Karson picking out his pumpkin. It was a hard decision.

Karson working hard on his cookies!!!

She also ate alot of the chocolate chips...my kind of girl!!

Kamryn stirring her cookies!!!

Karson and Kamryn working on their ghost cookies.

Karson enjoying the early snow fall.

Kamryn getting Karson back for throwing snow at her. Like I said the girl can hold her own!!!

My little snow bunny!!

Karson and Kamryn playing in the October snow!!!!

Karson looking for something under a rock at the Nature Center. The picture below is of his class at the nature center.

-September 2009-
Karson started his last year of preschool. He is currently going to Trinity Nursery School 4 days a week from 12:00-2:30. After a long debate Kerry and I decided that it was be in Karson's best interest if he waited one extra year before heading to kindergarten. Boy, do I feel like we made the right decision. I have seen so much growth in him in the last couple of months it is unbelieveable. He coming home reading sight words and doing simple math problems. I love watching him grow yet at times it is sad to me how fast he is growing up.
His preschool class took a field trip to a local nature center. It was really neat to watch the his class and how they interact with one another.
Kamryn she is also growing up way too fast. She is not a "girly" girl at all. In fact, right now her favorite things are McQueen and Sally from the movie Cars. She adores her big brother and follows in his foot-steps. If she keeps the personality she has now she won't take NO for an answer. She is such a sweet little girl but boy can she hold her own!!!

Sorry, it has been ages since I have last updated this blog. I got a new camera and couldn't figure out how to download my pictures and then get them on the site. I have finally figured out how to do all of that good stuff!!! I can't get over the fact that we are a couple of weeks away from the month of September...WOW!!! where has the summer gone??? We have highly enjoyed our summer months. The days have consisted of a lot of bike rides (Karson does great he can ride 3-4 miles without complaining once), trips to the park, ball games and the waterpark! It has been a really fun summer and I am not ready for it to end.
Karson will begin the five-year-old preschool program at Trinity on September 8th. I think he is excited to go, but a little nervous not really knowing anyone in his class. He will do a great job!
As for Kamryn, I really haven't decided what I am going to do this fall. I overextended myself this last year and was never home. I have decided that this is my last year that I can really be home, so I am not sure if I am going to do MOPS or mommy/me classes. We will have to see what happens. I really want to enjoy my time at home! I will try really hard in the next couple of months to keep up on the family blog!

Karson really enjoyed the turtle slide at the waterpark!

We have a new water park here in Owatonna. We were very excited to have it come since we had nowhere to go on those hot, summer days. Both kids really enjoy the zero depth pool and lazy river. Kamryn is definatly our little fish!!!

Kamryn loving her goats!!

We decided to go to a "free" Zoo (with Minnesota animals only) with some friends one afternoon. The kiddos had a terrific time running around checking out all of the animals and things to do.

Kamryn enjoying the summer weather.

While mowing the lawn on sunny afternoon I lifted up the end of a gutter to find a new friend...a toad. Kamryn took a liking to the toad right away and gave him the name of "toey." Karson was not home at the time but I knew that he would want to see the toad so Kam and I put him in a bucket until Karson got home. In the mean time Kamryn decided to carry around the bucket with her new found friend!!!! Once Karson got home and was able to see the toad we decided to let him go in the lot next door. Karson was so sweet telling the toad to go back with its family.

"A CONVERSATION WITH KAMRYN!"
I was snuggling with Kamryn the other night before bed and like many other 21/2 year olds she was asking a lot of questions. Here is the actual conversation.
"Mommy, you sing Jesus lobes me?" "Yes, Kamryn mommy will sing Jesus loves you." "Jesus, he lobe me?" "Yes, Kamryn Jesus loves you very much."
"Jesus, He lobe grammy, papa, Avery (and the list goes on and on). "Yes, Kamryn Jesus loves all of those people."
"Mommy, where is the funder? (Thunder that is...it had stormed the night before). "Well, the thunder is in the sky." "Why is it in the sky?" "Who make the funder?" "God makes it thunder Kamryn." And the conversation ended with such a funny question. "Mommy, where is God's mom?"
I just adore some of the things my kids say. They are just way too funny. Another side note. The other night we were out driving and Kamryn asked, "Mommy, who turned out the lights?" Needless to say my kids aren't usually outside after it is dark!!