Beautiful Fall Weekend!

This was all under water this spring.

The weather was perfect this weekend.  I wish the fall could last a lot longer here.  Vermont is wonderful in the fall!  We went on the 'Light the Night' walk this weekend.  The boys loved the balloons and light up necklaces.  We didn't walk for long because it was late and it was raining, but at least we got a balloon this year (I nearly had to pay $100 for it, but that's another story :).
Yesterday Brodie had a blast playing soccer and the boys had fun making a wooden fire truck at Lowes.  Today we played outside and got a lot of bike riding in.  We rode near the water front and it was fun to see the locations that had been under water this spring.

Inside fun!

As usual, Isaac is still eating after we are all finished.  Reminds us of Grandpa Luksan

We've got our balloons and are ready to walk!

If anyone wants to visit us, fall is a great time to be in Vermont :)

Apple picking!

Since we missed the harvest festival yesterday, we went to a local apple orchard for their harvest festival.  There weren't as many tractors to climb on, but we still had a good time and picked some apples at the same time! 

Brodie wanted to make sure I got a photo of the baby ducks

Isaac was done with the pictures :)

New bike!

We unfortunately lost Brodie's bike when we left it down the block when we were running home in the rain.  We went back after it stopped raining and his bike was gone.  Brodie was so sad.  He is very lucky that Grandpa and Grandma felt sorry for him and got him a new bike!  He has now decided that he really doesn't like his old bike, but he does love his new one.  His new bike is very fast and is a Husker bike (not really - it is red though). Thank-you Grandpa and Grandma!

Brodie played soccer again this morning and he learned how to pass.  Unfortunately, I left the car door open during practice and the car battery was dead after practice.   Luckily someone was nice enough to jump the car, but we did miss out on the Harvest Festival.   Hopefully we can have some fun outside this afternoon!

Burlington Waterfront 2009-2011

2009

2010

2011

Saturday!

Waiting in line to check in.

Warming up.

Learning the rules.

Practicing dribbling.

Isaac was happy until a little boy came back to get his toy

We are having a great Saturday so far!  Brodie had soccer this morning and loved it!  Isaac wasn't too fond of watching Brodie play soccer, so he and I went to the park.  From a distance, it looked like Brodie's coach was doing a lot of talking and a lot of drills, so I wasn't sure if he would like it, but he had a great time.  He can't wait to go back next week.  He learned how to dribble and trap the ball this week.  He was really hoping that Emma was going to be there also. 

We went to Lowes after soccer and the boys both made police cars with a light on top. 

Isaac is getting pretty good at hammering!

Here are a few pictures from us playing outside last night. 

They do share every once in awhile

We love to eat!

It amazes me how different the two boys eat.  Isaac loves fruits and vegtables and Brodie would be happy if he didn't eat them ever again.  I made eggs goldenrod (toast with eggs and a white sauce) for lunch today.  Brodie ate 2 helpings, but Isaac spit out his only bite.  He ate my veggie burger instead.  Brodie tried the veggie burger, but decided it was gross.  That's about how it goes for every meal, Isaac will eat the veggies, Brodie will eat the meat and most of the time they will both eat some fruit.


They do both love cookies!  It has been raining all day, so we went to a local bakery this morning that has free cookie decorating on Wednesdays.  I've heard of this before, but haven't ever tried it.  I will definitely go again!  The boys each got 3 cookies, got to pick their color of icing, and also got three different kinds of sprinkles.  It was so much fun!

On the way home, Brodie was climbing in the car with rain boots on.  I told him not to put his feet on the seat, so he proceeded to try and climb from the back seat to front seat.  He got muddy foot prints on the seat of course.  I told him that he was going to have to clean it up (apparently I was quite dramatic).  Isaac then kept yelling, "clean it up" over and over again.  He didn't really know what he was saying, but Brodie did not appreciate Isaac telling him he was going to have to clean it up.  Brodie kept saying "I know Isaac; I know."  I thought the entire thing was quite amusing :)

Running in the Rain

Brodie after his run in the rain

We've had a great weekend so far and we are looking forward to one more day off from work!  We went for a walk tonight to deliver some cinnamon rolls to friends that had taken Brodie to and from Vacation Bible School.  I checked the weather before we went for the walk and it wasn't supposed to rain until the middle of the night.  It sprinkled for a few minutes at the beginning of the walk, but then it stopped and it looked like it was going to clear.  Well.... it cleared long enough for us to get all the way to our friend's house (they weren't home) and then it began to pour.  We were drenched before we were half way home.  It was warm, so it actually wasn't too bad.  It was coming down pretty hard and there were a few thunder clashes that were a little loud.  Isaac didn't like the rain and thunder very much.  He was better after I was carrying him.  So, I was carrying Isaac and Abel was pushing Brodie's bike while Brodie was running.  We actually had someone offer to give us a ride - we must have looked pretty pathetic.  Overall, it was quite fun.

On another note....Isaac has decided he wants to pick out his clothes in the morning like his big brother does.  He does not like clothes without pictures.  It takes me longer to find something for him to wear in the morning than his brother because he does not communicate as well as his big brother about what he wants to wear.  He is very good about communicating what he doesn't want to wear.  He refused to wear his Husker gear yesterday.   Apparently we are going to have to get some Husker gear with footballs on it.  Yikes!

Go Big Red!

We are so glad that it's college football season again!  We are excited that we should get to watch the game also tomorrow!

Brodie at 11 months of age

Isaac at 20 months of age

Here are a couple of pictures of Brodie and Isaac in the same shirt.  Of course Brodie was quite a bit younger when the picture was taken because he was a little bigger :)