The Sky is Falling!

OK, not really; those falling things would be leaves and snow!  Last week we had our first few inches of snow that stuck around a couple days.  It's melted now and should be a pretty nice week for Halloween.  But this is what we woke up to mid-last week:

Before that, the leaves were turning and slowly falling off the trees.  Owen really loves to crunch the leaves and giggles when he does so on his bike.  He knows his way pretty well through the neighborhood, and we've been on some really long walks when he's leading on his bike.

He's been very interested in people's yard decorations for Halloween this year, too, which requires several minutes of staring and inquisitive "What's that?"s from the sidewalk.  We are keeping it low-key this year, and probably just trick-or-treating with some friends.  We did go to the pumpkin patch, but it was a miserable, windy day, so we didn't stay long.  Just long enough to ride the train and pick out a small pumpkin.

And we carved a pumpkin.  Well, I should say that Daddy did.  Owen took one handful of goop out of the pumpkin and then wanted to wash his hands. :)

Now that it's getting cooler outside, we are spending more time indoors with friends.  They actually play with and talk to each other now, which is so fun to watch!  Carson wanted to build things, and Jacob is in to wrestling these days.  Owen is an accommodating host.  :)

Hadley's getting better at tummy time and is awake a lot more now, too.  We suspect that she is teething (yikes!), because she is very drooly and loves nothing more than to chew on her hands.  She doesn't like pacifiers, which is opposite of Owen, but requires a bit more work with constant motion, conversation, etc.  Check out her big, blue eyes!