Pumpkin pickin'

I had been hoping to go to a pumpkin patch with Nicole so she could pick her very own pumpkin. But, we got a Nor'easter and it rained on the day we planned to go. So, we went to a local market instead, and she still got to pick her very own pumpkin. She loved it.


She still carries this pumpkin around with her. It now has a few dings and no longer has a stem, but I feel like we got our money's worth.


And they had yummy cider donuts and apple cider!

Our little mini

Mini Alex

Mini Kristin

Please Touch Museum

My sister and brother-in-law, Megan and Andrew, gave us an awesome gift this summer - a membership to the Please Touch Museum. For those of you who don't know what this is, it's an interactive museum just for kids. How cool is that? We were there for about an hour, and only saw a little bit of the museum. We all had a ton of fun and are excited we get to go back as often as we want.

Nicole's favorite part was the grocery store - she would have spent all day in there if we had let her

We stopped in at McDonald's for some burgers - Nicole kept trying to eat the plastic bun and seemed a bit confused.

Our future doctor

And here is Nicole riding the carousel. Despite how she looks, she loved it. And Alex and Nicole both got to sit on horses that went up and down. :)

Nicole-isms

I realized yesterday that I didn't even notice that we had passed Nicole's 16 month mark. Must be a sign that she's getting old (well, at least one of us is). So now that she's a big girl, here are some of the fun things she does.

Anytime Nicole sees a dog, she says, "arf!" Most of the time I haven't noticed the dog until I hear her say "arf!"

Nicole loves to dance. She was even dancing to the Mo-Tab during Conference.

When Nicole hasn't seen me in awhile, she'll start walking around the house yelling, "Mama!" Sometimes she yells the same thing when she hasn't seen Alex, but it's still "Mama!"

Nicole likes to come up behind people and tickle them while saying "tickle, tickle, tickle."

If it's getting near lunch or dinner time, I'll ask Nicole if she wants to go eat, and she walks straight to the kitchen.

Nicole loves her bathtime. Last night we were doing family home evening and she started to take off her shirt and pants, and was getting pretty close to getting that diaper off. Alex finally told her she could go and take a bath and she nearly jumped into his arms.

When we ask her where her belly is, she pulls up her shirt and touches her belly.

Every time Nicole sees a train, hears a train, or even sees train tracks, she says "choo!"

Martha Stewart

I went to Martha Stewart in New York last week and had so much fun! Alex had to fly to Utah for work, so I ended up leaving Nicole with a babysitter all day - her first time getting babysat by someone outside of the family. I appreciate Carrie and MaryAnn so much for babysitting for Nicole!

We drove up to Staten Island and jumped on the ferry. This is Jen, me, Beth, Mindy, and Jenessa.


Here we are posing with Martha. The show was all about finance, and Michael Moore was the big guest. Mindy got to ask him a question on camera - pretty awesome! And we all got on camera, if even for a split second.


This is Martha's amazing set. Beth and I got to sit on the 2nd row on the floor.


This is Joey. He was the warm up guy and was really funny.


After the show we hit Magnolia Bakery and Ferrara. And then made a stop at Rice to Riches on our way out. There are tons of flavors of rice puddings in this shop, and it's all modern and funky and awesome.



Thanks girls, I had a blast!

Nicole's latest dance moves

This little girl dances anytime she hears music...

New Hope and Washington's Crossing

Last Saturday Alex and I decided to go somewhere we had never been. We chose New Hope because we've heard that it's a cute little town with a bunch of fun shops. As we were driving, I thought it was strange because things kept looking familiar to me. As soon as we came into New Hope, I exclaimed, "I've been here before!" I went with Alex's mom last year when we happened upon the town. It was never a planned destination with his mom, so I didn't remember the name of it. So much for going somewhere we had never been!

We got out and walked around on their main street. We admired the cute boutique shops, and we bought some sunglasses for Nicole (which she was so happy about).



After New Hope, we drove down to Washington's Crossing. There's a visitor's center, and a little village right next to the Delaware River that you can walk around. It was beautiful, as most of Pennsylania's small towns are.