Tony and the kids carving pumpkins. Izzy was really into it this year and she loved eating the roasted seeds.

My little "pumpkins".

Halloween

This year Halloween was so fun because Izzy was Little Bo Peep and Vinny was her lost sheep. She talked about it for weeks before and even tried it on. The only bad thing was that it came with a shepherd's hook which she used to "hook" Vinny with and he didn't like that one bit!

It really hasn't seemed like fall around here because the weather has been so hot. The leaves have changed and finally fell off this week. School is in full swing and I am taking 2 Grad classes online towards a degree in Library Media Specialist. We have been playing outside as much as we can and we were lucky enough to get a merry-go-round from Tony's cousins the Picek's.

The kids are growing so fast; both of them are in the 85-95% for height. Vinny loves to follow his "sissy" around and try to do what she does.

Fall

We had a wonderful August and we tried to enjoy every minute of our last summer days. Izzy and I were swimming in Vermilion on Labor Day weekend. The lake was cold already even though the air was warm but Izzy is one tough little swimmer! We visited my sister and the kids for a day and Izzy and Vinny had so much fun playing with their cousins. Here are a couple of pictures of Izzy, Vinny, Thomas and Gabby.

Sisters and Brothers

Izzy loves to paint. Vinny loves it too and he will give you the brush back so that you can change colors for him. He is running everywhere now and he loves to play with all of Izzy's stuff. She has been pretty good about sharing but the one thing there is always a fight over is "her" chair. I told Tony that we may need to have two little chairs from now on.