Fall that goes on forever.

WOW this has been an incredible fall in MN. Yesterday was 72 degrees!!! Unheard of!
As such, I have been able to get back into every day life now that I'm pretty much healed! I've been enjoying getting back to my OULA dance class (even taught 1!), lots of cooking/organizing the house before I go back to work, lots of Yoga, and enjoying this beautiful weather!

Baking with My Boy

Football Season

Lake Nokomis

The Fall weather has allowed us to walk every day with Dean which he LOVED because of all the Halloween decorations. Celebrating a holiday with a 2 year old is the best! He loves everything about the "ghosts and witches!". He's been so sad that now all the decorations are gone, and I keep telling him Christmas is coming soon, but he doesn't quite get that yet. (Thanksgiving doesn't have many decorations.) He's sad he can't go trick-or-treating every day like we did Halloween week (thanks to the YMCA, Zoo and grocery stores!)

1st Trick or Treat-Kowalskis and YMCA

Didn't want to wear the ears

Minnie Mickey and a Skeleton

My Mickey Boys

We took our first trip to the cabin as just a family of 4 and enjoyed a nice relaxing weekend over MEA. The boys did pretty good, except for the night that the power went out and Dean got scared; and then the morning that he pooped so much it seeped out his diaper onto the floor, toys and his entire body, 5 minutes before we were going to leave lol.

Sarah also came to visit and met Benny for the first time! We enjoyed just doing every day things with her and she loved snuggling sweet Benny. We also got to visit Ms. Lisa's for the firetruck day and Dean was so excited!

We also enjoyed our annual trip to the apple orchard, this year we brought sweet Judah Bear and his family with. Dean couldn't get enough apples, at times had 2 in one hand. The only time he got grumpy was at the end for pictures with his brother!

Last fall activity we took part in was at Holz Family Farm, they have a fall farm day and all sorts of activities for kids! Benny enjoyed it sleeping in the Ergo , and Dean loved all the pumpkins, tractors, animals and music!

 Before Benny got too old we tried to take some newborn photos, and while I love the pictures of us as a family of 4, Benny's photos didn't turn out the way I hoped. It didn't help that he got a WILD case of acne the day before pictures, and that he and his brother screamed through most of the shoot...but we got it done!

Benny boy has hit another milestone, and continues to be an "easy" baby. I keep saying how thankful we had Dean first, and that I know to enjoy each hour of sleep or each hour he's not crying because it can always change! But right now I am loving how "easy" the transition from 1-2 has been. No it's not easy, but it's not as shocking as 0-1 is, and A BIG part is that I am currently sleeping 10-4, and 4:30-8. CAN'T COMPLAIN! As I speak both boys are napping.

LEH visited!

Dean continues to be a "good" big brother to Benny. Loves to give him hugs and kisses and make sure he has his "ba" (Pacifier) I can't wait to watch them continue to grow together and start to play and be real buddies! Speak of buddies we also can't wait to go to NC in a week and see Dean play with his cousins and 2nd cousins over Thanksgiving break. I hate to talk about Thanksgiving though because that means I go to work soon, and I am NOT ready to go back :( Our countries maternity leave laws HAVE to change, but until they do I must return because we need to get paid!

So for the next post look forward to lots of pictures of NC and pictures of our latest home improvement project, new tile in the kitchen and hardwood in the hallway! We had a fridge leak and had to replace the flooring, but lucky for us insurance covered the whole thing! While home improvement projects are a pain, we at least feel like it's a good upgrade for the home!