I’m outside watching the three youngest boys play a game in which Goose and Baby Hulk ride their scooters and No David throws a ball at them.  It’s not my favorite game, but the mom of four boys in me is trying to keep my mouth shut.  Boys have to be boys and while I don’t understand this game in the least, it is a boy game.  For now, I’ll keep my mouth shut.  Until someone cries.

I took the Baby Hulk, No David and Baby Z to a pumpkin patch today.  I love pumpkins, love pumpkin pictures.  I’ll admit that I dressed the kids today with pictures in mind.  And what happened?  The smiley-est baby around refused to smile.  She wasn’t mad, just interested in chatting to herself nonstop.  We met up with Jenn and brought along our best buddies too.

I think I just found Goose’s first love note to a girl.  He came home today with a card folded and taped together.  He said it was a birthday card.  For a girl!  All taped up seems very suspicious to me.

St. Gerard is the patron of expectant mothers as well as those trying to conceive children.  He’s very special to us.  After my third miscarriage between May 2005 and January 2006, a friend gave me a statue.  It’s a typical cheesy Catholic statute, but I loved it.  It was a nice reminder to pray in thanksgiving and to petition for more.  Last night as I was dusting, I thought of a friend who wants more children and also loves St. Gerard.  It was time to pass him on.  I have to admit I felt a bit of sadness because for the first time, it feels like we are done having kids.  And while I’m fine with that and have known that, it was still a bit sad.

Halloween is a little over a week away and I’ve yet to decorate the house or figure out costumes.  However, I have managed to make four loaves of pumpkin bread.  I have my priorities straight.

Tonight was Family Chess Night at Rogers.  It’s been a busy week and a really long day so I wasn’t too anxious to go, but Goose really wanted to attend.  And we had promised.  Lance’s solution was to give him the choice to watch football on NFL Rewind or go to Chess.  We’re so proud of his decision.  The kid is in heaven right now.