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Super Hero Identity Crisis

We have been having several conversations lately about what Jackson would like to dress up like for Halloween. When I first asked him, he said Spiderman and then Batman. We finally settled on Batman (since we already had an outfit and only had to buy the mask--trying to save a little). But then at a garage sale today, they had a Spiderman costume for a quarter, so I couldn't pass it up. He then wanted to wear the Spiderman costume with the Batman mask : ) It is so funny watching him "pretend" play and act like he is really Spiderman! Here he is "shooting his web". He's cute that is all I can say!

Welcome Avery John Willis!

David's roommate and good friend from LCC, Matt and his wife, Renee welcomed Avery John into the world on Saturday afternoon. Avery was 20 inches and 7 lbs, 14 oz. He has a Big Sister Addison.

TH Fall Festival

On Saturday evening, we went to the TH Fall Festival before heading back home. Jackson couldn't wait for the parade. He was asking about going to "see firetrucks and get candy" since Thursday night. Jackson & Claire each got fire chief hats at the parade. And played a game at the park to win a free gold fish (we decided to send our fish home with another little girl who really wanted one). It was great to see some old friends and especially to meet Jacci's new baby girl, Maggie.

Traci's Baby Shower

Here are all the girl cousins on my mom's side of the family at Traci's baby shower on Saturday morning (L-R, Courtney, Claire, me, Kinsey, Traci, Melody & Madi). She is expecting a baby girl in October. Kinsey liked helping with the presents and eating lots of muffins.
My dad took Jackson, Josiah & Blake to Josiah's soccer game and to McDonald's for lunch. They had a lot of fun . . . Thanks Papa!

Enjoying the Ride!

Being a mom to a 2 1/2 year old is very much like riding a roller coaster . . . there are highs and lows, sharp curves when you least expect it, and mostly a lot of fun! After our MOPS meeting this morning, I am once again encouraged and thankful to be right where I am. I am more than blessed to care for, play with, teach and learn from two amazing little people. Though, we have our ups and downs, I am so thankful that God has put me right here!

Who wouldn't have fun with this crazy kid? : )

On another note, I am a Discussion Group Leader for one of the tables at our MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group. The role is a little out of my comfort zone, but I am excited about how God will stretch me this year. We have about 30 moms signed up and had 3 new moms at my table just today. What a blessing!!

Little Miss Fix-It!

Kinsey climbed right up to Jackson's workbench this afternoon and picked up the hammer all on her own. She knew just what to do too . . . guess she has been watching her brother a lot lately!

Swinging

We are loving our new swingset . . . and all the kids want to do is swing! Here is the final product of David's hard work!

Kinsey Grace-10 Months

Kinsey Grace is 10 months old already! She is still such a sweet easy-going baby. Kinsey is very into exploring and experiencing new things right now. She loves to try new foods now that she feeds herself and has yet to deny something we give her. Her smile is ever changing and she now has 2 top and 2 bottom teeth : ) She can sign "more", "eat", "all done" and can wave "hi". She says "ma, ma" and "da, da", but we're still not sure if she really associates the sounds with us yet. But we like to think so : ) And her #1 hobby in the nursery at church is to steal all the other baby's pacifiers. . . . she is such a helper!

Kinsey is walking . . . almost!

In the news . . .

Labor Day Parade

A family tradition . . . Pana Labor Day Parade

Kinsey cried through all of the sirens, but by the end was waving "hi" to everyone who passed by.

Jackson really enjoyed meeting several of the characters and clowns in the parade. Surprisingly, he wasn't afraid.

Tri-County Fair

We all went out to the fair on Sunday night so the kids could ride some rides and we could get our fair food fix! What I didn't know is that Jackson would barely be too short to ride the dragon roller-coaster and I would have to squeeze into one of the cars to ride along! : ) And Jackson wanted off of it after 1 1/2 times around! Oh, well : ) His favorite two were the train and the motorcycles. Kinsey liked watching them ride the train too!

Kim & Lance's Wedding

We were able to celebrate Kim & Lance's wedding in Beardstown on Saturday. Everything was beautiful especially the bride : ) And it was great to catch up with friends from LCC.