Pumpkin Patch

With all of the yucky fall colds the kids and the parents have had, we didn't make it to the pumpkin patch on a fall weekend like we planned. On Thursday after school and work we took the kids to Snead's. We decided to try a different pumpkin patch than we normally go to as we heard this one has a lot of animals and activities for the kids. We got to the patch around 4:30 and we set off to find pumpkins. The patch didn't have many pumpkins left and many looked like the chickens were eating them.

Did I say chickens, oh my, the kids loved the chickens! Bug thought the chickens were his friends and he wasn't much bigger than them either. He said "hi chicken, hi duck" to all the chickens. He thought the brown ones were chickens and the black ones were ducks! Roo was hilarious and jumped up and down and waved his arms up and down as he said hello to the chickens.

We found a couple of small pumpkins in the patch and then headed towards the other area of the farm. The kids got to play in a straw teepee sort of thing, pedal around on mini John Deere's and say hello to the emu's and horses. We all eventually found pumpkins we were happy with.

It was a really fun evening and we'll probably head back there again next year in addition to the other pumpkin patch.

Pumpkin Time at School

The kids preschool enjoys making pumpkining as I like to call it fun for the kids. Roo's class went on a field trip to Belvedere Plantation to go pumpkin picking and Bug's class did pumpkin picking in the field at the school. Both classes went on a tractor ride at the school as well.

Roo's field trip to Belvedere got cancelled when it was originally schedule be luckily there was enough time left in pumpkin season to go on the field trip the following week. We had a blast on the field trip and spent the rest of the day hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa.

Bug's class picked pumpkins together in the field at school and once I scan the picture, I'll post the picture of him picking his pumpkin. He was really proud and happy and seemed to have a great time with his friends.

The school has pictures of all the kids on the tractor, I'll have to see if I can scan those in as well. All in all though, they're having a great fall and loads of fun at school!

Happy Birthday Uncle Matt

Uncle Matt turned 30 today. He's really old now. Or as Roo would say, that's a lot! When we were planning his birthday party I asked each of the boys what they wanted to get him. Bug's response was simply, cake. Roo said, all the toys and cars I want to get him. And I asked about whether we should get him cooking stuff too, and Roo said, yes, all the cooking stuff I want to get him.

We had a good time at his Oktoberfest party at Aunt Linda's house yesterday. Roo and I went and Daddy stayed home with a sick Bug. All the food was really good and Roo didn't want to leave when it was time to go. He was having too much fun either wrestling with his cousin Josh or showing cousin Rebecca how to use the Leapster.

Happy 30th Birthday Uncle Matt!

Mom of the Year-NOT!

Yesterday Bug and I were at Wegman's doing our weekly grocery shopping and getting everything we needed for Uncle Matt's Oktoberfest birthday party. Bug is my grocery shopping buddy, he's a lot of fun to bring along and is usually really good the entire shopping trip. He always gets something when he comes with me and we just have a nice time together. Bug usually likes to spend a portion of the shopping trip in the lower basket of the cart before he moves to the seat by where I'm pushing the cart where he'll usually lay his head down and rest.

Yesterday he was trying something new and was stacking his yogurts in the bottom portion of the cart while he was sitting there. He was very excited about his stacking and so was I. As we were walking down the beer isle to find the Paulner Oktoberfest for Uncle Matt, Bug stood up in the cart. I immediately told him to sit and stopped the cart to go over to sit him down. Before I even stepped to the side to go to him, he flipped off the back of the cart and landed head first on the back of his head on the floor. It was horrible.

A Wegman's employee witnessed the whole thing and rushed over to help me. Luckily, Bug didn't even have a bump. He was definitely not at all happy about it and I was able to calm him down by tucking him into my shoulder and holding him closely and snugly. The store took an accident report and gave us ice and asked if there was anything else we needed. Bug wouldn't let me put the ice on his head or even touch it and kept asking to go home. I asked them if I could pick up my groceries later and they stored my cart in the beer fridge.

I called Daddy on the way home to tell him what happened and started to cry. Bug said not to cry and said "I am so sorry."

When we got home, Bug walked up the stairs and happily told Daddy that he banged his head on the floor. After Daddy checked him out, he was super excited to tell Roo what happened. He told Roo and Roo told him "don't worry, I'll take you to the hospital whenever you want." These boys are a riot. I felt like puking the whole time because it was just such a terrible fall and I kept reliving it in my head.

I did have to go back to the store and pick up the groceries and finish the grocery shopping. Whew, what a stressful day!

Potty Time for Bug

Bug has been getting interested in the potty recently. He's really enjoying going potty using the little baby potty before he gets into the bath. On occasion he'll ask to go at other times. We're not putty any pressure on him. Roo didn't potty train until he was 3 1/2 but he did it all at once, day and night and very rarely had an accident; I can probably count on one hand the number of accidents he's had. Bug has a long way to go before he'll be night time potty trained since he still goes to bed with a cup of milk. So, we'll go with the flow. The daycare he's starting at focuses on potty training in their 2 year old room, so hopefully it'll really build his confidence and interest and he'll want to wear the cool Buzz Lightyear underwear we got him!