Cold weather & Pumpkin Patches

I think it's officially cold weather here (you never know around here) and soon it will be too cold to venture outside too often. This will be hard for us, but I'm sure we'll bundle up when we can to take a walk or play in the snow. Here is Eli bundled up for a fall walk:

Eli visited 2 pumpkin patches in the last couple of weeks and had a fun time! The first one was in Iowa and was just up the road from Grandpa & Lola's house. I was with my sisters for Sarah & Steph's shower/bachelorette party so I didn't attend, but from the pictures you can tell it was fun!:

The 2nd pumpkin patch I did attend with him and it was at a local orchard. It was a Parents As Teachers event so we attended with our buddies Jack, Charlie & Callie. Here is Eli sitting next to Jack on the wagon ride to the pumpkin patch:

Picking out a pumpkin!:

After several attempts of finding (I mean throwing) the right pumpkin, I helped him find the perfect one:

Inside they had a train set....a little boy favorite:

Then we had a picnic lunch out in the field. It was a WONDERFULLY warm day so it was perfect:

The boys:

We'll have some great Halloween pictures, I'm sure, as we are attending 2 costume activities and then of course, trick-or-treating. Stay tuned to see what Eli chose to be this year! Have a good one!

Sorry!

Hello Eli fans! Just a little note that I WILL post sometime soon. I have been busy with work and was out of town last weekend so there just seems to not be enough hours in the day! Hope everyone is well!

Just some Eli fun....

This week consisted of taking some fun shots of our silly boy! Enjoy!

Eli's new activity....I mean obsession....is playing in the kitchen sink. We have to literally set the kitchen timer to encourage him to move on to something else before our water bill is sent through the roof! At least we know he'll wash dishes when he is older:

Wearing daddy's glasses is fun!:

Looking up at the clouds with daddy:

Helping daddy clean up the trimmed tree limbs:

And yes, Eli still loves to push around his stroller on walks:

Eli loves the older neighbor boys in our neighborhood. If he sees them outside he makes a quick bee line to play:

Eli's adventure in spaghetti eating:

Enjoy your autumn week!

Trucks & baseball!

This weekend, we attended 2 fun activities: Touch-A-Truck & a Royals baseball game! I'll let most of these pictures speak for themselves, but Touch-A-Truck will for sure be a yearly favorite for our family. We took Eli last year and he really loved it. This year he is walking (& running & jumping :) so he had a grand ol' time! Enjoy!

We attended the last home game series of the season against the Twins. We took Eli last year, but again, he is mobile this year so we spent about 20 minutes total in our seats. The stadium was remodeled so we did a lot of exploring. They built a fun kid area so that was perfect to explore. Royals lost, but when we arrived a little late, the Royals scored TWO home runs which resulted in fireworks. As you can imagine, Eli was in heaven!!

Have a great week!