Medical School, here we come!

Graham found out yesterday that he was accepted to the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth! We are so excited and nervous at the same time! He starts in August and will be in Duluth for 2 years. The remaining 2 years will be spent at the U of M in the twin cities. We are so proud.

Costumes

We took the kids a few weekends ago to get fun Halloween pictures, but they just didn't turn out. We decided to try again, but this time on our own. Here is the crew on our front step having a blast. Sean loves his costume and even is saying "roar" in one picture!

Ghost Feet

Sean went to Amy's house today to play and make "Ghost Feet." When he woke up today, I told him where he was going, and he just couldn't wait. Can you tell he had a blast?! Great memories!

Getting ready...

My mom and I continued our tradition of spooky treat bags. We worked on them this weekend and are set for Halloween! Nick, Amy, and the kids came over on Saturday to take Halloween pictures in front of our house. All four of the kids were so cute and had a blast! It really is amazing how much Sean adores his cousins. They can do no wrong in his eyes.

It was a great weekend of catching up. I was able to see all of my sisters and spend a little time with each. Better than nothing! It is amazing how we can all live in the same town, but have a hard time connecting. Life is too short.

I guess the funniest thing that happened this weekend is from Sean. He loves looking at the Halloween decorations, we call them "spooks" and he calls them "doots." Well at my mom's house, he was saying hello to all the "doots" and I was telling him what they were. When I said "witch," he said "itch." Now he can't stop talking about the "itch." Between that and the "moo" (moon), we are busying searching for one or the other. Have a great week.

Horse, Apples, Goats...

Graham and I had planned on taking Sean on a mini vacation over MEA break, but it just didn't work out. So we promised to do something fun and new with him. We took him to an apple orchard where he got to experience many, many new things!

He rode a big horse named Tootsie! Graham led the horse and I had an arm around Sean while trying to take pictures. It was amazing, and he loved every second of it! So sweet!

He was able to go on a tractor ride out to the orchard where he picked apples! Some were easy to pick, others not so much. He'd pick one and put it in the bag. Toward the end, he picked one and began eating it right there! Don't be alarmed, there are signs posted everywhere telling us to try the apples on the spot. It was adorable!

Then we went into their "petting zoo." Remind me next time to leave the animal food at the door. We walk into this gated area, carrying the "food" sold to us at the counter, when we were nearly run over by a family of billy goats! It was quite scary for Sean, because they would not back off! We didn't know that the animals ran free, and it was a cool experience, that is once we ditched the "food!" He was able to pet the babies, see some cows up close, and even be followed around by an Alpaca (kinda scary for mom)!

He had so much fun that once we got him fed and to bed for his nap, he couldn't stop talking about the horse! Needless to say, no nap. Which later meant, no date for mommy and daddy because he was soooo crabby. We couldn't leave him with a sitter acting like that! We improvised and ordered pizza after we put him to bed early. Worked out great for everyone involved, except the sitter who I canceled on. Oh, well. Life happens.

Facebook

I have finally joined the ranks thanks to my husband! He is so much more "with it" than me. I try. I have a new computer, so I need to get my camera hooked up and start downloading pictures. That is my MEA break goal!

New Stage

We have hit a new stage at our house. It is called "Independent Sean" and it can be wearing and exciting all in the same time.

The other day he was in a time out in his crib for hitting (the "wearing" part) and he was being awfully quiet, so I thought he was ready to come out. Low and behold, I walk in and there he is straddling the crib, swinging his legs, and smiling the biggest smile. I couldn't help but smile inside as I ran to get him safely down. I tried not to make a big deal about it, hoping he'd forget he'd done it. Wrong. His time outs are now on the chair in his room. At bedtime, he is usually too tired to goof around (as of right now), but daddy plans on changing it to the toddler bed very soon.

He loves to be outside and recently we took him to get pumpkins. He loves them. We got a quite a few and used them to decorate the front of our house. He calls them "apples" and rearranges them whenever he can! He also has discovered the moon, and he always wants to look at it and bring us with him. We read "Goodnight Moon" regularly and do many window checks. These would be the exciting times that we are having.

He is truly amazing! Although, I could do without the hitting! Where do they learn that!

Getting with the times

I have been admiring everyone's blogs and didn't now how to get mine so cute! My sister finally gave me the directions. Next, I am hoping to get my pictures updated. We'll just see how fast I move!

We have spent what seems to be millions on the cutest toys for our growing boy. The toys he prefers are the life-like toys we got at Tractor Supply of work trucks! He carries them everywhere. Runs them on the floors, window sills, counters, tables, legs...where ever he can. We are also learning about his temper as of lately. Wow! All I can say is it can't come from me;) I am praying that the timeouts will help this "stage" move quickly. I am praying that it isn't permanent!

Hope you have a fantastic Monday. Mondays are the toughest day at my house. It is so hard to get back into the swing of the week again.