Fun Fall Festivities

Ah the joys of having an actual yard for Elizabeth to play in. Kristine took some family pictures for us when they came to Elko this month. Since then Elizabeth has been obsessed with the leaves in the yard. So one afternoon Elizabeth and I ventured outside while Clayton was down for a nap and I racked up the leaves for her so she could have a little fun.

This is her getting ready to run and jump. She cracks me up sometimes. She loves to watch Dora the Explorer. Well while she was playing I say, "Jump Lizzi" and she says "Jump, Jump" and then she said the Spanish word for jump that I have no idea how to spell. I was stunned, the things she grasps already blows my mind. This is why I have no problem letting her watch Dora or Blue, because she actually learns from them.

On Friday we took the kids to a Kid Carnival that the college was doing for all the munchkins. Grandma came along too. Elizabeth had fun (although I think she was a little too young for a lot of it). As soon as she walked in she saw someone in a werewolf getup (I'm pretty sure it was my friend Richie) and instantly said, "Go Home" and started whimpering. But once we got her to some games she was happy.

Here she is showing off her "face painting" that was instead put on her hand. She was so proud of that pumpkin and I was impressed she stayed still long enough to get it.

James looking thrilled

They had a cake walk that Elizabeth really enjoyed. I walked for a while, but then Elizabeth decided that she wanted to go around with Grandma. She kept Grandma up and walking in circles for so long Mom started to get dizzy.

Here she is waving at us with her whistle. She won that whistle in a game where you had to throw the bean bag into a paper ring on the floor. I tried to show her a few times what to do. She finally took the bean bag and just walked over and dropped the bag into the ring. And to that James said, "She's doing it the smart way."

Clayton fell asleep in the car and stayed asleep the entire time. Poor boy was so tired. He looks adorable when he's sleeping though. And look at those cute shoes! I finally bought him some shoes because the weather here is cold a lot. He's still in size 2 shoes, but we bought him size 3 to grow into. He's my little peanut.

Clay is mad because I took a cheerio out of his mouth that had been on the floor for who know how long with my kids.