Pumpkin Chunkin'

Ollie and I went to our very first Pumpkin Chunkin'. It was really fun. For those of you who have never been to one, it simply must be added to your list of things I must do before I die. It looked much like any other fall gathering, a warm campfire, hot dogs, s'mores, and chili, people in warm clothes carving pumpkins. The only different were the two enormous catapults over in the clearing. Yes! This has Autumn written all over it. They took pumpkins and launched them using the catapults! They smashed into the ground and pumpkin chunks flew everywhere, duh, pumpkin chunkin'! I thought it was awesome; Ollie was horrifies that anyone could do such a thing to the beautiful orange ball-like things he loves so much. He pointed, looked at me with a mortified look and cried. Poor kid. So we left the area, and ate s'mores instead. He liked thosemuch better.

Bubbles are the best, especially the blue ones!

Ollie loves bubbles and whisks and measuring cups. He is a wonderfully curious little boy. Here are some pictures of him playing with bubbles. We decided to use food coloring to change them. They started as blue and then we added red to make purple. It was pretty exciting. I think my floor, refrigerator, and stove were pretty excited to be painted purple as well. Fun times!

Ollie & the Fly

Today we had a busy shopping day. When we got home, Ollie decided he slept enough in the car. Urgh! He was super cute though. He loves to just stare out the window and point at the things he sees. He will often cross his arms on the window sill & rest his chin on them. Sometimes I'll come kneel next to him and copy him with my arms on the sill & chin on my arms. He'll look over at me, get a huge smile & laugh. It's sweet.


As he was staring out the window this afternoon, he noticed a fly. He tried and tried to catch it! When he got tired of that, he pointed at the cows and said, "baaa." I guess we need to work on our animal sounds...









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PLAYTIME!

Here's my sweet 13 month old. He's adorable, fun and hilarious...just like his mother!

Pumpkin Patch

Ollie and I went to the pumpkin patch this morning with our friends Landon and Brady and their mom, Julianne. It was a blast. They have a kid's area set up with pretend food and chickens. The kids each got to fill their own baskets with produce. We went on a hayride and to top it off, for each person who rode, we got a free pumpkin! Great day!

What a great day!

Ollie and I had a fantastic day. We started out with a super cuddly nursing session and then Ollie played while I made breakfast. After breakfast, we went out to walk Lyle and Gertie. Ollie loves walks. He babbles and points as we walk. He especially loves to stop and spell the signs.

When we returned, we spent time outside. Ollie has mastered the art of squashing bugs. I'm not sure where he learned that because I actually feel sorry for them so I make Bob do it. He saw a strange looking bug and stomped it several times. Then, he found a very large fire ant hill. He decided to stomp that, too. Now I can take responsibility for that one. I used to poke them with sticks so he could see the movement. Oops!

Next, we went inside and played with Ollie's musical instruments. He loves the clapper. One of his new talents is hiding. After he had removed all the instruments from the crate he used the crate to hide in. Pretty cute, huh?

At 10, we headed out the door to our first time at Toddler Storytime at our local library. It was really fun! Mrs. Angela talked about farm animals. We read stories, sang songs and did finger plays.

Ollie fell asleep on the way home so he slept through lunch with his daddy. It was nice for Bob and I to have time to visit without a screaming, food flinging baby though! Ollie slept for 2 hours; he ate lunch and we played!

Later in the afternoon, we met Connor and his mom at the park. After feeding the ducks, swinging, playing on the equipment and walking around the pond, it was time to head home. We made dinner and ate with Bob. It was soon time for bedtime. It really was a fun day. I hope tomorrow is just as good.

My little rider

Ollie has mastered the fine art of riding. He throughly enjoys getting on to riding toys. Getting off, well that's altogether another issue. This particular riding toy is a super obnoxious noise maker that both Ollie & I love! He pushes the buttons & laughs & dances. It's delightful.

This first picture is blurry but he is oh so joyful; I couldn't resist!











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