The Great Pumpkin Patch

We took the girls to pick out their first Halloween pumpkin. A local church has a huge pumpkin patch and the proceeds go to help various charities. We've been a few years in a row, but this time we got to bring our own little pumpkins. They were so cute sitting in the patch. Most of the pumpkins were bigger than they are. They were particularly fond of the hay as you can see Rowan is trying to put some in her mouth.

We ran into three other families of twins there. Having twins is so great. Its like you're instantly a part of a club. And of course, almost every family is a member of the local Mother's of Multiples club. We also saw a firefighter friend and his wife and baby.

I love this time of year. The weather is perfect, cool--but not too cold. The girls wore their little blue jeans which made them look more like little kids than little babies. They are so active now. Wanting to squirm and move and touch everything. Of course, everything they touch they also want to taste.

They are such a great age. They laugh so much at such random things. Rowan has been sticking her tongue out and pbthtt-ing (I guess that's the word for it, when you stick your tongue out and make a toot noise). Its so funny. I was sitting in the back with her on our way home and she would do that and then I would look at her and she'd laugh. I'd look over at Evey away from her and Rowan would do it again. She's been doing it all the time. She even did it while dad was feeding her sweet potatoes and little bits of orange mush went everywhere.

Evey is becoming more and more independent. She always wants to hold her own bottle and she's starting to act like she wants to hold her own spoon too. She has excellent fine motor skills. Her crib is still in our room and on the crib has a little musical aquarium that lights up. She's figured out how to turn it on and several times has managed to do so in the middle of the night.