Riding the Carousel

After being closed the first time we went to the Children's Museum, we were finally able to take Matt's mom for a spine on the carousel. We had such a good time. What an awesome thing for kids of all ages to be able to ride the carousel not matter what the disability is.

The ramp worked perfectly!

It took some doing to get the ramp just right because the museum doesn't use it very often, but finally it was all set.

Halloween 2010

Oct 26th was City Day at preschool. The kids brought their bikes. There were multiple stations for the kids to stop at. Matt and I were stationed at the Bike shop. We spent 2 1/2 hours decorating bikes.

Josh was whizzing around the Student Ministry

His bike needed some gas

Oct 30th, Alex spent the night with us. He went to music class with Josh. He really liked that. Then we met some friends for lunch and went to the Children's Museum haunted house.

Alex and Josh played with the Geotrax for hours

Oct 31st Happy Halloween!! Matt's attacking his giant pumpkin

Giant pumpkin = heavy carving equipment

Our pumpkins!

Watch out he's got some awesome Ninja moves!

Apple Orchard X3?

Apple orchard X3 you ask? Well, we first tried to go to Apple Works to pick apples. Unfortunately, after driving all the way down there, they don't have u-pick apples just pumpkins. So we drove all the way up to Adrian's Orchard. Like wise, they don't have u-pick apples either. What? They call themselves apple orchards but you can't pick apples. Go figure.

The wheels on the bus go round and round!

We were so upset that we couldn't pick apples at Apple Works, even though their trees were loaded with apples, we let Josh pick one just out of spite.

After two failed attempts at the apple orchards, Matt and Josh picked persimmons from our tree at home later.


On Oct. 6th was Josh's first field trip. His class went to Kelsey Farms in Whiteland. It's a small dairy farm. The kids loved to play on the straw mountain and in the cornbox.

The milking parlor. Josh had a lot of question about what went on in the milking parlor.

How a about a little kiss?

These calves were just 9 days old. They were so sweet and the kids loved them.

On the Oct 2nd and 3rd, Josh and I went to my sisters. The kids had an awesome time together and it was good to see Lisa and Chris. It had been awhile because of our crazy schedule. On the 3rd we took the kids to the pumpkin patch. Loads of fun!

Say pumpkin!

Josh, Marianna, Aunt Lisa and Alex

Our pumpkins in the patch. (Josh wanted a little pumpkin. It came in at just 2 pounds.)

Finally, after some searching we found a u-pick apple orchard. It was Anderson Orchard in Moorseville. Unfortunately, most of the apple were gone, but we were able to pick a peck or half a bussell. We have been eating apples everyday since. YUM!

Josh's favorite part was eating the apples. When we weren't sure how the apple would taste, we would find a good one on the ground and try it.

Waterman's pumpkin patch is the only place to get pumpkins. We walked away with 156 pounds of pumpkin. Matt's came in at the grand weight of 94 pounds. He said he always wanted a big pumpkin and this year he was gonna get it.

Bullseye was the preschool class' stuffed pony and Josh is holding him in his hand. Josh took him home for one week. There was a book that you had to write a story about all the things you did with Bullseye and you were supposed to include a picture. Matt and Josh climbed to the top of the ladder truck for the picture. Awesome!

Monster Mania

Are you ready to get your redneck on? Well, we did at the 4X4 Jamboree. There lots of big trucks and lots of rednecks. The people watching was fantastic.

If you have a monster truck wagon blasting Johny Cash with a guy in a wife beater shirt you might be a redneck?

The one and only BIGFOOT!

Now that's a hitch!

Josh was so excited to be up close with the monster trucks.

Avenger does the best free style

For a bargain price of 23 dollars for the three of us, we got to take a ride in this monster truck. Josh said that ride was "really really crazy!"

Ms. Bigfoot with giant air

On 9/23 Josh had dad's night at preschool. No mom's allowed. The theme was the farm, so the boys got all gussied-up. They had a blast doing wheelbarrow races and herding animals.

On Saturday 9/25 Matt and I went to an IU football. We did a little tailgating and then went walking around to people watch.

The Marching 100 forming a perfect I

And by the way, IU won the football game, but next week maybe a different story when they play Michigan.

Music in Me Class

After a failed attempt last year, Josh is finally in the music class we thought he would enjoy. It is called Music in Me at IUPUI for 15 weeks on Saturdays. The focus of the class is pitch, rhythm, and piano. There will even be a recital in December that the kids perform at. To cute I know. Anyway, he loved it. I think we have played the CD from class so many times that we all know the words of every song and Matt and I are ready to throw it out of the window.

Matt wanted to start Family Movie night. For our first movie night we watched ... Star Wars. I'm sure that wasn't a surprise to anyone. We watched episode one because we thought Josh would like the pod race which he did. He wasn't to sure about Darth Mal though. He was kind of scary Josh said.

What do you eat of movie night? PIZZA!

Oh and don't forget the popcorn. Josh loves it!!

On Sunday Sept. 12, Josh and I went to Chinese Fest at Military Park. It was small, but much better than Asian Fest that we tried to go to in the summer. Anyway, Josh loved watching the Dragon Dance, but he didn't like the Chinese opera. I must admit that I don't like it much either.

The Dragon Dance

Josh thought it was funny that the dragon's blinked.

Starting Preschool

I can't believe it has been two weeks since our last blog update. Anyway, the big news is that Josh started preschool on Aug. 30th. The week before that we had a meet the teachers day at the park and a meet my friends day at the school. Josh had to bring the snack for the first day of school, because the teachers saw that he wasn't shy and would show the other kids how to do it.

He absolutely loved scool and can't wait to go back this week.



Of course life is getting more crazy at our house because Matt is changing shifts and teaching the driver ops class at work which means lots of overtime. The bad part is that we don't get to see dad as much. Also, Josh will be starting a music class next week at IUPUI. It will be on Saturdays for 15 weeks for 45 minutes. Plus, Josh has his first birthday party for a friend that he gets to go to on Saturday.

Here Josh is making dad into a box truck. Notice he is carring the snack bucket for school.

If you look very close to this picture you can see where Josh drew his first stick figures. They are in green on the fountain.

On Aug 29th we went to Bug Fest at Southeastway Park. Who doesn't love bugs? Here Josh is spitting (for distance) a frozen cricket. Later he ate a chocolate covered cricket like it was nothing.


What's he going to be?

The cutest Black Widow Spider you have ever seen.

Josh is fascinated by the fossils that were are Bug Fest.

Josh's or should I say Matt and I's first homework assignment for preschool. It was a poster all about Josh.

The first day of preschool!

Josh is waiting in the car for the teachers to come and get him at the drop off spot. He so excited!! He is hold a card for his teacher's birthday.

Bye mom and dad!! Josh said bye and never looked back. He was glad to see us when we picked him up. He loved preschool.

For those who don't know, Josh loved the show Dinosaur Train on PBS. Josh is pretending to be the conductor and holding up the map showing the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Mesozoic time periods.