It's Pumpkin Patch Time!

Wednesday morning we headed to Sunwest Farms to pick out a few pumpkins. They have a little store there that is too cute and filled with neat things. But our mission from Caden was clear, Pumpkins!! And of course a hayrack ride. : ) This was the perfect place to take Caden to get his pumpkins, they are totally geared for smaller children and so friendly.

We first went on the hayrack ride, in which he loved, especially sinced it was being pulled by a tractor. Then it stopped for a little bit for us to pick out the pumpkins that we wanted and then we hopped back on. After we bought the pumpkins we walked back out to the field and walked to the multiple piles of pumpkins and had fun peeking through the little cut out signs that they had. 

As we walked around the store and barn, we saw that they had ducks, so of course we went and said hi. There little town was called quackerville. ; ) What fun we had. Caden loved every minute of it and Jacob and I had such a great time seeing him have fun and just being silly and free to run around. What great memories we made from this day.

Fun times at the playground.

We love this little neighborhood park, it's the perfect size for Caden. It helps give him confidence and the safety that he needs in a play structure. We are so excited to have a playground just down the street, it's getting built very slowly, but there is progress every week. : ) I just hope that we'll be able to use it before winter!

Climbing up the stairs.

Oh slides, how we love going down slides!

And then there's the sand, how he loves to dig in the sand, he tries to use the diggers, but isn't quite old enough nor tall enough to use them. That's alright though, who needs those when you've got your hands?

Growing up way too fast!

So this little man isn't so little anymore. 20 months old already, he's almost 2! Man how time has flown. He's been saying new words left and right and trying to attempt to say new words. Like if we say, "can you say ..."   He'll try and say it. What a fast learner he has become. He has also been starting to notice things that are the same, such as he noticed the other day that he had jeans on and I did too. I had socks on and he did too, and as of yesterday he figured out that the neighbors had a mailbox like we had a mailbox, then he saw mailboxes across the street and further down our road and kept pointing to them, and then to ours.  It's been so much fun watching him learn these things.  What a big boy he has become. : )

What a bummer!

So today I was having a good friend over for lunch, so I decided to make a pot of chili and some cinnamon rolls. I got everything set out and ready to go, so that when she got here it would be ready to go. She only had an hour break. Caden had already ate and I was patiently waiting but Soo... starving and trying not to snitch bites. : ) My friend showed up only to have already ate! Ugh! I kept thinking, I could have already ate and why did I work so hard on lunch?  I know it's not a big deal, but I feel bummed, because I made a nice lunch for her knowing that she doesn't always eat good meals, and then she didn't eat it. : (  Looking now at it as a positive aspect, at least I don't have to make supper tonight and we have yummy homemade cinnamon rolls to go with it!

The future beach lover

Oh the beach, how this little man fell in love with the ocean. I can just see him being a beach bum when he is older. The love of the waves and the sand that is endless.

Oh the love of sand he developed, and then when he discovered the water that came up after he dug. He was so happy and kept saying water or "Wawer" as he would say.

Photo shots of Caden : )

Helping mommy make breakfast.

What you don't see is Max, the cat. Caden was laughing at him. He had fun watching Max run around the house.

Helping me water the flowers and plants at the Lucas's. He loved this little arch with the seats. He mainly hung out here while I walked around and watered.

Walking in Daddy's shoes

Caden has fun with shoes as you can see, but especially Daddy's sandals. He was so clumsy walking in them. It was so cute and funny.