welcome fall

It was a beautiful fall day today! The temperature dropped yesterday morning, but it rained. Today it is just cool and sunny, and I can't get enough of being outside! We decided to take Chris to the park and play. He liked climbing and he even went down the tall curly slide by himself (and loved it), but then he wanted to explore. We walked across the bridge, but he wanted to get closer to the water. He was starting to get mad because we wouldn't let him walk all the way down there, but finally he saw some steps that looked like fun. We had a good time, and Chris fell asleep on the way home!

silly

I walked toward the bathroom tonight and saw Chris making faces at himself in the mirror. I was able to take a few pictures before he saw me and resumed brushing his teeth. Silly guy!

fall fest

Chris and I went to the Fall Fest at the Children's Museum today. He liked to watch people carve pumpkins, but we didn't try one. He was so interested in the joy jumps, so I let him go. He just stayed still the whole time, while the bigger kids bounced around him. I think he would have enjoyed it more if it was just little guys. Then we went to get some cotton candy, which he really liked! They had these play tables full of bubble stuff with big bubble wands, and he had a blast splashing in there and blowing bubbles. Then he made a spin art with all different colors of paint. The last thing we did was check out the haunted house. They had lots of 'scarys'- pumpkins, skeletons, bats, and nasty spiders. Chris was definitely sad when it was time to leave!

what a day.

Today started out okay. Chris decided that he would go to the potty three times this morning. So he got to wear his Mater underwear for a while, which he really liked! We were getting ready to have his pictures taken when my mom called. She told me that Jenni had been in a wreck this morning. She broke her nose, broke her ankle, and broke her sternum. She also had a concussion and was really confused. She was going to need surgery for her ankle; it bent completely sideways and split the skin on the other side. My mom told me not to come since she would be having surgery most of the day. So we went on to Chris's photo appointment. It was nice to see the new studio and the photographer who I haven't seen in a while. She was really patient with Chris which was good because he was a brat! He was okay at the beginning, but he was really more interested in the props and scenes on the sides than the things that were in the picture. We would move the things he liked into the picture and he would lose interest and mess with something else. I hope we got a few good pictures at least. So we came home and ate lunch and hung out for a while. Then we decided to go to the mall playground. We saw Tracy and the kids there, so we talked to her for a while. Noah and Sarah were so good! Most of the older kids we see there usually are mean but they were really sweet. Noah was really good with Chris- Chris loves following bigger boys around! We finally left the mall and rented a movie. Chris fell asleep in the car so Buddy and I watched Evan Almighty. Buddy went off to poker night. I was able to talk to Jenni finally, and she said she was in tons of pain! She sounded pretty normal and coherent though. She wants to see Chris. I called in to work and tried to get Cassie to work for me tomorrow so I can see Jenni, but she doesn't want to. I won't really go into that though. So I guess we will go see Jenni tomorrow after I get off work. Anyway, I'm exhausted now and I have to be at work soon.