Caden goes to the Circus!

Saturday afternoon we took Caden to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus while Grammy and Grampy stayed home with Cole.. Caden had a hard time wanting to leave for the Circus knowing Grammy and Grampy were at his house.. but we finally convinced him that it would be fun, and he could get a treat while we were there... We are not looking forward to the day when bribery doesn't work anymore!

In the end Caden enjoyed the show quite a bit I think, although he did sit through most of the show covering his ears. In his defense though, it was pretty loud. His treat was popcorn and lemonade because we could not justify spending $20 on a light-up toy! What a racket! A stuffed elephant, measuring about a foot high was $40!! A racket I tell you!

While the circus was very entertaining, it is a lot different than what I remember, but it's been awhile so my memory is foggy. A few differences were.... there was no tiger jumping through a flaming hoop (P*E*T*A was also protesting outside, so perhaps they convinced them it wasn't the best act?) The tight wire was much shorter! Did they always have the tigers surrounded by a huge cage? The clowns were actually kind of annoying, although I've never been a huge fan of clowns anyway, they just aren't funny! Did they always have little dogs doing tricks incorporated into the show? It still amazes me how the elephants hold the tail of the elephant in front of him. And it's not like they are placed there, we saw them grabbing onto them on their own!

Apple Picking at Mack's

Yesterday we finally went apple picking, since our scheduled apple picking day got rained out... twice! You can tell the season is ending because most of the apples easy to reach were picked.. so we did a lot of reaching. We did find a few bonus apples though that the kids could reach. It didn't matter much though because they all still tasted super delicious! I think we are all in agreement, you can't beat fresh apples off the tree! Cole has recently taken an incredible interest in apples, if you leave one sitting anywhere within reach it will soon have a Cole-bite out of it.. and a spit out piece of skin won't be too far behind!

We had to be careful because Cole really liked picking up drops.. Thankfully he learned quickly not to eat them... and he took to throwing them instead!

20 weeks!

We're finally half way there! And once again you will see me in the same outfit every two weeks as we monitor the belly growth! Below you can see pictures of Me when pregnant with Caden and Cole for comparison.. With Caden I took only skin pictures.. Cole we took both as I was not as willing to bare-all when sharing!! I thought I was ginormous this time around, but now looking at me with Cole, I guess I am about the same. Caden being the first baby we were slower to expand! Enjoy!

Baby #3 - Week 20

Cole - Belly week 21 (we were a bit slow to start that time around!)

Caden - Belly Week 20

Wii Be Playin'

Occasionally when Caden has been good he is allowed to play a couple of games on the Wii. Usually he chooses to do a couple of Mario Kart races, but last night he wanted to play "The Monkey Game" (Monkey Ball Banana Blitz) which is a collection of about 50 different short games like darts, bowling, sailing, etc. Last night Caden had fun playing boxing... we found it so comical we had to video him.. and of course share it! Enjoy!