broken arm

 ryder was invited to a friend's birthday party at the pumpkin patch with bouncy houses and slides.  we were there 5 minutes before he flew down the slide and i heard a snap(sounded like a tree branch).  i watched him walk over to me holding his arm and i knew.  fortunately i had noah on my back and the other two were home with my aunt.  after a quick call to stew and some help from a team of EMTs(stew would like all to know that these guys look like they had walked out of a calendar shoot.  no joke- his words not mine.), stew and ryder were on their way to children's.  ryder was a total champ!

both bones in the lower part of his right arm were broken.  he got this nifty cast for the first week and later added some black to this beauty! 

ice cream with friends is always a good call! 

isaac's kinder halloween party

the fun part about being a room mom is that you get to be at all the class parties.  

extra great that isaac was the student standout that week!

 a very fussy day due to some new chomps!  fortunately eating dirt and playing outside helped a bit

pop star birthday party

 

a quick trip to pumpkin station with my aunt turned out to be a lot of fun of the boys.  

 isaac was invited to his first pop star birthday party.  he learned a few new songs and was also informed of the fact that boys too can go to dance studios.  i might be the one that refers to dance studios as,  "the place where girls go to dance."  oops. 

 this character sported his best moves at the party!

the weekend before halloween

after ryder broke his arm at a birthday party we needed extra treats that week.  

the older boys went to grandma chris' church fall festival.  they brought home lbs of candy that i ate without a lot of help.  eek. 

 daddy and auntie allison represented clif bars that weekend at legoland.  

bates nut farm

 isaac has talked about bates nut farm since last year when i told him we couldn't go due to his cleft surgery.  this year he reminded and reminded me and reminded me... and so off we went...

october came and went!

october got away from me!  we made our scarecrow, went to isaac's school festival, celebrated my 21st birthday(roll with it) and more! 

 passed our co sleeper on!  bittersweet for me.  all four boys have slept in this crib.

more october photos to come.