October 2006

October 21 -- Another month has nearly come and gone. Lauren is seven months old now and learning something new every day. There is nothing like being a parent to make you understand God's love for us, his children. It's really quite humbling.

We took Lauren to the pumpkin patch today. Well, it wasn't a REAL pumpkin patch, just a local church pumpkin sale. But they had a LOT of pumpkins. Of course, I had to take my camera and here is a sampling. Lauren was joined by two of her buddies, Camden (left) and Sam (right).

I have tried to teach Lauren to always be kind and respect those around you and not do stuff like pull other people's ears. She has taken all of that knowledge to heart. As you can see in the photo below, Lauren gets along extremely well with everybody. Unfortunately, I can't post the next photo in the series. I'm sure we'll find the rest of that ear somewhere around here...

I have also tried to teach her to share and be a giving person. Just on a whim, she gave Sam and Camden cute little hats to match the one she picked out for herself.

She noticed Sam didn't have his on right, so she thought it would be neighborly of her to show him the proper manner to wear a hat--"It goes OVER the ears, Sam," she said. "I'll give this back to you when you learn proper hat etiquette and not until then." She is very demanding. I think she gets this from her mother.

In the end, everything worked out just fine. Sam, Camden, and Lauren had a really good time at the pumpkin patch. So did their parents.