Pumpkin Patch

On Monday night for Family Home Evening, we decided to go to the pumpkin patch/Corn Maze.  All the boys had a lot of fun.  Keagan and Deker excitedly ran around doing all kinds of things.  Bauer slept off and on and was pretty happy until the very end when he started getting hungry and it got dark and cold. 

The first stop was the giant chair.  Bauer was pretty upset about the wind blowing in his face.  After this picture, I put in in the baby Bjorn facing me and he fell right asleep.

There is this really fun big bouncing thing.  I wish I got a picture of the whole thing, because it is hard to describe.  Last year, we couldn't even get Keagan on it, but this year he ran right up, took off his shoes and started bouncing away.  And wherever Keagan goes, Deker goes. 

Of course, you have to stop for one of the usual photo spots. 

Then it was off to pick out our pumpkins.  Keagan and Deker were very excited when we finally got to the area that had the smaller pumpkins and eagerly picked out their own. 

Luckily, Bauer woke up just as we picked out all our pumpkins and we were able to get a very cute picture of him in the wagon with some of our pumpkins. 

 Then of course, we had to get one of all the boys. 

 After that, Keagan and Deker played in the corn box.  Think big sand box but with corn instead of sand.  I was holding Bauer, who was starting to get fussy and Andrew was paying for our pumpkins, so I didn't get any good pictures of that. 

Next up was the cow train which is pulled by a tractor.  The tractor part is very important because that is one of Decker's favorite things.   

 

Of course, Andrew had to get in on the action.  I sat out with Bauer, who had fallen asleep again.  

After the cow train, we went on a tractor hay ride around the corn maze and pumpkin patch.  At this point is was getting dark and so none of my pictures turned out.  We were so glad that we went because we all had a great time.  We are hoping to go back again, maybe a little earlier in the day and try out the corn maze.

Drums & Trikes

I am not sure if I have mentioned this or not, but this year I tried to do a Co-op preschool with other ladies that have kids the same age of Keagan because we had a lot of fun doing it last year.  Unfortunately, it fell through.  So, instead I have been doing my own little preschool with Keagan and Deker.  I have decided to focus on one letter during the week.  We practice writing the letter, as well as other crafts and activities.  I have had a lot of fun doing it. 

This past week, we talked about the letter D, so what did we do...We made drums.  The boys have had so much fun with their drums, especially Deker.  That has been one of the first things he has picked since we made them. 

A couple of weeks ago was the annual Moppet Togs sale.  I look forward to this sale every spring and fall.  It is a really big consignment sale for all things baby and kids.  We have found some really great clothes and other items for great prices.  This  year, one thing we purchased was a little trike.  We were originally going to save it for Christmas, but instead we got it out this week.  Deker was in love at first sight.



Bauer's Balancing Trick

Here is a cute video of Bauer balancing on Andrew's hand.  I loved how he kept laughing so I wanted to post it.

Mohawk's and Brotherly Love

One day a couple of weeks ago, while the boys were in the bathtub and I was getting their hair washed, I started playing around and put it up into a Mohawk.  Keagan thought that was pretty cool (which means Deker thought it was pretty cool as well) and so after they were dressed, I combed their hair like that.  Then they went to bed. 

Fast forward to this morning....I was getting the boys dressed and combing their hair and Keagan asked me if I could "do his hair up in the middle like I did it that one day".  After thinking for a moment about what he wanted, it finally came to me.  He was quite excited that I said yes, I would give him a Mohawk.  Now our boy's hair doesn't go strait up, so it is more of a curl-hawk, so I combed it all to the center and tried to curl it over all in the same direction.  This picture was taken just a couple of minutes after it was done and as you can tell, it was already starting to come out of the Mohawk as it is drying.  By an hour later, you could barely tell that it was done this way. 

Last Monday while Deker and Bauer were napping, I decided to take Keagan out to have a little one-on-one time with him (Andrew was home that day) and get him some pants, shoes and a jacket to get ready for the cooler weather that should be coming soon.  One of the stores we went to was Target.  While there, I was looking for some crayons and Keagan saw a Super Why coloring book, he asked if he could get it and I told him yes because he loves to draw and color.  After we left that area, he said "Mom, I didn't get a book for Deker".  I told him they could share the Super Why one. 

When we were paying for our purchases, Keagan asked for a sticker.  When we were getting in the van, he said "Mom, I didn't get a sticker for Deker". 

After we were done shopping, I took him to TCBY for some Ice Cream.  While we were eating our ice cream, he asked if we could get some for Deker. 

I thought that it was so cute and sweet that he would keep thinking about Deker and wanting to get things for him as well. 

The Zoo

Friday, the 24th, was mine and Andrew's anniversary.  It is hard to believe that we have been married for 6 years.  Because it was our Anniversary, Andrew took Friday and Saturday off of work.  We started the day with breakfast at Cracker Barrell.  It has been along time since we have been out to breakfast and boy was it good. 

After breakfast, we all went to the Zoo.  It has been since before Deker was born since Andrew has been to the zoo with us.  Keagan had a great time showing Andrew all around the zoo and showing him his favorite spots. 

The first place we went is to the "African Plains" which has the giraffe's, lions, this cool hut house and the cool jeep below. 

 

 After that, we went to the Giraffe slide and the animals that you can play on.  The boys had fun sliding and and playing while I fed Bauer.  This is the first time that Keagan has gone down the slide himself.

 

 

 Deker thought this was a really cool house.

 Here are our little birds.  Their hands are blurs because they are flapping them like wings.

 

Train Time

Last Sunday (Sept. 19), I read in the paper that a Steam Locomotive from the 40's was coming into Boise that night.  We went down to see it come, but when we got there, we found out that it was delayed by a few hours.  We were sad about that, but we also knew that it was going to be there until Tuesday morning and that we could come see it on Monday.  So after the boys woke up from their afternoon naps on Monday, we headed down to see it.

We decided to wait in line to go up the steps to see the conductor and look inside the engine.  The boys had fun playing around.  At one point, they even blew the old steam whistle. 

 

Keagan & Deker

I have talked about this on this blog before, but my boys LOVE to read.  They will look at books on their own, they will ask us to read and if people are over, one of the first things they ask them to do is read to them. 

There are times when Keagan & Deker will each get a book, get up on our big blue chair with a blanket and read their books.  What are their books of choice, anything to do with boys things: tractors, trains, airplanes, cars etc.  For instance, the book they are reading in this picture below...Deker is reading a book called "Builder" which  has pictures of tools & diggers.  Keagan is reading a book called "I work with Digger" which is shaped like a digger. 

I was trying to get a mommy preschool co-op (each mom takes turns teaching preschool at their house) going with Keagan again this year. He loved it last year and we wanted to do it again, but we couldn't get enough Mom's to do it, so it ended up falling through at the last minute.  I decided that I would do a little preschool with Keagan and Deker this year.  We started last week and we are going to talk about a different letter each week and do different activities that go along with that letter.  Then, when a holiday comes, we will take a week to learn about the holiday.

I am focusing on letters to mainly get Keagan a chance to start learning to write his letters and so Deker will start recognizing his letters.  So far, this has been a very good thing for all of us.  It has also gotten them to be excited again about drawing and coloring.  This week, they have gotten their crayons out about 4-5 different each day. 

Keagan & Deker love to treat their bears like babies.  I usually end up swaddling up their bears at least a few times each day.  It is fun to watch what they do with them.  Deker usually just carry's his swaddled bear around shushing and bouncing it like he is trying to get it to sleep (He sees Andrew and I doing that with Bauer). 

Keagan, likes to feed his bear (nursing like I do, I hope I am not traumatizing him).  If we are sitting down to eat, he will want to feed him food as well, but I tell him no on that, because I don't want the mess.  He also likes to put them in various beds so they can sleep.  This gets even more fun because he will go in my room, close the door.  He will then come out a few minutes later and stand in the hallway and then a minute later he says, I think he needs me to help him go to sleep. 

They both also like to put their bears in the swing and the bouncy chair.  I can't count how many times Andrew or I have gone in our room to go to bed only to find an animal or two in there "sleeping".  Here is a cute picture I got of the two of them with their swaddled bears. 

Vera....Do those bears look familiar?  They are the one that you gave each of them when they were born.