Pumpkin Fun!

We hit up the regular FM Pumpkin Patch this past weekend for some family pumpkin time! The weather wasn't quite to the cool it is now but it wasn't bad. We had our yearly fix of kettle corn to round out the day!

Hanging out with some pumpkin friends.

Riding the train with daddy and looking cool in his shades!

Playing in and around the patch!!

Choosing the perfect Hayden sized pumpkin :-)

The family picture...to bad the Escalade was with us in the photo!

Yesterday afternoon we had our fall party with the mom's group I am a part of. We went to another pumpkin patch in the area for more pumpkins, a real train ride, and sliding and bouncing fun with all Hayden's friends.

Ready to head out on the train.

Wandering in the pumpkins!

Riding what seemed like a very tall rocking horse.

Wheeeeeeeee!!!!

The Plug Fairy

We did something big last night...Hayden decided he was ready to get rid of his plugs, aka. pacifiers. He asked about it a couple days ago out of the blue. We had discussed it before but were not in any hurry and were going to let him decide in his own time. He was very excited that he was going to be getting a gift, and talked about being a big boy and that babies needed his old plugs.

We wrote the fairy a note about what he wanted and put everything in a bag, so it was easy for her to carry back to her fairy house.

Very excited about what he has done!

The excitement did not last long. When it came time to go to bed and realization set in, he was not happy, to say the least. Hayden's plugs were a part of his life...an extension of him when it came to sleeping. They even had an order and names. After lots of rocking and consoling, he finally fell asleep. He did wake up in the night and that is what he wanted. Luckily he only cried a little and fell back asleep with a little rocking fairly quickly.

This is what he found when he woke up in the morning. He actually missed it and didn't even realize at first because his room was still pretty dark! I think he had temporarily forgotten about the night before.

He was very excited to get his James train. It had to be opened right away.

Fast forward to nap time and the realization came back that there was nothing to put in his mouth. Something was again missing from the regularity of his life. He got in and out of bed several times, and then the crying began. We had to rock but he did finally pass out from his emotional exhaustion!

On to tonight, we are happy to say that Hayden went to bed without any tears and very little issue of something to put in his mouth. He did ask to get new ones at the store another day! We'll just keep changing the subject :-)

Autumn at the Arboretum

We went to visit the Dallas Arboretum this week with our mom's group. They had a great area filled with all kinds of pumpkins and houses made from pumpkins...a pumpkin villages you might say. They also had lots of kid activities like crafts, music, photos, and face painting. Hayden's favorite was the small petting zoo!

Pumpkins and fall colors...to bad the weather wasn't very fall like!

One of the pumpkin houses. They were all themed after a childrens book.

More pumpkins!!

All the different types of pumpkins...some were not so pretty.



Loving the animals and feeding them their hay.

State Fair of Texas

We took Hayden to the state fair for the first time last weekend. We tried last year but it actually rained almost every day and this year it didn't rain at all! We went in the evening, and everyone had a lot of fun....highly recommend for little ones! There are all kinds of things for them to do once you get inside.

The first thing we did was climb in construction machinery!

When we actually got started walking around, we hit up the Children's Farm area. It was set up like a real farm, with different stations of what you would actually do on a farm. You had to get dressed, collect food, feed, animals, milk cows, plant seeds, drive the tractor, and sort your findings. At the end of the station they each got "paid" for their hard work and were able to trade in their pretend money for a real snack!

The child tractors were surprisingly hard to maneuver!

One of Hayden's favorite parts was the car show. You could actually get in any car you wanted and "drive"!!



Rides in the Midway!

Happy fall from the fair and Big Tex!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Hayden!!!

Hayden turned the B-I-G 3 over the weekend!! He's all grown up :-) He had such a fun and busy weekend. He really enjoyed blowing out candles and opening presents just for him!

The Big Boy!

Opening his goodies! Yes, Annabelle Puma must always be involved whether we want her to be or not!! We're in a weird smile stage it seems :-)

Hayden chose to have Backyardigans again this year, so we did...time for wishes and sweet treats!!

Gym Party with Friends!!!

Hayden had his friend birthday party at Excite Gym, and it was so much fun for everyone! There were a lot of tired and hungry kids after all the running, playing, and jumping. Everyone had a blast!

Happy days when you turn 3!!!

Parachute time got everyone involved and laughing!

Jumping with his very first friend, Miss Emerson!!

All the friends :-)