Pumpkin Carving

Well, it's that time of year. We finally (the night before Halloween) got around to carving our pumpkins. Cooper enjoyed coloring the baby's pumpkin (gotta love the tongue!)...

This is "Cooper & Mommy's" pumpkin. Really it was Mommy's, but Cooper chose what he wanted me to put on it. :)

Daddy and Kaelyn worked hard on carving Kaelyn's pumpkin. I gave him a hard time about Kaelyn's pumpkin turning into his handiwork so he let her do a little bit of the carving.

Not sure if you can tell what it is from this picture, but it's a pirate ship. :) Very cool.

It's a....

GIRL!!!!!!!!

Apparently, this ultrasound picture shows that. Yeah, I don't really see it either. But I trust the ultrasound technician since she's been doing this for a long time. She said that she won't call it unless she's really sure - so hopefully she is! This baby was pretty darn bashful the entire time we were there. The good news is that I have some fibroids (that are anything to worry about either) that will have to be checked again in this pregnancy so I'll have another ultrasound at some point and they can double check that it's actually a girl. :)

This ultrasound picture is definately a little clearer to me. I'm pretty sure she has a head. :)

My mom was thinking positively (from her viewpoint) when she went shopping. :) I have a feeling there is a LOT of shopping in our future....

Pink or Blue?

That is the question. Tomorrow the answer will come (we HOPE!) for both my sister in law and myself. We both have our 20 week ultrasounds tomorrow and we're having dinner with my family to announce the news. We'll pass the cupcakes and both Leanne and I will take the cupcake that tells what we're having. :) It should be fun as long as we can keep the secret from each other that long!!!!

Tonight, I let the kids choose a cupcake for what they thought the baby was going to be. Kaelyn picked blue (not what I expected, but whatever)

Cooper chose pink (again, not what I expected, but whatever).

I guess we'll see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, only a few hours left to vote if you haven't done so yet. Don't forget!

HA HA HA

Jeff found this comic strip in the newspaper a few weeks ago and its been hanging on our fridge since then. I read it again last night and had to laugh so I thought I would share it with you all. :)

A Preview....

Just thought I would give a sneak peek of what's to come at the end of next week. :) This is Kaelyn's halloween dress. It's kind of a medieval type princess dress. I really love the color scheme and she really likes it because she helped to pick out ALL the fabrics. I still have some to do on it. The other sleeve needs to be finished and the hem isn't done yet - but I have a week and a half still, right?

Cooper tried on his costume on today all together. He LOVES this outfit and would probably wear it 24/7 if I let him. :) You have to see the whole thing to get the full affect, but I'll save those pictures until next week!

Pumpkin Patch

Tonight we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. Thankfully, this year it wasn't raining! We had lots of fun seeing the animals, playing on the hay bail horses and, of course, picking out our pumpkins!

What is is with kids having to make the cheeziest faces EVER?

Happy Columbus Day!

One of the fun things about homeschooling is celebrating all these RANDOM holidays! So, Happy Columbus Day everyone!

Boy or Girl?

So - following in my sister in law's blog poll, I thought I would create one of my own. Any guesses as to the gender of this next baby? My ultrasound is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27th at 2:30pm. The poll (located on the right side of this blog) will run until that morning. Happy guessing!

I couldn't have said it ANY better

I read this article today on The Pioneer Woman's homeschooling blog. The best homeschool blog post ever.

I love homeschooling. I love the freedom, the flexibility, the knowledge that *I* am teaching my child. I love how I can see what Kaelyn is learning. I love the relationship that Kaelyn is building not only with me, but especially with Cooper. I love the homeschool community and the relationships we ALL are finding.

But, man oh man, is the month of October hard! Reality stinks.