The giant pumpkin!!

Well the jury is still out on how much the thing weighs but our best estimate is around 225 lbs. Katie and Josh have really enjoyed watching the pumpkin grow all summer. Every time we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house they would run out to check on it. The plant was enormous and completely took over the back corner of the yard. We actually ended up with 3 pumpkins, but the other two were pretty small. We hope to do even better next year, maybe a 300 pounder! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for providing the garden and watering the pumpkin for the kids all summer!

Save the Okapi's?

Kaitlin recently had an assignment at school titled- What would you do to make the world a better place? Our little animal lover decided that she wanted to do something for the endangered animals of the world. Armed with a shoe box labeled "endangered animal fund" her quest began. The box sat in the classroom at school after she gave a short presentation about it to both classes. It attracted quite a bit of attention and all the kids were excited to see the pennies and quarters add up. After a month we had a grand total of $50.20! Not bad for only 36 kids and 3 teachers! She did some research and decided on the World Wildlife Federation as the recipient. Now a Sea Otter and an Okapi have now been adopted by Kaitlin and Horizon School. She learned alot from the experience, and how one person can influence others and help change the world! We are so proud of her!

Remember when.....

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Easter 2006- Katie 6, Josh 4

Bottom picutre-December 2005- Josh 4, Katie 6

Nothing much has been happening in the Bowman house lately. Or not much that is blog-worthy anyway. So I found myself down memory lane instead....(Cue the fade-out!) When Josh was 3 he discovered Spiderman. It was all he talked about, what he played and what he wanted to watch (i.e. the Spiderman movie). About 2 or 3 weeks before his birthday and after much talk about his birthday plans, he suddenly declared one day that it was Peter Parker's birthday. (Spiderman's mild-mannered alter-ego.) This newly founded holiday required that mom bake a chocolate layer cake with chocolate frosting. I thought it was too cute and of course baked the cake. Now I look back and see that my son was smarter than I gave him credit for. The little schemer just wanted cake and didn't want to wait until his birthday to get it! You have to give him credit for such a creative plan though. As for Katie she has always been a little more direct and oh so serious. She has often been referred to as a mini adult. During the summer of 2005 we decided to have a yard sale. Some of the kids toys they had outgrown were part of the huge junk pile in our driveway. Katie was very excited to help me and sell her toys. We were sitting and waiting when the bargain hunters began to arrive. She gets up out of her chair and with a very heavy sigh says in her mini adult voice, "Well, I have to go to work now." There is no way I can describe it here and do it justice, but it was so hillarious and so darn cute! She really did go over and try to sell things to the customers! Most of the things she has said or done over the years to make us laugh are because they seem so out of context for a young little girl. Well, that's enough memory lane for now. I'm sure I'll visit it again for some more funny stories!