Our Week

Well, we've had a busy week! It has really started cooling down here. I just started getting into the fall season and now it feels like winter already here in Iowa. My mom was here last weekend and showed me how to bake some winter squash and we tried some for dinner, it was good. Then one day this week I used the leftover butternut squash to make some muffins, they were so good!

Monday afternoon Daddy worked with Madilynn on learning to ride her new bike!

Madilynn holding Elizabeth



Elizabeth's feet

Elizabeth sleeping in her swing!

We were going to go to the apple orchards fall festival this weekend, but the weather forecast was looking worse and worse, and the temperatures never got out of the 30's all weekend! So we decided to head out Friday afternoon instead, it was sunny and pretty and a little cool (mid 50's). We got some apples for a apple pie, Iowa grown popcorn, maple syrup, some butternut squash, and pumpkins.

Check out how tall the girls are this year:

I had Daddy hold Elizabeth up to it just for fun!

We went out into the pumpkin patch to let Madilynn pick out a pumpkin

Found one...just the right size!

Then we got home Friday night and decided to try Elizabeth out in the Bumbo seat. She did good it even supported her head a little and she got some practice holding it up.

I realized I hadn't posted this picture yet, so I stuck it in here. Thank you Daddy Gene and Ladonna for Madilynn's birthday gifts! Madilynn now has an apron that matches mine, and her's says "diva in training".

and Elizabeth loves her "Little Sister" shirt, it's so soft!

Saturday we got to watch the first half of the Razorback game - Go Hogs!! I almost forgot to mention while we were out Saturday we also saw some snow flurries - I'm not ready for that yet!

And then hung out at home the rest of the day. Madilynn painted her pumpkin, she really enjoyed it. She kept telling me "I like painting". We'll have to paint more often! (Mommy likes it too)

Then Sunday we made it to church for the first time since Elizabeth was born.

Madilynn and Elizabeth all dressed for church

Mommy, Madilynn and Elizabeth

We were so excited this weekend, Daddy was home with us all weekend!! His weekend class was over last weekend, so the busyness has slowed some. He has also turned in his dissertation and has his oral defense scheduled for next Friday the 23rd! Yeah Daddy, almost done!!