Pumpkin patch

We took advantage of the nice weather on Saturday and were outside almost all day! We played outside all morning, then after nap, we hopped in the car and went to a pumpkin patch. It wasn't a big fancy farm, but we did get to take a hay ride (bottom picture), pick pumpkins in the field (all other pictures) and get plenty of fresh air. We met some friends from church there, and I think a good time was had by all. We went out to dinner after that, something the kids don't get to do very often. They enjoyed good food off of a salad buffet and even got dessert, something else they don't get very often. To finish out the day, we played at the park for about a half an hour. Boy did they sleep good Saturday night, and were still a little tired Sunday morning. We had a long morning at church on Sunday, so it was a good thing they took a nice nap on Sunday afternoon.

Not much other news, all are healthy again this week, thank goodness. Their latest obsessions are with putting things in/out of a container and carrying things around. Xander can spend forever putting things in a bucket, dumping them out and doing it again. Grace carries around a small ball stuffed in a small funnel. I hardly ever see her without it during the day. And if someone touches it, forget about it! Will has been putting things in the car or shopping cart and carrying them around. They do this all the time! Their other obsession is zipping, and it usually involves their jackets and pajamas. Xander will unzip his pajamas and walk around saying "uh oh" until Will or Grace comes along to zip it up or I tell him to zip it up himself. Crazy kid! New words are "go, go, go" (they get that from me, because I'm always trying to prod them along), "whoa", "owie" and "tickle, tickle" (they actually try to tickle you when they say this.)

Quick funny thing they did this morning. Grace was walking in circles around the basement, so she grabbed Xander's hand and he walked with her in circles. Then Will joined in behind them playing a tambourine. It was a little parade. It's neat to see them playing together like that. I found out later that Daddy had been leading parades around the basement the other day, so that's what they were doing. Funny. That's all for now!