Thursday, October 30, 2014

Pumpkin Picking and Painting

Our Saturdays this month have filled up pretty quickly, but I really wanted to go get a pumpkin from the farm and not buy one at the store. We finally had the time on the 18th, so off we went! 

We got there before the first wagon was ready to go out to the patch, so we headed inside the main store for some cider donuts and warm apple cider. It really wasn't too chilly so we ate ours outside and let Hayden wander around.



On our way to the wagon ride we came across this:


I had to get a picture :)

The whole way out to the patch Hayden was talking about "Traker Tippin". He has some Cars books and I guess the tractor that was pulling the wagon looked like the tractors from the book!


There were a bunch of pumpkins to choose from, so we took our time and just wandered around. Hayden loved having the freedom to run down the rows and tried to pick up almost every "punkin" he saw.







Darren looked for a while, but finally found a great one for us to take home. Bummer was, on the wagon ride back he noticed it had worms coming out the bottom. We were able to find another good one at the drop off area, so we still called it a good trip.



We wanted to also get a little one for Hayden, but they didn't have those out in the patches. Luckily they had them by the registers out front.

We procrastinated carving/decorating them for a while, and then realized that Halloween is tomorrow, so we had to do something about it tonight.

Instead of carving Hayden's, we broke out some water color paints and let him have at it. I really think he had a good time. We still haven't carved our big one, but that will happen eventually....




Friday, October 17, 2014

2 Years Old!


Height: 32"
Weight: 24 lb

Has a whole year really gone by already?! I can't believe that it has...

We started off this little guy's birthday with chocolate chip pancakes. One of his favorite things!


Later that morning we had some of his friends over to play. He loves these guys (and girl) and was so happy to have them over for a couple hours.


For dinner we had another Hayden favorite: Grabaloli. For those of you who do not speak "Hayden", that is Ravioli in English. He loved every bite of his dinner. 


After dinner we opened some presents from Mom and Dad, and the cards he got in the mail.






When he finished with that, he had some play time while Daddy did the dishes, and then we had cake!!



He loved just about every minute of his big day. Thanks to everyone who called, texted or sent a card. He loves you all!

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

September

September was really fun. It cooled off, then warmed up, then cooled off again for good. We spent lots of time around the house, going to the library, and going to play dates.

Hayden also started to want to color/draw all the time. What almost two year old holds a pen like that??



Darren had his third tie draft the first Friday of the month. It went MUCH better than last year, and this is what he walked away with:



I was able to find a Puddle Jumper on deep clearance (70%) and picked it up for only $6. Hayden wanted to try it out right away, but the pools were closed, so we improvised...


We have been doing a lot of baking around here, and Hayden loves to be my little helper.




Hayden continues to find ways to entertain himself that make me laugh: