A NON-Coupon Post!

I know you are all so shocked to find out that this post will not contain any coupons or deals! *GASP* I figured it was a long over due post that was in need of some pictures and things about the babies. Which is really the number one reason why our parents and grandparents come to the site!

I love October- it might be one of my favorite months! This month has been full of fun for us. Our church had a Fall Festival. The members of our church get pretty creative with their costumes! Last year, the Sunday that we were voted in was the Sunday of the Fall Festival. I remember thinking "Wow - they go all out with costumes" I told Mike that we needed to start thinking of what to do for this year then! I think we did pretty good this year:

The boys went as spaghetti and meatballs! They won the Most Original Prize:


Mike joined in with two of his good buddies and went as the "Staff". Mike went as our music minister, Brad. David (in the red) went as our pastor, Wade. And Heath went as Mike! It was hilarious and everyone got a laugh out of it - they won the funniest!


A local town had a fall festival that included free food and animals to pet! The best of both worlds for two adults that like to eat and two babies that like animals! :)




What would October be without Pumpkins? I bought a "Baby" pumpkin and had a grand plan about the boys painting it. Michael enjoyed the first few times of painting on the pumpkin, but really just enjoying putting his fingers in the paint for the most part. Jeremiah really enjoyed it at first but thought the paint was edible. It apparently tastes horrible because the rest of the times was spent gagging and coughing and then having a love hate relationship with the pumpkin. :)




I am lovin' being at home with these babies! The joys that come with staying at home are not able to be put into words. I am so thankful that the Lord has allowed this opportunity and I am so thankful for a husband that desires and works so that I can be at home with our children! Here are some things I get to do and teach during the day:

- We having been working harder to teach the boys to stay out of the kitchen. They seem to be at the age where they want to be where we are most of the time. So, when I am cooking it has become more of a challenge to teach them to not be in the kitchen. I just can't risk an accident to happen that I can't turn back the time and fix it. So, we have started to teach them to sit on this rug and look at books while I am cooking. Michelle Duggar (you know I LOVE the Duggars!) made a comment on the show the other night that it is good for our little ones to learn how to sit still and look at a book or something. I thought about that and thought of ways that I can begin to teach the boys to sit still at certain times in the day. So far they have done real well with this. Of course they are only 18 months old, so their attention span is not long at all, But Jeremiah sat the whole time looking at the books and Michael got up a few times, in which I gently sat him back down and gave him a new book. Towards the end I gave them measuring cups to play with. I was so proud of them to sit there the whole time I made their meal! Most of the time I am able to cook while they are sleeping, but I think this will be good for them to learn. I will keep you updated on the progress! :)




- The boys L.O.V.E. playing behind the couch! I think it is one of their favorite things to do. I hear laughing and carrying on, so I walked behind the couch and they are wrestling and just lovin' on one another. I got the camera out and Jeremiah just hops on top of Michael!



Here is a video of exactly how this works:


- I got out their diapers for a diaper change and both of them wanted them on their heads! They played the rest of their play time with those diapers on their heads. If it fell off their head they picked it up and gave it back to me to put back on their heads! They had so much fun!





Here is a cute video of them running around and laughing at each other with these diapers on their heads!


These are just the cutest two little boys in the entire world!