Pumpkin Patch

A family tradition that we started a few years ago was that we go to a local pumpkin patch at some point in October.  Last weekend was our time to visit Back Home On The Farm.

The first thing that Grace saw was the "Corn" Deere tractor and she just had to get on it.

Then the tire horse swings.  Grace loved them, but Glen was not too happy about the whole thing.

He just wanted to get off of the horse.

That is until he saw the tire tractor.  Oh, he loved that tractor and the steering wheel that he could spin around.  He could have stayed on that tractor all afternoon.

But Grace decided that she also needed a turn on the tractor.  Glen reluctantly let her have a turn.

Then it was time to run down the hill to the rest of the games and the animals.  Some of the games that Grace and Glen loved were the water pump rubber ducky races, pots and pans musical station, and the corn maze.

There were bunnies,

and goats.  The goats really liked Glen.  They really wanted to nibble on his hands.  I wonder what they smelled on him.

Next was to the cow train.  We did not get a picture of the train, but look at that happy face.  That tells you all you need to know.

Grace needed to try out all of the picture cut outs.  She was a sunflower,

A goat,

A bunny,

A cow,

But I like her the best, just as Grace.

Then to end the experience we spent some time in the corn crib.

Grace made a corn angel, and we found corn in many weird places for a long time afterward.

To finish off our trip today Glen had to say good bye to the pig and the rooster.  I am not sure why our kids are so fascinated by animal statues....but I am ok with that.

It was a great trip, I can not wait till next year.

Leaves

Every other Friday Matt and I try to have either a family date or each of us take one child to have a parent/kid date.  Granted it does not always work, but when it does, it is nice.  This past Friday we had a family date.  We decided to have our family event as playing in the leaves in our front yard.

The kids had a blast!

They ran through the leaves, they jumped in the leaves, you would have thought that they had never done it before.

They through the leaves at each other and at Matt and I.

Grace even got buried in the leaves (do you see her feet in the picture below).

It was all happy play, that is until we had to drag the kids inside to take a leaf filled bath.

I love this age where the kids are happy to play and explore together.

Some Very Random Photos

There are so many random pictures that we have taken over the past few weeks that don't fit into a nice category or story.  So here is a bunch of cute pictures with a bit of a caption to explain what is going on.

Shopping at Goodwill is always better when your sister is willing to play with you on the toys. 

 Choosing a book for a night time story is such hard work.

 I can roll my tongue!

 I have a boat, now just get me to some water.

 First you pet the ceramic pig...

 then you ride the ceramic pig!

 Yep, this truck is just my size.

Get your own truck, this one is mine!

Bike Rides

Sometimes when we are at Mamaw and Papaw's house mommy and Amy go off for a run (sometimes daddy goes too), but quite often when that happens Grace begs to either run with us or go for a bike ride.  On this occasion Matt let Grace ride and carried Glen to a nearby cul-de-sac.

 Grace seems to be happy riding her bike, that is until Glen started playing with the rocks.

 Oh, rocks are so much better than riding.

 But what is better than rocks?

 That has to be the massive amounts of fallen pine needles that cover the cul-de-sac!

There is no end to the joy when there is rocks and pine needles around to play with!
Oh, the simple things in life :)

Owl

As I mentioned before, Glen's second word was owl.  He is fascinated by owls.  Any bird is an owl to him.  He can spot an owl anywhere.  He loves them.

Mix that love with his aunt Amy's talent of crocheting and you get an owl hat.  The owl hat is for Glen to wear, only one problem...when he wears it, he can not see it.

I think that he would prefer others to wear it so that he can see the owl.

 So the wonderful hat sometimes gets worn by Glen, but more often it gets worn by Grace or someone else so that Glen can see it and touch it

and say "owl!"

Update on Glen

Glen, my little man, is growing so fast!  He is already growing out of quite a few of his 2T shirts and he has not even turned 2 yet.  But I knew he was going to be a big boy, he has remained at 90 to 95 percentile at each doctor visit.

Glen's first word was mama, followed closely by owl (in reference to Owl on Winnie the Pooh)
but now he is babbling up a storm with other words mixed in.
He now says:
Dada
Baa
Vroom
Woof
Papaw
Mamaw
Apple
Barbecue
Eeyore

He can also sign:
more, please, juice, milk, hi and bye

He is nodding to answer questions.

He loves to draw and balance on balls either by sitting on them or laying on his tummy on them.
Such a sweet little boy you are!

Brother and Sister Love

One day this past week I made some paint for the kids.

 Painting is some serious business around our house.  They were busy for almost an hour!

 Look at all of their art.  It is beautiful.

 Another way that they have been busy was to play with moon sand that I made for the kids.  They play so nicely together (sometimes!)

 But my favorite of all is when Grace "reads" or tells stories to Glen in the backseat of the car while we are going to our destination.

I love that they are getting to an age that they can enjoy each other.