Happy birthday yesterday to my little guy!

So yes, my little guy had his second birthday yesterday. Along with his second birthday, this week he graduated from the crib and we converted it into the toddler bed. I planned on doing this on his actual birthday, but after he climbed out of his crib two mornings in a row, then the next night climbed out of it in the middle of the night I felt we could not wait any longer.

Such a proud boy!

Since Daddy worked yesterday on Bryce's actual birthday we had his party today. However, Bryce and I still partook in a little bit of birthday celebrating. 

We started the morning with some crafts. You'll have to ignore the knot and bruise on his head, he got that while he was over at his Aunt's house this week. He just couldn't have this birthday with out a bruise on his head. Thank goodness we have already taken his two year old pictures.

We went to Chick-fil-a for lunch and had our nap, then we got to have a little bit of birthday cake!

Blowing out the candles!

 Of course what's a birthday without a present!

So the big party was today! Some of our friends and family made it to celebrate with us. We decided to do a fire truck theme since Bryce is obsessed with the woo woo's! Reasor's made the cake, but I made the cupcakes!

Despite the high temperature today only making it in the 40's (after  being 76 degrees yesterday), the kids still chose to play outside. Since they were outside anyways, Nic decided to blow up the little used bounce house we bought for $25!

The ball pit continues to be a big hit!

Cake time!

 Getting ready to blow the candle out!

 Success! He's so proud of himself!

He discovered the balloons and popped a few too!

 The presents!

 

He kept saying how cute the clothes were! I wonder where he gets that from!

Oh how he loves Hotwheels!

Tonka truck!

A guitar!

Wow, how different was his party this year compared to last year. He was such a big boy and so independent! He is officially no longer  a baby, but indeed a toddler! However, he will always be Mommy's baby!

I have to admit...I couldn't resist photoshopping that big ugly bruise off of his head for this picture...or at least fading it some.

The end of an exhausting, but great day!!

Fall Activities

So aside from work, school, and life...what's been keeping us busy??

Well, we've been painting pumpkins...

And carved Bryce's first jack-o-lantern...

We began building Bryce's birthday present...

 And finished it!

 

 

All worth it!!

The Halloween post

I know last year was Bryce's first experience trick or treating, however this year seems like his first true trick or treating.  Last year he was barely walking, definitely not talking, and couldn't consume many, if any, of this 'treats'.

This year he quickly figured it out.

After he got over the fear of his cousin in his costume...

I have found the only thing he is afraid of is people in masks.

This is Bryce running away as I was trying to take picture of them together. You'll have to ignore the junk in the background, my parents decided to clean out their garage that day.

Then figured out he was not supposed to walk in the houses...

 This most likely occurred due to an effort to get away from the werewolf.

He then figured out how to say "trick or treat" and the whole purpose of filling his bucket full of candy come into full view!

He liked this house so much that he wanted to go back to it!

 

They did have awesome decorations.

He did so good and was not ready to stop when it was getting close to bed time!

I really don't like this picture of me, but since Bryce is so cute in it I had to share...the things we sacrifice to show cute shots of our children!

Here's a little bit better shot of me, but the kids were looking at the viewfinder instead of the lens...go figure!

Of course we had little Miss Sophia in her adorable Halloween bow!

I hope every one had a safe and happy Halloween!

Another Pumpkin Patch post...

As you can see I'm trying to do a little catching up. These days it seems it's unusual to have two posts in one month, much less two posts in less than a week!

A couple weekends ago, my friend Amy and I decided to take our kids to the local "pumpkin patch". In fact this is the same "pumpkin patch" where I had one of my first jobs  stuffing scare crows until I couldn't breath due to the hay dust. 

 Every fall the owner would go to an exotic animal show out of state and bring home some new animals. The animals that I remember most vividly are the camels, goats, zebra, and capybaras. You'll have to look that one up!  At that time the "pumpkin patch" wasn't quite what it has become over the past years. Today they open a seasonal location for their "pumpkin patch" and they still have lots of animals, just no capybaras any longer!

It's not really a true pumpkin patch as the pumpkins are already picked and are just placed in huge piles for the kids to climb all over. Bryce figured it out real quick.  

Feeding the goats.

Our first pony ride. At first he didn't want to get on the pony, but once he finally did I couldn't get him off! Every once in a while he would lean forward and pet "his" pony...it was sweet!

More goats...they are the most social.

Our finds!