Later that day Ben and I took the kids to the pumpkin patch next to the boys school and they picked out their pumpkins. Our pumpkins in our garden didn't do well this year. I was too busy growing a baby. Something had to be sacraficed!
Next year I'll do better. It's hard to spend money on something you know will be thrown away in a couple of weeks. They had fun running around with Riley chasing after them yelling "wait,wait!" We only gave them one rule for choosing their pumpkins and that was - they had to carry it back to the car themselves. Jake ended up rolling his all the way. It was fun and they have already thought of what they want to carve in them.
Jocelyns birthday was friday. I took her to grandmas so that she could see Jocelyn open her present. Earlier Jocleyn had said that she wanted polly pockets and barbie for her birthday so I told her about grandmas barbies that she has had since she was little. So when we got to grandmas that was one of the first things she asked for. I thought they would be deep in storage but not so grandma grabbed them from downstairs and Jocelyn and I had a moment with grandma looking through her barbies. Afterwards we went to walmart to get a few birthday things and of course to look at the toys. Jocleyn found wedding barbie-just like grandmas-and after a long decision between cheerleader barbie or wedding barbie- she picked wedding barbie. Just like grandmas she said. I had Ben pick it up for her later. She was pretty excited. She got what she wanted-barbie and polly pockets. She also got to choose which resteraunt to go to. She picked "the place where you pick your own food" which converts to chuck-a-rama. So after opening presents we all headed to chuck-a-rama for dinner. The kids all did great and we actually had a peaceful dinner. I guess it helps when Riley can have a plate of fruit and veggies and goldfish crackers! On sunday we sang happy birthday and had her purple butterfly cake. She is just so excited to be four.
Our saturday was full of yard work for Ben. He got alot done in the garden. The kids enjoyed the warm weather with friends. Also 3 years ago Ben planted a tree just next to our porch which I have never liked only because I knew it would get too big and block the house and also because when I sit on the porch I have hard time seeing into the cul-de-sac where the kids usually play. So finally after years of little comments from me and our neighbor Laurie-mostly joking about it being moved- he decided that it was getting bigger than he thought it would and it needed to be moved!!! With our neighbor Johns help, it was moved to the back corner of our lot. Hopefuly to provide some shade for the swingset. There have been a few of these big tree moments in our marriage and luckily we have learned to recognize them and laugh about them, and Ben usually ends up saying "I should have listened to you". Which isn't too bad to hear every once in a while!
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