I LOVE going to the pumpkin patch. Now that we have a Carter, I have a better reason to spend more time there and take pictures!

Carter thought the wagons were much more fascinating than the pumpkins:

I steered Carter into the tent set up for pictures. He was way more into playing. Doesn't he look like a boy instead of a baby?

Carter loved the basket of little pumpkins. He would say "ball" and throw them.

Carter with our pumpkins:

The very-hard-to-get Family Shot:
(Thanks to the kid making faces behind the photographer!)

Meals are no longer very pleasant in our house. For breakfast, we usually give Carter a Nutrigrain bar, but often he prefers to eat our breakfast too.



Yes, he is spoiled rotten!

Carter marched his way into our closet, pointed at his dog costume hanging on the top shelf, and said,"woof woof" until we took it down and put it on him. I'm glad to know he shouldn't mind wearing it for Halloween.

Carter's No-Fail Method to Getting Comfortable:

1. Collect as many blankets and pillows as you can find
2. Place everything on the sofa where you want to sit
3. Try out your spot
4. If it isn't good enough, look for another pillow

5. Snuggle up next to Dada

We are learning early to not let Carter make too many choices when getting dressed.



Yes, those are socks with his sandals!

Carter has a funny obsession with laundry baskets. If he sees one, he has to get in it.
If we are carrying one, we have to put it down, so he can get in it and ride.

Carter thinks my large LL Bean bag is just awesome.
He can load it with the toys he wants to play with, and drag it to any location in the house. When he gets there, he can sit in and play.
It also make a great seat for a snack.

Check out flickr on the right hand side. I just added pictures from July until now.

This is my big boy who turned 18 months old last week! If there are tears, it's no big deal. He is learning to throw some wonderful tantrums. These tantrums include rolling around on the ground, getting on his hands and feet and banging his head into the floor, and rolling around more to get to wall to bang his head. I just like to tell myself this is a sign of his being highly gifted, and he is just frustrated from not being able to communicate.

We took pictures today. It was crazy. Carter did not want to sit still, and when he did, he looked serious while he inspected the photographer's camera.

We did get a few with him smiling.


After, we changed him into his Halloween costume. He thought it was more fun to slide down the back drop repeatedly. After, he would say, "uh-oh!"

(We did edit Kevin's hand out of the picture)

We switched back drops thinking this would help, but Carter was just not interested. I don't blame him. I didn't like the columns either.

Our trip to Camp Greenville ended up being very nice. The weather was cool up in the mountains, and it was nice to be away from school. We did different group activities. My favorite were a hike to Showerbath Falls. The kids walked behind the waterfall.

On our same hike, they slid down a large rock.
It was cold that night (lower forties), but I loved it. After some chaos, an extremely sick student, our electricity going out, and twice as many girls on my side of the cabin than I should have had, we were able to get up and get ready early enough to hike to Pretty Place to see the sunrise.
It was definitely worth it!