More Kinsey 3 yr. Pictures

Kinsey is 3 . . .

We had a fun day celebrating Kinsey's 3rd birthday with family and friends. She requested a Dora birthday complete with sash and "Birthday Girl" crown. She has been very into Fancy Nancy and Pinkalicious books lately . . . so "accessories" were important as well as "pink cupcakes". So we had BOTH! I think she was secretly hoping she would actually turn pink from eating all of her pink birthday cupcakes like Pinkalicious!!

Thanks everyone for coming and celebrating with us!

Kinsey is turning 3!

A few of Kinsey's 3 year pictures that I took of her this morning . . . more to come!

Kayleigh's 1st Halloween

Boo at the Zoo

We went to Boo at the Zoo at St. Louis Zoo on Saturday with Grammy and Papa. It was a free event where the kids dress in your Halloween costumes, trick-or-treat and enjoy some other fun events. Traffic and parking was crazy, but it was a fun and beautiful day to go to the zoo!

Trick-or-Treat

We had a cool evening for trick-or-treating on Friday night. But it was fun going door to door with our friends. The Wizard of Oz meets Star Wars!

MOPS Halloween Party

Halloween Fun

Glorify God Pumpkin Patch

Our church had a family trip to Glorify God Pumpkin Patch this evening. It was a lot of fun and the weather was beautiful (80s). Kinsey painted and glittered a pumpkin . . . Jackson was too busy to paint his. Instead he wanted to climb over the hay bales with his friends . . . over and over!! We let the pumpkins dry while we went on a hayride and then through the 7 acre corn maze. Kinsey led the way part of the time, clapping and twirling as she "collected" all the ears of corn that had fallen on the ground . . . she kept insisting that it was for "Jackson's collection" as she filled the bottom of the stroller with them! As we were leaving the corn maze, she says to our Children's Minister, "Mr. Casey, there is a LOT of corn in here!!" Gee, she can be the Master of the Obvious some days . . . it definitely got a good laugh!!

Kayleigh Faith - 9 Months

Kayleigh had her 9 month well-baby check on Tuesday morning. She weighed 15 lbs., 11 oz and was 29 inches long. The doctor said she was doing well, but still on the low end of the weight chart . . . nothing to worry about though. Dave and I snapped these 9 month pictures of her this week.

Changing Seasons: Fall Collage

There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven . . .
Ecclesiastes 3:1

Apple Fest

My parent's came down to celebrate my 30th birthday and visit us before they leave for my sister's in FL the end of the week. We enjoyed a fun morning at the Apple Fest held at the orchard just a short drive from our house.










They had a lot of fun FREE activities for the kids . . . bounce houses, sack races, corn shucking, hay stack candy hunt, face painting, and Miss/Mister Apple Contest (Kinsey won "Miss Apple" in the 0-3 yr. age group). And we also got to enjoy and take home some yummy treats . . . apple cider doughnuts, apple cider and apples!

Fall Leaves

Marlow's Pumpkin Patch

Our MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers) group had a playdate at Marlow's Pumpkin Patch this past Thursday. It was a beautiful day and a lot of fun!!

We got to take a pirate ship hayride, explore a corn maze, pet some farm animals, play on the playground, and pick out our pumpkins. There was also a small haunted house, but Jackson was too scared to hardly take a step inside, so we skipped that one!

We will be heading to another pumpkin patch next Saturday as a family. So there will of course be more fun fall pictures to come!