At the Pumpkin Patch

Ok, last update for a few days. We went to the pumpkin patch today. It was great fun...

a hay ride to and from the pumpkins, hot cider and fresh donuts, a big hay stack to play on, and a corn maze. It was a gorgeous day and we all really enjoyed being out.






We also had a little crack viewing :-)

Look who's THREE and up-to-date on October

Our first big event in October was the celebration of Kahlil's third complete trip around the sun. That's right, Kahlil is THREE. The party was held at Pappa's Pizza, a favorite with the younger set because of the pizza and play area. (Pappa's Pizza is dreaded by parents because of the less than yummy pizza and the germ incubator know as the play area. But this time we had just gotten over pink eye and were still coughing from our most recent colds so we were the germ distributors rather than collectors.) Kahlil and his friends - Tivi, Cruz, Sean, Leo, Annika, Wren, TJ, Valerie, and Maggie - had a great time.
The other big event for the first half of October was the arrival of Grandma Dolores. She came to meet Langston and the spend some time with Kahlil. She will be here for a month. She is the reason I have a little extra time to do these updates! She generally keeps Langston happy and entertained. It's been especially helpful at work where she and Langston have been going for walks and letting me work for more than five minutes at a time.

Last week the Soft Star crew went bowling for a little break. We've been working hard the last few months and wanted to knock a few things down. It was the first time bowling for the youngest elves - Tivi, Kahlil, and Cruz. They really got into it! Of course their bowling etiquette is a little lacking as they liked to lay down at the end of the ally and wait for their balls to knock down the pins.

Look who's MARRIED and a general September update

Over the last few weeks I've had several people tell me they wanted new updates on this blog... and since I have a little extra time (I'll explain later) I thought I should get to it.

We were in the Bay Area last month for Morgan's wedding - my Baby Brother is getting all grown up! Here he is with his beautiful new wife, Kataneh:

The rehearsal dinner was held at a restaurant that has a belly dancer. Kahlil was quite taken by the dancer (although his cousin, Colin was VERY taken and kept asking for her to come back after the show). Kahlil asked two questions about her... 1) is she a girl?, and 2) why don't her clothes fit right? I guess puberty is a ways off. Since we were there for a wedding we were talking a lot about love and marriage. Kahlil told us he knew who he is going to marry... Tivi. We told him there are lots of girls in the sea and he might want to wait a while before making that decision. But he told us "she's the one for me" - so there you go, the next wedding is on the schedule!

While in the Bay Area, we also spent a day with Mike / Heather and Jess / Jessica. It was great to meet Baby Baxter. He was super cute. Here's four of the six Cal Poly boys: Eli, Baxter, Kahlil, and Langston.

Other developments last month were Langston starting on solids. He seems pretty into it which isn't surprising given his girth. I think Jay and I will need to consider a second mortgage for groceries when the boys are teens.

Kahlil and Langston have started doing bath time together. It's VERY entertaining for both of them.

And finally is the pink eye outbreak that hit home. Kahlil and Jay were affected here... thank goodness Langston didn't get it. Several friends came down with it as well. Luck for us Kahlil actually likes getting eye drops - weird kid!! He was easier to medicate than Jay.