October 2012

Lots of fun things happened in October. . .here are a few!

Kaleb at Merrymead Farm.

Jakob at Merrymead Farm. 

The boys at the Aquarium. 

Kaleb and Tante Karen at the aquarium.

Kaleb hammering a nail face into his pumpkin.

Gutting the pumpkin.

Kaleb's finished product!

Dave getting ready to carve his pumpkin.

My silly pumpkin and Dave's pirate pumpkin.

Kaleb in the leaves.

Big brother Kaleb trying to console a not so happy Jakob in the leaf pile. 

Kaleb just hanging out in the leaves.

Jakob warming up to the idea of playing in the leaves.

Kaleb roasting a marshmallow at the Pioneer Clubs bonfire.

S'mores!

Messy hands and face - the only acceptable result to eating a s'more.

Kaleb and his girl Lydia searching for candy at the bonfire.  These two always seem to find a reason to hold hands :)

Our trampoline during hurricane Sandy.  We were so fortunate that it missed both of those windows by mere inches!

We pushed it back into the yard.  It's upside down but at least it's off our patio.  We ended up taking the whole thing apart in the middle of the storm.  It hasn't been set back up yet but we're hoping it's not bent too badly.  

Jakob and William in their Halloween shirts.  Getting a nice picture of the two of them proved to be difficult. 

Kaleb as Hulk.

Jakob as a cow (and really not happy about it!)

The babies with some chocolate...that seemed to make them happy!  Now we can't get a picture because their mouthes are too full :)

The boys.

Our little trick-or-treating group.

Love is. . .

Weekend in Shohola

This past weekend, we went up to Dave's parents with our friends, Josh and Liz.  While we were there, we hiked some of the falls near where we grew up. 

 Our family.

 The McNeelys

 Dave and Kaleb hiked down a ways that Jakob and I couldn't go.  They're tiny but you can still kind of see them.  

 Jakob, clearly super thrilled that I wanted to take his picture.

 Dave's parents.

 The three big kids: Anna, Kaleb and Katelyn.

 All the kids: Anna, William, Katelyn, Kaleb and Jakob.

 Daddy and the boys.

Jakob finally found something that he enjoyed - splashing in the mud! 

 Yay!

 Covered in mud, but a very happy boy.

 Kaleb throwing rocks in the water.

 

For some reason, this picture reminds me of The Sound of Music.  "Climb every mountain".  

Dave's parents also have a bit of woodsy land that is fun to hike through.

 The big kids: Anna, Kate Kate and Kaleb.

 The babies: Wilbur and Jakey.

And finally some good pictures of my boys!

 

 Kaleb

Jakob

Field Trip to Freddy Hill

I got to go on Kaleb's field trip to Freddy Hill Farms.  It was so much fun!  First, we got to take a tractor ride back to the pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins. 

Looking for the perfect pumpkin.

Found one!

(I can't figure out how to rotate this picture!)
We also got to choose a pumpkin for Jakob.

After we chose our pumpkins, we hopped back onto the tractor and rode it to the corn maze.  Kaleb had so much fun going through the maze and then down the big slide at the end.  

Getting ready to go through the corn maze.

Pretending to eat the corn :)

Going down the big slide!

Outside the corn maze, there was a giant turkey so, of course,

we had to have our picture take with it!

After we were done at the corn maze, we headed over to the main store for some ice cream!  This was, without a doubt, Kaleb's favorite part of the whole field trip.

Pretty much every time we have ice cream, Kaleb gives himself an ice cream beard.

Mid-lick.

Last but not least, Kaleb and I took a walk through the part of the farm where the animals are.  

Super hero pose - this is a MUST!

CHEESE!

Happy 4th Birthday Kaleb!!

How is it possible that this tiny little baby is 4?!?

We had so much fun celebrating with Kaleb this year!  He is old enough that there was a decent amount of build up to the gifts he was going to get and he was SO excited! 

 Waking up to Mommy and Daddy singing to him.  

Kaleb loved opening his gifts!  Daddy picked out a Thor card that made noise.  To Kaleb, a card that makes noise is basically another gift :).

Kaleb got a couple smaller gifts and a ball of yarn.  I think he was a little bit confused at first but once we told him what to do with it, he got excited. 

Following his yarn around the yard. . .

. . .and ending in the side yard with his new quad!

He couldn't wait to ride it.  We spent about an hour and a half outside just cruising around the yard.

 I think he likes it!!

 Jakey taking a spin.

Kaleb's party was also a lot of fun!  He had been saying he wanted a Yankee birthday for about a month prior to his birthday.  However, as is typical for a 4 year old, he switched to a Yankee/superhero birthday about 2 days before the party so we tried to accommodate him as best we could. 

 Kaleb giving his ladies a ride on the quad.

 

Jakey and Bestefar.

Lydia playing at the water table.

 Ellie enjoying the baby pool.

 Tyler jumping off the diving board!

 Anna and Lydia swimming.

 Austin getting ready to go down the slide.

 Opening gifts!  Kaleb got a fishing pole and tackle box from Tyler.

Mommy's attempt at a home made cake.  It's supposed to be a baseball

field with superheros as the players.  

Kaleb and Owen eating the cake right off the tray. 

 

Kaleb through the years.