I love Fall!!

It is just the perfect weather, and so pretty! Yesterday was Daniel's first day working with his dad. It went well, but he came home very tired. Today he has 2 computer jobs after working with his dad all day. He is a busy man. I am so lucky that he works so hard for our family.

Since Daniel is working for his dad, they ride together to the job. Daniel's dad picks him up every morning. This means, the van is mine all day! I was at the mercy of Daniel's schedule before, so there were not a lot of outings. We can go out everyday if we want now!

Yesterday, the boys and I decided to use our new freedom with a trip to the craft store. On Saturday, the boys had painted pumpkins at our church Fall Festival, and fell in LOVE with painting. I decided we would stock up on some craft paint and papers and brushes for the boys. When we got into the store, I think Evan's jaw dropped to the ground.

"FWOWERS!!" (aka, flowers) he squealed.

Both Connor and Evan had fun picking out what colors they wanted to paint with. I had to convince Connor that if we got red and white we could make him pink. Much to daddy's chagrin, pink is Connor's favorite color. Evan just likes anything he can make a mess with.

As we were walking to look at the cake decorating items (mommy's craft de jour) Connor was eying the items in our cart. He looked up at me with this HUGE smile and goes...

"Momma! I gonna make a painting for gwamma!"

What a sweet baby. He went on to say he was going to make her a pink one, a green one, a white one, ect. I told him that he could make a painting for grandpa too, and grandpa could put it up in his office. Evan chimed in with "Gwampa!!".

I promised the boys if they were very good in the store that we could go to the park after we were done. Both boys were VERY good, so I held up my end of the bargain. Now, the park is one of Connor's favorite places. He LOVES the slides. Evan is happy as a clam following big brother around and trying to do everything he does.

Today was a different story though. As soon as we got out of the van, Evan darted off to play on the playground, and Connor dropped to the ground. I asked him what he was doing and he said he didnt want to go to the park. He had just said 5 minutes earlier how he wanted to go down the slide. I asked him if he was tired, to which he said yes. I asked him if he wanted to go home and take a nap (this usually snaps him right out of it) but he replied "yes momma".

*Sigh* I told Connor that Evan was having fun so we had to let him play for at least 10 minutes before we left. Connor went and sat on a bench, and I joined him. On the bench, Connor tells me that he wants apple juice. Ummmm....sorry babe, I dont have any. He looked me square in the eyes and goes "Ok, I play on da slide if we get apple juice later".

My 2 year old has picked up on the art of compromise! I am not sure if this is good or bad. At any rate, I told him we could get some later and off he went. Hey, at least its a semi healthy request!

Shortly after Connor went off to play, Evan came up to me with a huge handful of leaves. He had been walking around the playground picking up as many as his tiny arms would hold. I asked him what he was doing and before I had time to finish he had thrown the huge pile on me. The goober. He erupted in a fit of the cutest little giggles you have ever heard. I scooped him up and tickled him as my revenge. His face was red from laughing so hard when I put him down. I told him to go play, and before he ran off he lifted his head for a kiss. It was such a moment that would melt a mommy's heart. He is a very loving little boy. I cant believe how big he is getting. I know that soon enough he wont want to kiss mommy because he is "too big" for that...and it will break my heart. Why cant they stay little for longer?

After a good 30 minutes on the park, both boys were starving and completely tired. We swung by McDonalds on the way home (I know,badddd mommy) for a happy meal...with apple juice! :) We came home, ate, and the boys went off for their nap. After a quick tidy up, I sat down and watched some adult shows (no, not bad shows, just something that was NOT on nick jr!)!!

Daniel got home before the boys got up, so he was able to get them up from their nap. The boys were thrilled because they hadnt seen daddy all day. We set up some trash bags on the floor and busted out our new paints! The boys had a blast painting with daddy AND mommy. I told the boys we could take them to grandpa sometime this week.

It was a wonderful day. It was one of those days were everything seems to go right, and you feel like the you are the luckiest parent in the world. Now, when the boys are screaming, my house is a disaster and nothing seems to go right...I have to think of the good days. :)

I leave you with a few pictures of my boys painting pumpkins on Saturday. They were very intense the whole time they painted.




Connor's is on the left, Evan's on the right!