The Many Faces of Ez

This kid keeps us smiling. He's wild and crazy and totally lovable. He literally runs around the house all the time. He makes funny faces, tells funny stories and wears me out to the max. He makes life beautiful.

This is James' Uncle Mitch. He came out from California for a boat show and we were able to meet up with him for dinner! I think they look so much alike, but no one else agrees with me. What do you think?

I guess our hope of a "nice" picture isn't realistic with Crazy Ez.

I just can't figure out where he gets it from...

Oops

Who's the smart mommy who gave her 1 year old a painting pen? 

You're thinking... "where was that boy's mama?" right? I was RIGHT next to him. A+ for distracted mom. Oops.

Which is why our project the next day was finger painting. That's supposed to be messy, so it was perfect for Makai.

Makai's ^

Ezra's ^

And just because he's cute:

 He is ALWAYS climbing into baskets.

Ezra's First Field Trip

Ezra had his first ever field trip October 3rd. Since James doesn't need to leave for work until 11:30 am, I was able to leave Mak with him and take Ezra. We went to Green Meadows Petting Farm. They had lots of cute little animals, an opportunity to milk a cow, a pig race, hayride and a pumpkin patch. Ezra LOVED it.

He was not interested in milking the cow, so we moved right onto the animals.

He especially loved the hayride. He squealed almost the whole ride. 

    

He was also quite captivated by the week old piggies nursing. I asked him to come look at other animals at least three times, but he just kept staring. They were SOO cute.

They also had a tractor the kids could climb on; since no farm is complete without one.

Buuut...the main reason we were there was for the pumpkin patch. He asked every 5 minutes or so if we could go to the pumpkin patch.

He had a hard time deciding.

And then he finally settled on this one :

We HAD to decorate it the very next day. It was so fun to have an adventure with just my little Ez! I love field trips and I'm pretty sure Ezra does now too.

The County Fair

 Pop-pop and Grandma Lene took us to the County Fair the middle of September. Ezra had a ball on all the rides. We even got to ride a camel!! I never thought I'd ride a camel. The guy had me sit on the hump. Hmm. Ouch. Ezra thought it was pretty cool. 

He went on most of the rides by himself. Watching your children enjoy something is truthfully as much fun or more fun than actually going on the ride yourself. His laughter makes my days brighter.

Totally love his face in this one ^

And sweet, sweaty little Mak was a patient observer... for the most part. I did find myself getting excited for the days when he and Ezra can go on the rides and laugh together.

JFR- Part 4

Family Photo Shoot

We had a good friend, Kathleen Barlow, from church take some family photos for us. We realized just how hard it is to have a big group (especially with young kids) all smiling and looking at the camera in one picture.

After everyone else flew home, the boys and I hung out for another week.

My mom just had knee replacement surgery, so we had some wheelchairs to play around in :)

This is my good friend Sue, who refuses to pose for a camera, so this is the only pic I have of her. She's beautiful.

Is this what they mean when they say "baby blues"? Because I want some.

Tyler and Ezra

Nana loved snuggle time. She especially enjoyed Ezra falling asleep in her arms.

Climbing. It's his new favorite thing. 

And it was a wonderful family reunion. I miss them already :(