Hanson Crew

I just carved how the kids told me to! (L to R: Caleb, John, Deanna, Joshua, Ashlyn, & Jonathan)

Today after school work and Ashlyn's flu mist visit (the boys go next week together), we made it over to the free Kearney pumpkin patch by our house...the good news is it was the last day so all of the pumpkins were $2 no matter what, so we actually got pumpkins this time - most of the time we enjoy the extra stuff, buy everyone a little pumpkin and go to Hy- vee for the bigger pumpkin... A group shot is almost impossible, but the weather was perfect! Caleb's favorite part was the train ride Ashlyn's favorite part was just going since last year she was in school Jonathan LOVED the animals, especially the cats running around Joshua liked picking the pumpkin and the hayride the best!

Yesterday was one of those incredibly busy days you hate to see on that new magnetic calendar. We had to take Joshua to preschool by 8:30, go to speech from 9:00 to 9:30, go to Joshua's fall party at school from 10:00 to 12:00 (I had to help set it up), pick up dinner for a friend and eat lunch, help a friend with a computer project from 1:00 - 2:00, meet John and Ashlyn at a different friend's (at 3:00) who helped babysit while John and I went to a parent teacher conference at Joshua's school from 4:00 to 4:30 and then manage to come home to try to fit dinner in before church service. Needless to say, we couldn't do it so we had to skip church or starve. We decided to enjoy a fun family night together instead of worship together. Here are a few pictures from our busy day... Here is a picture of Joshua at his party with his cute pumpkin! Here is Caleb really working on his pumpkin - followed by way too many snacks Here are the 3 boys carving the pumpkins later th...

Missouri state law here is that a child is required to be in a booster until they are 8 or 80 pounds...since Ashlyn is not quite 60 pounds, we went with the 8 year part of the law...she is very excited and looks so grown up in the car now. The car seat has found a new home for winter... the garage. We hope to move Caleb into it in the spring when he gets to 40 pounds. Getting rid of a carseat is just as exciting as moving one forward from rear facing I think!

Yep, gas in Kearney, MO is at $1.99 today!!! How much is it where you are?

Caleb has to be our most helpful child by far. Sometimes his siblings would say he is TOO helpful! I will ask Joshua to go get the mail or to sweep up under the table and Caleb will push him out of the way to do either job before he starts. This usually is only annoying to the others if it is something they enjoy doing! He usually does something I need done without even asking. One day I said that we couldn't go to the park because I had to do all the dishes and make my bed before we could leave. And you guessed it, he was doing both before I could start. It is wonderful! So when I saw this picture of the party it made me laugh...Caleb helping Ashlyn and Joshua one more time!

After talking to a few fellow "30s" friends today, it seems I might not be the only crazy mom addicted to these shows and songs...so here is a friendly poll. I'm curious who else has seen them. Thanks for playing along!