Fall + Halloween

This fall has been filled with potty training doughnuts and ice cream! Sounds good right? We eventually learned that we need to do a sticker chart so Jacob doesn't get a doughnut or ice cream every day. We are still working on potty training and it has been a nightmare for me. I hope it will end soon. 

We have a friend that has a thing for cars. He brought this one over the other day and took Jacob out for a spin. (When I say the other day its more accurately several weeks ago. I haven't blogged in forever!)

The other day I was talking to my mom about how much Mae loves to be naked. She told me I should get a picture of her riding her rocking horse while naked because I have a picture of me just like this when I was a baby. 

Now on to fall things!

We took an amazing walk down to the farmers market then to Two Jacks Pizza and then to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory! It was pretty amazing

Jacob got surrounded by our chickens... He wasn't too happy about it. PS our chickens started laying eggs! 

We hiked through the fall foliage. 

Jacob fell asleep in his batman jamies...

We took a stroll through our neighborhood one Sunday afternoon sporting some awesome sunglasses.

Springville has a very nice free pumpkin patch. I hope it stays free. It got even bigger this year and was so much fun.

Mae loves the animals.

I let Jacob pick the doughnuts... we don't know this one was jelly filled but they loved it!

Here's our pumpkin painting and carving.

We were dinosaurs for Halloween. 

Trick or Treating didn't last long for our kids. When they saw the park they only wanted to go there. Who cares about candy when there are swings!

I am SO excited Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is up next! I love this time of year! 

Father Son Camping

First Jared has a friend from Chico who is 40 years older then him to the day. He has shared his birthday with him for as long as he can remember. They were in town so they came to visit for awhile. The kids loved him.

Ignore the messed up photo. I don't know what happened to it but its the only one we have.

On to Camping! I don't really know all that goes on when Jared and Jacob go off alone and I probably don't want to know all the details but I don know they went on a hike, ate some hot dogs and slept in a tent!

Fall Vacation

It's more like late summer vacation. Daddy doesn't get vacation in November or December due to his career choice so he took his vacation this week. We have tried to make the most of it despite our air conditioner going out and selling the car craziness but we have air again and the car is sold!  

We sat down and made a plan for the week so our time with daddy wouldn't be wasted. 

One day Mommy and Daddy took Jacob to see Planes. Mae got to take a nap at her cousins house.

One day we went to Payson city's Onion days. Jacob loved the rides so much he threw a big fit because he didn't want to get off after each one! 

We got kettle corn (mommy's favorite) for the ride home.

And instead of spending too much money on carnival food we got corn dogs at sonic on the way home.

One day we went to the Ancient Life Museum! 

Jacob liked the pictures of dinosaurs but he did not like the bones or the models of them. He would cry and say "scary!".

They had a lot of fun interactive things along the way. This was a fun but messy one. They had these plastic smocks that Jacob didn't understand. 

Jacob was especially scared of this guy. I was trying to get him to growl and be scary like the shark but he didn't get it. 

Right now they have a Tinkering exhibit. It was full of sciencey things. These were wind tunnels that you could make those baskets fly in. The kids LOVED it.

Tonight Daddy and Jacob are going camping while Mae and I stay home. I sure hope it doesn't rain! I also hope I don't freak my self out and will be able to sleep some tonight. I'm sending the camera with Jared. We will see what kinds of pictures he takes!