Pumpkin Carving

The kids went on a field trip with school to Providence farm on Monday. They got to go for a tractor hay ride and pick a pumpkin from the patch. Today at school they got to carve that pumpkin and bring it home. Since our beloved pumpkin carving friends, the Zecks, have moved away, I am glad that they got to do this at school. I didn't have to think about it or deal with the mess. Except for Tate. He and dad got to carve one at home this afternoon. I think they all turned out pretty fantastically!

This Much Loved Baby!

Nya could not be more loved and it is heart warming to witness. I use to feel bad for the children following the first, because they simply just do not get the same kind of attention from us, the parents, as first borns do. It took me quite some time to realize that as much as that is true, they get something in exchange, something maybe even better. They get the love of everyone who has come before them. So for Nya my time is limited and divided between 5 children, but she has 6 people who love and adore her, who constantly ask to hold her, who will stop as they run by and give her a hug and a kiss or sing her a song. So although I am trying to spend as much time as I can with her, it is wonderful to see that she could never feel neglected as she has so many people who love her so completely.

Where Daddy Buy It?

The other day Tate was admiring his new sister as she slept in the carrier. He turned to me and said," Where daddy buy it?" I asked him, "You mean the carseat?" "No, where daddy but it?", he asked again. Still thinking he meant her carrier but since she has been sleeping in there more than she has been driving I thought that maybe he thought it was her bed. So I asked, "You mean her bed?" Again he answered , "No where daddy but it?" I really didn't clue in as we had watched my tummy grow and talked about her being inside me for a very long time. "You mean the baby?", I asked. "Yah, where daddy buy it?" he said. Darren is the one who does the grocery shopping in our house and I love him for it as I do not like doing it at all. Shopping yes, grocery shopping no. So naturally he assumed that daddy went to the store and bought our new baby, as she wasn't here one day and the next she was. You have to love the incredible innocence of kids and the funny things they say.