October ~

October was another fun (and busy!) month.

We started out with a fun visit from Uncle Eric and Auntie Tracy....

Uncle Eric showed Micah what a piggy does ~

Caleb got some snuggles with Auntie Tracy ~


And Micah played photographer ~

...then went apple picking with our friends Billy and Katie...

What kid doesn't love playing in the hay? (trust me, he was having more fun than these pictures show!) :)

And chasing turkeys is always a good time!

Micah got to watch "Bob the Builder" live out of our front window as some driveways were re-paved...



...and we had a wonderful visit with my college roommate, Steph, when she came into town for our other roommate's wedding.

Micah and Pops having a good time at the reception ~

Our portable DVD player was perfect for keeping Micah occupied!

Nee Nee and Caleb, relaxing in the hall ~

This video is SUPER dark, but you can just make out Micah dancing in the center. He was a HUGE hit on the dance floor! :)

Dancing with the bride ~


Dancing with the Mother of the Bride ~


Dancing with Daddy ~

Micah got some work done at his "office"...



For the record, Micah set this up on his own... I helped get the computer up on the toy box, but he pulled the potty seat over to sit on. If you think about it, it's a genius set up! He can get work done, take a potty break, and play with his toys all without having to leave the office! :)

...and we spent a nice, relaxing weekend with Grandma and Grandpa K.

The Klingenmaier Cookie Monsters ~

Caleb discovered his toes ~

Micah helped Grandma wash some apples... ANY excuse to play in water, right? :)

Grandpa got some quality bonding time with Caleb ~

I LOVE these pictures! Grandpa K has the magic touch!

(the first one is Micah, the second is Caleb)

Caleb had his first few bites of rice cereal (he did alright at first, but is NOT a fan)...

What are you trying to feed me??

Big brother Micah wanted to help ~

...started sitting up (almost) on his own...


...and continues to find his big brother hilarious!

We celebrated Caleb's dedication at church at the end of the month...

Micah spent most of the party after the service watching Buzz with Sean... SO cute! :)

...and had some Halloween fun with the grandparents.





Our latest endeavor with the boys ~ cloth diapering! When my friend Steph was in town, she got us started into this new (and highly addicting!) world. While the startup cost is expensive, in the long run using cloth diapers should save us a bunch of money. I read somewhere that diapering a kid for 2 years with disposables can cost around $1800, but with cloth diapers for the same amount of time it's only about $200. I'm sold! We did a trial of some diapers through Itsy Bitsy Bums (if you're curious about cloth diapering, I HIGHLY recommend this site!), and Micah seemed to be pretty excited about the diapers! :)

And that about sums up October! :)

September ~

It is a LOT harder to be consistent with keeping our blog up-to-date with 2 kiddos to take care of! I've gotten some things figured out with 2... how to get out of the house in a reasonable amount of time (though I'm sure that routine will go into the toilet once the weather changes and we need hats, coats, etc.); how to do nap time and bed time by myself with 2...even when one is fussing to eat; how to get meals ready for the family and keep the house fairly clean, and a bunch of other things... but keeping the blog updated hasn't been mastered yet. Thank you for your patience...and encouragement to stay on top of this!

So, to catch you up on the month of September (October is coming in another post)... it started with a wonderful trip to the U.P., which was Caleb's first time there outside of the womb! Aaron's family had a big reunion planned over Labor Day weekend, and we had a great time catching up with everyone... family and friends... that weekend.

Family picture in our Piche tees ~

This was BY FAR Micah's favorite thing of the day... instead of sand, Aaron's uncle had made a corn box! It was a HUGE hit with the kiddos! :)

We took bets to see who could guess how much corn would be in Micah's pants/diaper by the end of the day... I think Tracy won :)

Another big hit with Micah was the farm equipment he was able to "drive" :)

Family picture on the hayride

Micah on the train... another favorite of the day

What a face! :)

Micah also got a kick out of the cows that were penned up in the yard ~

Aunt Tracy showed Micah how to get the calf to suck on his hand... he seemed to think that was pretty cool :)

"washing" his hands in the trough... why not... he's on a farm! :)

The whole purpose for the reunion... 125 years in the farming industry!

We also spent an afternoon at the DeYoung family zoo, which is unlike any zoo you'll ever go to. It's definitely a place to put on your "bucket list". :)

You can't get this close to a pygmy hippo at Brookfield zoo, that's for sure!

And before we left that weekend, we had to get some pictures of the boys in their Piche onesies and hats. :)

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Monday afternoon is a GREAT time to go to the Kohl Children's Museum! We took the boys there after our weekend up north and basically had the place to ourselves!

Making ice cream (Micah thought it was cold!) :)

But still yummy!

This NEVER happens, where Micah can actually play at the car track... it's usually swarming with kids!

I think we have another train fan on our hands!

Of course, Micah still loves trains!

This is what the museum employees do when it's not busy... sorry it's a little blurry!

A basically empty childrens' museum ~

All sorts of things to do outside and Micah wants to play with the water fountain!

We also had some fun at home this month...

Can you find Micah?

Caleb is getting more tolerant of "tummy time" :)

Such a drooler!

And we have discovered "chewbeads"! :)

Ok... now onto October and November! Seriously... that post took forever! I'll work on being better about blogging, I promise! (maybe that will be my new year's resolution!) :)