Linder Farms

We took the kids to Linder Farms on Saturday. Mostly just for an October type experience. We didn't actually do the corn maze, but the kids had fun doing the other stuff they have there. Alex loved the hay bale maze he ran through about five times. They had a Hayride that we rode out to the petting Zoo and to pick out a pumpkin out of a pumpkin patch that was just his size. Alex called everything that he didn't recognise a llama. "No that's a Camel." "No that's an Oxen."Yes, That is a llama." Alex was very excited to see a zebra and a camel in real life. His favorite thing was the cow ride train. we only ended up spending about $4.00. We also ran into some familiar faces. while we were sitting on the hayride Tamara found us! In the end Alex could not find a pumpkin that was small enough to be just his size so he settled on a gourd. He carries it everywhere, and is very concerned about the fate of his pumpkin come Halloween. I told him he does not have to carve his pumpkin, but that trust me gourds do not live forever. I tried saving a couple of gourds two years ago in an air tight bin. Not smart. I ended up having to throw everything in that bin away.

Choose the right!Brotherly LoveThanks Tamara for a Family PictureThis Pumpkin is evidently to large for a three year old.A rarity to catch an infant smiling for a cameraKid to Kid

sitting up. again.

The other day we were cooking dinner. We put Jayden on his tummy in the Green room (Alex's word for the frontroom with the green carpet.) and when I went in to check on him he was sitting up! He has been very sneaky about it and only sitting up when we leave the room. Everytime now when we check on him in his crib he is sitting up. However he has become less shy now and loves to show off. He tried so hard to show grandma Donna how he could sit up that he fell over and bonked his nose. so sad. He is gettting quite good at it, now though. I know this picture looks very similar to the one before. But I document my kids milestones by taking pictures and then later I have the date to write in their baby book. So the picture before is when he could sit up, this picture is him being able to get into a sitting position all by himself. I know, I'm a mom.

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Halloween Party!!!!!!!

Hey This year we are doing a progressive Halloween party. Our motto is K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid)
It takes place on Halloween this year, Friday the 31st.

from 5:30-7:00 we are meeting at our house for a couple of Halloween activities, dinner, and pictures.
We are having a Top Ramen salad, soup, rolls and wiener wraps. We will have a pinata and bobbing for donuts. I will also have a picture area set up.

At 7:00 we will be heading over to a neighborhood at Nate and Melissa's for some trick or treating. This is a very safe area. No registered sex offenders there. Yes I checked.

After that we will be heading over to Deedra's to watch a movie, Wait Until Dark (or if someone has another idea.....) and eat some ghoulish treats. We will have a kids movie set up also.

You need to bring a camp chair or pillows for the movie and a Ghoulish treat. We also have some food assignments for you. Call me if you don't have one. If you are inviting extended family just have them bring a treat for the movie time.

If anyone would like, our ward is having a carnival and trunk or treat the night before. Thursday the 30th. You are all invited to that if you want your kids to still attend a trunk or treat. If you can't make it for the dinner and trick or treating part feel free to join us for the movie part. Or Vice Versa.
R.S.V.P. with your invitees here in the comments section or call me.

Some fall pictures

Here are some fall pictures that we took the other day. Daddy was at work so we will still have to go take some more. by the way if anybody wants to take thier fall pictures taken again now is the time to do it.

No, Thank You, or I want some more

We are expanding our kids' taste buds. As most of you know we have a very picky eater in our family. (Well we have two picky eaters, but we are talking about the kids right now) We have a rule in our family that you must take a "No Thank You" bite. You have to take at least one bite and then you can say No Thank You. Well, every once-and-a while Alex Actually likes what he taste. So now Alex has added Meat sauce with his Spaghetti, Ham, and Hot dogs to his list of favorites. Yesterday was the only day that Alex cried after he took his no thank you bite, I of course could not stop laughing at him. I made Chicken Crescents. He licked the beaters that had cream cheese and butter on them, he ate the dough for the crescents raw. But he was very reluctant to try theses things cooked and together. He ate all his cottage cheese which I think is disgusting. (by the way he made me take a no thank you bite of cottage cheese. blugh.) Then he decided that he would mix his cottage cheese on top of the chicken crescents so that he wouldn't be able to taste the chicken crescents. Stillman said "I think it was the cottage cheese that made that bite disgusting enough to cry about."

Jayden has now added Carrotts and Bannans to his diet. Jayden has been very inpatient in wanting to eat big boy food. He was very excited about his new High chair and he actually cries if you take his water away from him.
He likes it, He likes it.

Look what I can do!

I am five months old and......I can sit up, I can almost crawl, and I like to razz. I also like to jump to every new person who comes in the room.