Fall Fun

We're really enjoying the fall weather on the east coast. October is my favorite month and luckily (and strangely!) Keith is actually home to share it with us this year. We've picked pumpkins, gone on a hay rack ride, painted said pumpkins and more. It's really been great having family time. We're gearing up for Halloween too! Will is going to be a football player (Nebraska, of course) unless he decides last minute to wear the horse costume our friend gave us. Hmmm. I'm thinking we should stick with fb player. Archer is probably going to wear an adorable (and hilarious) dog costume another friend passed down. I'm not sure he'll wear the headpiece that goes with it but it's pretty cute anyway. Aunt Jill and Matt are coming down to spend the weekend with us so I'm sure we'll have plenty of fun for all.

Will had a fall festival at school last week. They got to pick their own pumpkins, drink apple cider, and get their faces painted. Will was proud of his ghost. Booooo! But he was very concerned that he couldn't see the ghost so I had to take some pictures for him. Pretty sure he thought if he moved his eyes far enough to one side he'd be able to see it. :)

Archer's been practicing his spooky skeleton skills.

Painting pumpkins together!

Good messy fun...although Archer didn't get near as dirty as Will got when he painted at this age.

Mini Picasso

Mini mini Picasso

Say it again!

We are a household of talkers. Keith and I chat, Will talks non-stop, and now Archer is babbling up a storm and throwing out some new words. Archer seems to get fixated on one word and decides to use it to its full extent. His current word is "this". He started using it last week and now when he wants something, he point and says "this? this?" over and over again. The problem is that I'm not sure which "this" he means. Is it a toy, his milk, the phone? Who knows! But at least he's learning. He is infatuated with our phones, both the home phone and cell phones. He knows how to work our smart phones and can even unlock Keith's screen. That's some solid security feature if a 15 month old can crack it! At least he's not asking to play Angry Birds...yet. So if you get some weird text or call from one of us, you know AD was busy on the phone.

Will continues to be quite the linguist. As a big 4 year old, he's certainly picked up some new vocabulary, some of it positive...some not. We were eating dinner the other night and in his ploy to not eat, Will entertained us with all sorts of stories. He's quite a storyteller these days. He makes up elaborate tales about people needing help, being rescued, getting lost, finding new friends, etc. The other night he told us he either wants to be a firefighter or a cat when he grows up. LOL! Or maybe a firefighter cat, which seems the most realistic to me! Will wasn't a fan of the dinner I made the other night and told me, "Mom, this dinner is a distaster." hahahahaha The honesty is priceless!

Are you ready for some football?

Football season is in full swing in our house. Not only have we been tuning in for the Husker games (which have so far resulted in some tears from all 3 Heyen boys), Will's flag football season is off to a great start. They were actually a little delayed due to our overly-wet September but he finally had his first game yesterday.

Will's team is the Cavaliers and they wear Navy blue shirts. He's #8. It's quite amusing to watch, as most of the boys are so little that their flags almost drag on the ground while they run. His team is for 4 and 5 year olds so there is a range of abilities and sizes but his 3 coaches do a good job of letting everyone play. During yesterday's game, there were some moments of confusion on the field. Popular themes seem to be grabbing the flags of one's own teammates, running the wrong way on the field, and forgetting the "flag" in flag football and tackling others during the game. I'm sure with a little more practice, things will even out.

Will is becoming quite the football expert in the meantime. The other day he told us all about the "defense" and the "refence" and the "hut hut guy". Those sounds like technical terms to me! I think he could probably teach me a thing or two about the game.

Grandma Charma came to visit last weekend and was nice enough to watch the boys while Keith and I went to the Centennial of Naval Aviation Ball in Virginia Beach. It was a big affair this year and we had fun dressing up and seeing our friends. Grandma had a great time with the boys; they were both sad when she left. It's never easy saying good-bye!