So Many Pumpkins!

This past weekend we took Belle to the pumpkin patch. It was a beautiful day for it! It felt more like a summer day rather than a fall day! We met up with a couple of our friends and went on the search for the perfect pumpkin. Belle's excitement was beyond words. Here she is charging through the field in awe of which pumpkin to take home.


She then found the perfect pumpkin, so her and dad cut it off the stem.But apparently it wasn't the perfect pumpkin. We turned around to see her carrying this pumpkin, which probably weighed only slightly less than her, so.....

.....THIS was actually the perfect pumpkin! We took this one home!She finally got a little tired of running through the patch and needed to be carried. I'm not sure who had the more difficult job. Me carrying Belle around or dad carrying the four pumpkins we picked out. One for each of us (don't forget Sierra needed a pumpkin!)

There were TONS of pumpkins this year! Look at that field behind us!!Olivia and Belle found two pumpkins that they thought were pretty cool because they had some green in them! I really don't know how our tiny Belle was lifting these like it was no big deal.

After getting our pumpkins, Belle was suddenly re-energized when she saw the jump castle, of course. Here she is jumping away...
Then we went to the kids corn maze. However, she did not want to do the inside of the maze, but rather walk the top of the maze. Hopefully they didn't put too much effort into making a tricky maze for the kids considering most of the kids preferred walking on top of the hay.And last, lucky Belle got to go on a hay ride around the pumpkin patch pulled by two Clydesdale horses.

The fun didn't end there. When we got back home, Robin and Guy met up with all of us for a bbq. We were so happy to have them in town. Belle loved meeting her new baby cousin, Phoebe! (More pictures to come of their first introduction to each other. And by the way, she also has another new cousin, Will, born on Oct. 12th). Sister-in-laws and cousins (and don't forget sweet Olivia and her cat, Meow). It was a great weekend for all! We now look forward to getting Belle dressed up in her Halloween costume! I know you all are awaiting what she will be.....
I had to throw these two pictures in. They have nothing to do with our pumpkin patch weekend, but I looked outside one morning and saw this. It made my heart melt.

Kick off to Fall!

Last weekend was full of fun Fall activities! It started out with a Princess/Pirate party for Belle. Of course, she was a princess! She wouldn't wear her princess tiara, but she was all about her dress. She loves her tutu that Grammy made and when she puts it on she always twirls around! She loves it so much that this morning we had to wear it to tumbling class. When I tried to take it off it turned into a major meltdown (common these days...she really wants her way!). So, we wore it to the rec center. She did decide to take it off before starting tumbling, but she had to wear her sun hat instead. We have officially entered the period of toddler independence!

At the party, Belle was a little uncertain as to what you do after a pinata is broken. I don't think she even knew what was coming out of the pinata and why all the other kids were going crazy, but it did make her laugh and she did finally go pick up some.....ducks. No candy. Good job! Mom and dad picked up the candy for her (and ate it)!

The next day we took her to the corn maze. She loved it for awhile until she decided she was too tired to go any further and we had to carry her out. It was still a lot fun. This is the "where do we go?" hand signal.
Lost in the maze.


Picking up corn along the way.Too tired to continue, so dad carried her out.
Then we went to visit the ponies. She is still a little too young to get a pony ride, but she thoroughly enjoyed just looking at them!

The carriage ride. She spent some time staring at the huge horses.
On our way out we stopped at the gardens and she had a little break. It was a great weekend for us. Up next....the pumpkin patch!

**Some latest achievements we are excited about! These are things that make us so proud these days!
1. She has started to say some the 3 word sentences! Woohoo! It's getting a little easier to communicate with her.
2. She has # twoed it in the potty three times now!! Woohoo! No promises for any more. It might have just been luck.