Pumpkin Patch

When I was growing up, one of my favorite fall activities was going to the pumpkin patch. So when I heard that there was a local pumpkin patch here in Temple I knew I wanted to bring the kids. It was much bigger than the "pumpkin patch" at the park in Houston, but it still couldn't compare to the pumpkin patches in Utah (hay mazes, fields of pumpkins etc) it was more a "Christmas tree farm with a pumpkin display." The place is called the "Silo Christmas Tree Farm" after all, so I shouldn't have been surprised. Regardless, we still had a great time.

Christine did NOT like feeding the goats. We paid three tickets to receive our little cup of feed, entered the feeding area, and the goats came rushing towards us. Christine freaked out and begged to be picked up. She was okay with Daddy feeding the goats while she watched. Daddy got quite the work out.

I love this picture. You can just see Jacob leaning over as far as he can trying to see the blue snow cone, figuring out how do I get that goodness in me?! 

The pumpkin patch had a little tractor train that Christine was hesitant about at first. All the kids rode in the train while the parents walked alongside.

Finally, we got to pick out a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch...errr bales of hay. Christine chose this one "because it smelled good and had some orange in it."

Hopefully we will carve it for Halloween in just a week in a half! (I say hopefully because I bought a small pumpkin from the grocery store that I had to throw out this week because it molded. sad day)

September

Jeff has this weekend off. The full weekend. Saturday AND Sunday. As we sat together on the couch this morning drinking hot chocolate, life just felt perfect.

September feels forever away and I hardly took any photos last month, so this post will be a little sparse.

We are trying to teach Jacob how to drink from a bottle. The pediatrician says if Jacob is hungry enough he will drink from a bottle. But I think Jacob knows that Mommy has milk and he's willing to hold out for the good stuff.

Christine loved helping hold the bottle. She is starting to realize that having a little brother can be quite a nuisance. In our house there is a lot of "noooooooo Jacob don't eat my dolly" "nooooooo Jacob don't touch my dress" "mooooooooom he's kicking me" "that's MY blanket" ...I'm afraid this is just the beginning.

Christine is sitting next to me right now and overheard me telling Jeff what I just wrote and Christine would like to add "when we go to Target Mommy you need to bring the becco (baby carrier) so Jacob won't kick me. babies don't kick people. they just kick the floor"   She really hates when Jacob is in his car seat in the grocery cart and she is sitting in front seat of the cart and he kicks her.

In September Jacob started to sit up on his own, babble, roll over multiple times, turn around 360 degrees...

... and get up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth

Spoiler alert for October's post... yes he's crawling.  He's only 5 months old. 

Why are my children so impatient?