Where did summer go???

I can't believe it's October! It doesn't really feel like fall around here since the weather has been in the high 70s - low 80s. I'm ready for cooler weather. For sweaters and jackets, colored leaves, the cool, crips autumn wind. But most importantly I am ready for hot chocolate!

I've been a very bad blogger so this post is kind of a catch up of what we did around here in September. I'm going to try my best to post more this month.

We attended a local fair in the town next door to us with my sister and her family. A lot of livestock, tractors and vegetables & fruit grown by local farmers such as the prize winning 730 pound pumpkin that Cadence is standing next to in the photo below. Did you know that the largest fruit in the world ever was a pumpkin that weighed in at 1337 pounds? Amazing.

Cousin Maeve celebrated her 2nd birthday. She had her party at Kohl Children's Musem. It was quite a drive for us, but definitely worth it. There was a mini Dominicks where the kids filled up shopping carts and scanned their merchandise at the registers. So cool! My favorite was the little Potbelly restaurant. Cadence and Clark had the best time making sandwiches. We are definitely going back for a visit. Photo of the two older kids with Cousin Jakey outside the museum.

Our Rocket turned seven months old! A post to come on all the fun (an not-so-fun - all allergy related) things about Rocket at 7 months.

So can you believe that this Chicago-born, lived-in-the-Chicago-area-my-whole-life girl finally went to a Bears game at Soldier Field? Went with Ronald, my dad and brother-in-law, and I donned my new Bears jersey (number 54, oh yeah) that I bought especially for the game. It was fun up until half-time when we totally got our butts kicked by the Dallas Cowbows. Boo. And that's a boo for Rex Grossman. Ugh. It was like watching last year's Superbowl all over again. Don't even get me started!  Hahaha.

Lastly, a picture of my middle child who is stiiiiiiiiiilllll potty training. Some days I think he's finally got it and then the next day we take ten steps back. Sigh . . .

Happy weekend!

Comments

[margaret]

Hey Joy...fun to catch up with you again! The kids are all so cute (I still can't believe you've got three of them!). And dang, that's one big pumpkin! :)

Hope you all have a nice weekend (and happy fall, too).

[Jennifer N]

Hey, my 6 yr old has that exact same shirt as Cadence. My 3 year old, (the one I thought looked like Cadence as a baby) has the exact same pants. Go Gymboree!

Good luck with the potty training.

[jamie]

look how big everyone is getting!!!! so cute, joy! i esp love that last shot.. did you plan the monochromatic scheme there?? LOL
:)

[Heather]

That museum looks so cool, Joy!

Tom and I keep joking about how one of the news stations had text messages from viewers scrolling on the bottom of the screen after the game. Our favorite...

"If Rex is a quarterback, so is my dog."

LOL!!!

[carlayvonne]

I love that pic w. cadence, clark & jakey.

Dale would enjoy going to the Kohls museum.

Have you tried publishing your photos using viovio or blurb?