Ammon's ABC's

Ammon is learning the Alphabet, which means that Carter thinks that he is also learning the Alphabet. Ammon is doing very well and knows many of his letters. Carter call any letter, "ABC." Here they are singing (and dancing) to the Alphabet song.

The First Snow

Over the weekend, we had our first snowstorm! The boys were so excited. Carter kept saying, "it noing, it noing!" I started playing Christmas music. Ammon got bundled up in his coat and hat and went outside with Caden to build a snowman. It was very, very, cold but the boys had fun!

Nemo Pants!

Carter loves Finding Nemo. He recently discovered that Ammon has Finding Nemo underwear. Once or twice a day Carter will get into Ammon's underwear drawer, find the "Nemo pants" and bring them to me saying, "Nemo pants on, Nemo pants on." One day I put them on over his diaper and he was so excited he didn't want to put his pants back on. He walked around all day pointing at Nemo. I thought it was so cute so I took these pictures. (warning: they're a little racey!)

 

Trick or Treat

I had so many Halloween pictures to share, they wouldn't all fit on one post. Here are some more.
Ammon and Carter at another Halloween party!
This year it was so cold, we went trick or treating at the mall. It wasn't as fun as being outside but it was nice to have the stores so close together and to be inside. The weird state of Iowa does trick or treating on the night before Halloween from 6-8 pm. They call it Beggars night.
Carter wanted to walk around the mall all by himself. He had alot of fun with the "big kids," but by the end of the night he was exhausted.











Carter's dinosaur tail was bigger than he is! Whenever anyone made a comment on his costume he would say, "I dysodor." 

Halloween

We did so many fun things for Halloween this year, I have about a hundred pictures! Here are some of my favorites.
Ammon was so excited the first time he wore his Harry Potter costume. He is ready to cast some spells!
We went to the "Pumpkin Patch Party" at the library and the kids had a blast. They had lots of fun games and crafts for the kids. In this picture, Colby is helping Ammon fish for spiders.
The school district also had a fun Halloween party at the elementary school. The kids were able to play games, decorate cookies and listen to scary stories.

Ammon poses in the clown cutout at the elementary school party. 

Pumpkins!

This year, the boys and I carved pumpkins on Halloween day while Colby was at school. The boys helped clean out the inside of the pumpkins and picked the shapes that they wanted for their eyes, nose and mouths. Ammon said he wanted a scary pumpkin (the middle pumpkin) and Carter wanted a happy pumpkin (the one on the left)
It was so windy on Halloween night, we couldn't get our Jack o Lanterns to light so the next night we went outside and lit them so we could get a picture.
The boys loved cleaning out their pumpkins, but they were both a little hesitant to get their hands dirty. About five minutes into it, they both called it quits and I ended up cleaning out all three pumpkins by myself!