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The past few weeks have been incredibly busy at home and at school. I'm currently on the second day of a 10-day marathon work schedule for Homecoming Week. I leave for school at 7:45am, teach until 3:20, pick up Sawyer, go to Float Building, and get home around 10 every night. I'm also in charge of concessions for the Homecoming football game AND I'm chaperoning the dance. So I'll get to be home/do laundry/grocery shop/ cook/sleep on October 13th, 2012. Not even kidding- I fed Sawyer saltine crackers and water for breakfast, because that's all we have left in the house, and I have no free time to go shopping.

BUT, before HC week started, we had some fun times. :) Daniel got out the John Deere tractor and wagon that used to be Amy and Aaron's, and we've got it ready to start refinishing so that by the time Sawyer grows enough to pedal, it'll be nice and new. Sawyer didn't care that he couldn't do the work; he was satisfied with us pushing him around on it. :)

We also found time to watch some Curious George (Sawyer's new favorite), snuggle, and go to the pumpkin patch twice in one weekend. Our neighbor who watches Sawyer three days a week told us about a pumpkin patch thirty minutes away. She said the pumpkins were super-cheap and that we should check it out with Sawyer. I was skeptical. We've gone to one orchard/pumpkin farm in the area, and we came out broke after buying just two pumpkins. Since then, we've gone to Walmart or IGA to get our pumpkins- they're cheaper, but you kind of miss out on the atmosphere slightly when you're searching for your *perfect* pumpkin amongst bread and eggs. We decided to go to Negangard Farms, and it. was. spectacular. It was a family farm, and they sold pumpkins in their front yard. No commercialism, just farm-life. Small gourds/pumpkins were 25 cents, and the biggest pumpkins available (taller than Sawyer) were just $3.00. We ended up with about 20 pumpkins for $14.00. Sawyer LOVED it. Pumpkins look like balls, and gourds look like bats, so he ended up just carrying them everywhere and riding in the wagon. When Mom found out about it, she wanted to go, so we all went again Sunday afternoon.

 Sometimes Maggie loves Sawyer... like here, when he's sleeping. She'll cuddle with us as long as he's silent and NOT being a toddler.

 But this is what their relationship is most of the time...

 This is what a certain little boy's blanky looks like at the end of every day, after it's been drug through mud puddles, cuddled with during naptime, used as a makeshift tissue to wipe a runny nose and to wipe a milky mouth. Good thing it's VERY washable- we wash it almost nightly!