a visit to the dentist

All 4 kids had dentist appointments this morning. Jared's an old pro at going to the dentist. It almost looks like he's running the entire office from this chair.

Caleb chose banana flavored toothpaste this time.

Gracie chose chocolate...that's my girl!

Lily chose cotton candy toothpaste for her cleaning. She was so excited to see that the staff members wore their purple Dora shirts today.

I couldn't get over how little the girls looked in the chair! Good news: no cavities! The kids got to put their names in the "No Cavities Club" box for a free drawing to win frozen yogurt or a t-shirt. I got to enter our family in the family "No Cavities Club" box (I'm not quite sure what that prize is).

snuggle time

Phil gets to come home on Tuesday nights, because he doesn't have school/work on Wednesday. Lily loves to have him home. Before he leaves, she tells him, "I'll save my snuggles for you." This is what we woke up to this morning. She had set the couch up for their snuggle time and was waiting patiently for Phil to wake up and join her.

playing in the front yard

the pumpkin patch...sorta

Last October I was so disappointed with the prices at the pumpkin patch! Last year we played in the corn maze, took lots of pictures, but then stopped by the grocery store for our pumpkins on the way home. This year one of my favorite grocery stores, Yoke's, is selling pumpkins for 15 cents a pound, so I took the kids to pick out pumpkins yesterday. It's great to tell the kids size doesn't matter this year and then pay only $6 for four pumpkins!