Pumpkin Carving Contest

The kids had a great time at our pumpkin carving party yesterday. Honestly, the adults did too! Here are a few pics to show off the creativity in our family. We can't wait to light them this evening.

traditional jack o'lantern face (Me & Ri),

the grim reaper (Cousin Chris & P),

skull & crossbones (J & Q), kitty cat in a tree (Mimi & Papa),

& smiling kitty cat (Aunt Aimee, UB & Sutton)...

serious little witch...

cleaning out the guts...

squishy, slimy guts...

cute boys...

Happy Halloween

From our Pumpkin Patch, to yours...

Character Parade

I took off part of the day today to see my sweet boy in his "Character Parade" at school. I also hung around for a while to help out with his Fall Party. Decorating pumpkins & creating "handprint" bats were the perfect craft for today's cool weather.

in front of his pumpkin masterpiece...

Q-man & Aven cutting out their bat wings...

my little mouse...

walking in the parade...

the cat & her mice...

inspired by the book "Mouse Paint"

Blink of an Eye

Where did the weekend go??!

our nature girl trying to catch some tadpoles...

Our poor pond is terribly low from the lack of rain.

I sure hope it & all of the trees can recover from the drought.

sweet P enjoying the ride...

trying to make her hair stand up from the static electricity...

what a great day for a snooze...

and for getting out the Halloween decorations...

Alike or Different?

Everyone always asks who our little Sweet P looks like. Mama? Daddy? Ri? Q? It's so hard to tell at this age. Occasionally, I get a glimpse of one of the kids. My Mom says she looks just like me when I was a baby, though I think she may be a bit biased. I had a friend at work scan these pics of me to do a little comparison.

Girl's Day Out

After soccer & reading class this morning, the girls & I enjoyed the beautiful afternoon at the "duck park". As we were getting in the car, Ri said to me, "it's a great day for an adventure!" And that it was!

Cinco Mesas

Happy five months to our little sweet potato!!

A Girl's Gotta Eat

With Q & R, we started rice cereal at four months of age & then fruits/veggies at five months. With P, our pediatrician says that if babies are exposed to a variety of foods at an earlier age, they are less likely to be picky eaters or develop food aversions. So, rice cereal at four months for Sweet P & fruits/veggies at a few days shy of five months. ha!

First on the agenda -- green beans!

Cereal

Four months old in the Schmidt house = cereal time. The first time P tasted her cereal, she spit most of it out. After a few more tries, she grunted & opened her mouth for more. Don't you just love that sweet cereal face?!?

October, Already?!

With the weeks flying by at warp speed, our weekend moments are precious to us. This past weekend was no exception - gorgeous weather & fun activities.

beautiful flower...

beautiful cousins...

handsome monkey in a tree...