November Festivities!

Sorry we are a little behind!  The weekend before Thanksgiving we celebrated Aunt Jamie's 30th birthday!  Then we left on Wednesday before Thanksgiving to celebrate the holiday with the Knoblauch side of the family.  We had a great time in Wichita.  It was very relaxing and great company.  Both of Luke's brothers and their families were able to join.  We had 6 kids under the age of 5 and they played amazing!  The weather was wonderful and we were able to spend lots of time outside.  Here are some pictures from the last month....

Pumpkin Carving, Halloween, and Puzzle Time

The past few weeks have been a lot of fun!  Benjamin carved pumpkins for the first time.  It was so fun to see his reaction when he was cleaning out the pumpkin guts and seeds; he was such a champ and ended up loving it!  We went to the Boo at the Zoo and had a blast!  Benjamin loves going to the zoo and it was fun to see him run around and he loved getting candy.  Then the last Halloween activity was actual trick-or-treating.  He was so into it this year and went up to each door and said "trick-or-treat"!  He ended up with tons of candy, which is still sitting in his basket :)

Samantha is officially 6 months old.  I know I say this alot, but I can't believe that she is already 6 months.  She has learned a few more tricks this past month.  She is now sitting up on her own, starting to get up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth, scoots all around or rolls around, and is loving food.  She loves oatmeal, sweet potatoes, bananas, and peaches.  She continues to be incredibly laid back and a fairly happy baby.  Samantha loves watching her brother and they continue to entertain each other! 

Here are some fun pictures from the past few weeks....

This was hysterical this past Saturday.  We put Samantha in the jumperoo and then Benjamin moved the exersaucer out of the guest room, placed it right by Samantha and then climbed in.  They "talked" to each other for about 10 minutes.  It was such a sweet moment between the 2.  I really try to appreciate these moments because I know they won't last forever!

Our little flower child

Trick or treating

Family Pic - one little flower and one little Jayhawk

Merry-go-round at the zoo...it is a must each time we visit the zoo

Finished product

Happy little lady

Learning how to do puzzles

Busy Busy Busy

We have had a very busy, fun fall!  We traveled to Minneapolis the first weekend of October, then Memo and PaPa came to visit, Aunt Katie got engaged, pumpkin patch time, Boo at the Zoo.  The kids have done amazing and have enjoyed all of the fun activities and mom and dad are TIRED :)  I will let the pictures tell the rest....

So many pumpkins to pick from!!!

Aunt Jamie, Uncle Chris and sleeping Samantha

The newly engaged couple

Brother-in-laws

Cousin Dolan and Benjamin doing the Elmo Slide

Finger painting project

I think he ended up with more paint on himself

Nana, Benjamin and Samantha at the pumpkin patch

Memo and Papa came to visit...time for the zoo!

Benjamin had his hats mixed up :)

Reading together

Happy Halloween!

We have found Benjamin in here several time...I think he is trying to get a LITTLE bit of attention :)

New jayhawk stocking cap