Pumpkins!

Two weeks ago we headed to the Arboretum on a Friday morning. My mom is living near there right now, so she was happy to go with us! JW had a great time and was off for the races as soon as we got there!

He loved the horses near Cinderella's carriage

The boy would not slow down,

and we saw a lot of this

Him jumping off of the hay was his favorite thing to do there!

I bet he jumped 30 times!

Family pictures, although Jameston was scoping out some more hay bales to jump off of :-)

Such a big boy!

He loved the big pumpkins,

and wanted to help move them :-)

He said this one had grape on it (um, I don't know what kind of grapes he's thinking about!)

He even picked me a flower while we were there. Oops!

I would call it a successful trip! This boy was tuckered out (as seen by the upside-down sunglasses) and conked out before his normal naptime on the way home :-)

Big Brother pictures

One Saturday morning about two weekends ago, Jameston and I took to the backyard to take some "BIG BROTHER" pictures. Here are the ones that made the "Good-Enough-To-Include-Online" cut:

This is how he reacted when we told him the news :-)

He is taking his new title very seriously!

In the middle of saying "Big Brudder!" Doesn't slow down unless he's tired

Being a silly boy! This is what I got when I asked him to go, "Shh..." It's more like a teeth-brushing pose :-)Celebrating the news!

From this,

to this in no time flat. LOOOVE it!

Big brother pics would not be the same without some BUBBLES!

This boy is excited and cannot wait until April/May!

Fall is here!

With the nicer weather, we have been trekking to the neighborhood playground quite a bit lately. Our little fella is no longer so little...he's very independent (and busy) while we are there!

He's interested in the little playground (for ages 2-5) for maybe 5 minutes...

Whee!

Then it's off to the big playground (for ages 5-12) where I have to watch him like a hawk!

The boy knows his X's and O's already thanks to the Tic-Tac-Toe game :-)

We know it's fall because there have been several sightings of hot air balloons in our 'hood (we are right by the Nature Preserve where they often take off). You can hear them coming before you actually see them. So cool!

Again, big playground obsessed!

"Look mom, it's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's a lion in the clouds!"

We also hit up a Fall Festival at Calloway's nursery several weekends back after we went to the zoo. He didn't know where to begin when we got there...Obligatory pumpkin picturesDecorating his own pumpkin

Which I have proudly put on our front porch :-)

He was OBSESSED with a balloon he found!Thankfully it popped in the car on the way home :-)

We are welcoming Fall with open arms!