Costume Party

Last night, Matthew's school had a costume party for all their students. So, we dressed him up as a Cubbies ball player and Kaelyn as a little black cat. They looked so cute, we had to take pictures.

Kaelyn wasn't too sure about Matthew holding her, but he assured me "I won't drop her mom", so I just snapped the picutre really quick!

Then Matthew wanted a picture with his pumpkin and a silly face.

Finally, we made it to school. There were so many games and kids there that the gym was packed! Matthew played several games, but liked the sports ones the best (bean bag toss, football throw, and putt putt) and he actually did very well in them! Fortunately for us, most of the games had little trinket prizes as opposed to candy! Of course they also had snacks for the kids when they were finished with the games, which he enjoyed too!

Back to Work

I officially ended my maternity leave last Monday, Oct 13th. I had mixed emotions about going back, but taking Kaelyn to our wonderful sitter the week before helped me be at ease the first day back. She is such a good baby and usually very happy and does very well at the sitters. I was able to jump right into teaching and enjoy my classes and students, at least so far, this year. It has been an adjustment to getting everyone ready in the mornings and evenings, with trying to coordinate feeding schedules with baths and bedtimes, but we seem to be managing fairly well. It also helps that we are all getting sleep as Kaelyn had continued to lengthen her nights. The last two days she has slept for 8 - 9 hours straight!

Photo Shoot

I wanted to have some good pictures of the kids for when I go back to work tomorrow. So, we had a photo shoot at home this morning. Here are some of the better pictures.

Preschool Field Trip

Matthew had his first field trip Thursday to a local farm. He was excited to have his very first ride on the school bus!

Once they got to the farm, they were able to hold the bunnies, watch as farmer Tony released a homing pigeon, feed the goats and chickens, and gather the eggs from the chicken coop. He had lots of fun!

Kaelyn is 2 Months

Kaelyn had her 2 month well baby visit last Friday. She now weighs 10 pounds 4 ounces and is 22 inches long. (She seems so much longer though!) Her doctor was very pleased with how she is growing and she falls in the 50th percentiles. She even did fairly well with her shots, crying at first but sound asleep before we even checked out! It's hard to believe that she is getting so big.

Matthew also had his check-up the same day and was in the 75% both for height (42 inches) and weight (39 pounds)! Growing like weeds!

Pumpkin Patch

The first weekend in October, Chris and I took Matthew and Kaelyn to the Joe Huber Family Farm. They have several attractions, but the most popular this time of year is the pumpkin patch. Matthew could hardly believe that we were going to ride on the bed of a tractor out to the pumpkin patch. Once the tractor stopped to let us off, Matthew thought we had to get the first pumpkin closest to the tractor so that we could get back on before the tractor left. He wasn't too thrilled about the tractor leaving us in the middle of the pumpkin patch! Once he finally understood that more tractors were coming back to pick us up, he got into the spirit of things. He didn't know which way to go first and ended up going through the entire patch before he found his pumpkin. Kaelyn spent her first trip to the pumpkin patch sound asleep in the front carrier!

IU vs. MSU

Last Saturday, Chris and I met up with Jen and Aaron in Bloomington for the IU MSU football game. Of course, Jen and I were suckered into wearing red and white instead of our green. However, we did a lot of cheering for MSU between ourselves as those around us wondered what on earth was going on - people wearing IU colors and rooting for the other team just doesn't happen! So, we had to explain to those in front and back of us that Jen and I are born MSU fans but our husbands are IU fans (and they drove that day : ) ). The better team, depending on who you ask, came out on top that day. GO STATE!