A few weeks ago, J and I and our friends Sonia and Amy decided to go on a fall excursion. We drove out together to visit a few orchards and a pumpkin patch.
We stopped in town to get some morning refreshments at local coffee shop before we headed out for the day. J decided to check his email.
Of course, being so on top of things, I didn’t get any pictures of most of the rest of the day, including a pumpkin patch, an orchard, and an alpaca farm (yarn, woo!). But, when we stopped for some roadside BBQ (yum) I did manage to get some pictures of J swinging on the tire swing there. He loved it!
I know he doesn’t look happy in this picture, but I promise he liked it.
Either that or I enjoy toddler torture via tire swing. You decide.
After J was done, I convinced Amy to take a ride too!
(Don’t tell her I showed you this.)
Oh, the green sweater J is wearing in these pictures is the one I was plotting to make him back here. Go to Ravelry if you want the juicy details.
J has had a bit of an obsession with “blankies” recently. I think it is peer pressure from daycare. Everyone else has a blankie and he wants one too! Understandable.
The only problem is, he doesn’t know he is supposed to want only one blankie. So for him really any blankie will do. He has been enjoying his blankies in the car recently.
Here are 2 crappy cell phone pictures from the last week that show how giddy he is to get tucked into his car seat in the morning with his blankie(s).
Because he was Edward Cullen (click here if you have no idea who that is) for Halloween this year. Spiked hair, just the right outfit, sparkly skin. He had it all, even the scowl!
We went to Jamba Juice this morning for the first time. The seasonal flavor pumkpkin smash was a big hit. I could barely get the straw out of his mouth.
Jaxon says: This is the best way I have found to be helpful to mama in the kitchen. She says it has something to do with not being able to get into trouble she can’t see.
J and grandma and I did the usual fall activity, we went to the pumpkin patch. This one was perfect for J, everything seems to be available in miniature.
There was the kid’s pumpkin patch where J found a pumpkin just his size.
And the corn maze was smaller, very manageable for his shorty legs. He actually ended up loving the corn maze, we went through it twice, him leading the entire time.
There were larger pumpkins there of course, and J’s favorite activity was to give them a little drumming.
We had a great time. In fact, it was so successful we are scheduling another visit to a pumpkin patch this weekend! Maybe I’ll remember my real camera this time…
(Don’t tell her I showed you this.)
