) These were taken on Saturday 9/17. All three boys together... Bitty doing his "puppy dog" face :) Bearhug helping Bitty with the wheelbarrow.  It was big and rather unwieldy...

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(Almost) two months down...

So we are well into the school year, and it is almost time for teacher conferences (already!) and I am just now posting an update. Ack! My blog is also a journal for me so I'll try to catch up with the highlights. Apologies in advance if any of this is repeat, I didn't see it already posted but can't remember and may have missed it. So far things are going pretty well. Cuddlebug and Bearhug are enjoying 5th grade and are excited to have the same teacher that Cuddlebug had in 3rd grade. She's...

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Expanding wardrobe - "Pokemon" shirts

When Bitty started kindergarten, we had a goal to get him to wear something other than just his Thomas shirts. After all, with two older brothers he had a decent collection of nice clothes that he wouldn't wear. We made a "rule" of wearing horse shirts (polo, for whatever reason he likes the horse but wouldn't wear any of his other brand shirts) to school and saving the worn...

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In memory... Kristen Fiedel

Click here to read more about Project 2,996. The goal is to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11 by remembering them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristen Fiedel, age 27, worked in the finance department at Marsh & McLennan, on the 98th floor of WTC Tower One. She'd been there for less than a year; prior to that, she she worked at New York Life Insurance while pursuing...

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We remember

Ten years ago... I was almost to work when I heard about the first crash on the radio in my car. I called dh to tell him to turn on the news (he was at home with our then 3-mo-old boys). At the office, we were getting updates on the internet, and I will forever be haunted by the images of people who were trapped in the upper floors jumping. After the second plane hit the WTC...

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Remembering Joseph Maffeo

Cross-posting from my other blog... click here to read more about Project 2,996. The goal is to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11 by remembering them. ~~~~~~~~ Joseph Maffeo, age 30, was a firefighter with Brooklyn’s Ladder 101. The day before 9/11, he chose to work a 24-hour overtime shift. He was still on duty when the call came in regarding the terrorist attack at...

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Remembering Debora Maldonado

Reposting from last year... click here to read more about Project 2,996. The goal is to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11 by remembering them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meet Debora (Debbie) Maldonado. Nicknamed “Mouse” by her husband, Otelio, for her short stature, she was anything but timid. She is remembered as feisty and warm-hearted, a shopoholic who loved a bargain, a...

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Remembering Grandma Marian

Reposting from last year... a tribute to my Grandma Marian who passed away on September 11, 1992 after a long battle with cancer / leukemia. She was just 14 days shy of her 70th birthday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grandma Marian was a beautiful person - a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She and my mom taught me how to play Solitaire, and whenever we visited we'd pull out three decks...

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Nature's playground

Dh discovered a new park that has access to the river in a shallow spot that allows for walking and playing in the river and the nearby mud. LOTS of fun for sensory seekers. :) Dh took this one when he first took the boys to the park. We all went to the park together on another day. I didn't have my camera so I took all of these with my phone. Feeding the geese Digging...

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