Red And Green

I will post about Halloween, soon.  I just don't have pictures to share and I want to so for now I will share my love of Christmas time.  I was so excited today when I opened up some of my crafting blogs and found CHRISTMAS!  I love the feeling and open hearts that come at this time of year.  Yes, Thanksgiving comes first but they are similar in thought and deed. We do nice things for others and are thankful for all that is done to us.  Yeah for Christmas crafting to begin!!

Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins

Oh I love the fall.  It is so beautiful and the weather is perfect (at least for me).  I really like sweaters so this is the time of year I love the most.  Since it is the great pumpkin season we ventured off to the oh so exciting Roloff Farms.  For a kid Zachie's age it wasn't that fun but the pumpkins were great. 

We set off into the fields and just had fun walking around and finding tini tiny pumpkins for Zachie to hold.  At one point the hay on the path attacked Zachies foot and he had a good long fight with it.  He has never been around hay so he was not liking it at first but then after his mini brawl they became friends.

Zachie had the most fun running from the camera.  In general, he just wanted to run around, especially when other kids were running.  But when that camera came out he instantly took off.  Some of the time I didn't see how he could even know the camera was out but off he went with that mischievous smile.

Zachie fell in love with a nice big pumpkin and stuck around there for a good five minutes (that is a long time for a little man).  Then we found out he was just using it to lean on so that he could do his business.  He was one stinky kid from that point on.

At one point he was demonstrating his song and dance skills for us and whomever else was watching.

After the smelliness we decided it was time to grab some pumpkins and hit the road.  That is when we found the awesome carts.  Zachie was super excited to ride in it, he didn't want to get out.  We found three great pumpkins and rolled on outta there.

I wish I had a picture of our decorated pumpkins now but our camera is on the fritz, so hopefully later.

Honesty

I'm going to be honest.  I have time to write this but what do I usually do instead, look at food blogs.  Yep I'm twisted and addicted to making new foods and finding fun recipes that I can make my own.  Well with that said I just have to say today was not a good day but I went through it with a smile on my face and only complained in my head.  I know this still counts as complaining, so says the scriptures, but at least my outward actions and words were kind and loving.  Now I don't know if that makes them empty or not because inside I wanted to break down and cry, walk away, lock myself in a room and go to sleep, go find a donut, basically give up.  I don't know why the donut was in there but I'm pregnant and these things happen.  Well that feels good to write down.  Everyone enjoy the fact that you are not the only one that has a bad day.  I am determined to have a good rest of the day, WOO!

Ugh

I'm a terrible blogger.  I should not be aloud to blog.  One day this may change but for now I remain the most terribly blogger.  Maybe this fall weather will get me to sit down and actually publish a post rather than write them and then decide I have no time and never post it.  Maybe this post won't even make it.  Well that is a stretch but seriously I have written like three posts and haven't published them due to interrupting baby, pictures, blah blah blah.  Okay my gibber jabber is all done.

Zachie Is Learning So Much

I love this kid.  He is so funny and loving and smart as can be.  He has been communicating through sign language recently.  It makes him really happy to be able to tell us what he wants and not have to repeat himself a billion times before his loony parents get the idea.  However, when we don't understand he does get quite frustrated.  Right now he says:

Thank you
Please
More
This
All Done
Up
I don't know
Uh Oh
Amen (this one he says with words not hands)

We are teaching I love you right now, it hasn't caught on yet but we will keep trying.

He also knows some random body parts.  We have never really pushed these but he just picked them up from his books.  He pats his head, rubs his ears, tickles his toes and pounds on his belly.  He is such a silly kid when we give him milk at nap time or bed time.  He will take it and go sit on his Elmo couch and then proceed to lift up his shirt and stick his finger in his belly button while drinking his milk.  It is a pretty funny sight.

Other than talking to us he is a fantastic listener (except when it comes to buttons!) We can ask him to get his milk and he will go to the fridge, take a bath and he will go straight there, get in bed and he will go to his bed, sit down, lay down, lets go, outside results in him pounding of the front door to get out.  The only one that does not produce good results is when you tell him it is time for a diaper change then he runs the other way!  One thing we didn't really push but showed as an example was to fold your arms and bow your head when saying prayers, he now does it whenever we pray and then yells out Amen when we are done.

Some of his favorite things right now are Elmo, Blue's Clues, Bear in the Big Blue House, coloring, running on his own or with daddy in the stroller, books of course, and shoes.

This kid has been so much fun to watch.  He is an absolute sponge.  I'm excited to see all the new things he picks up on over the coming months.

Beach Day with the Bishops

We had the opportunity to take the Bishops to the beach. The whole day was great. We stopped at Rays our local fresh veggie and fruit place and loaded up some yummy snacks for the day, then we were off. It took a little longer than usual to get into Seaside because of some road construction but after that half hour delay we were finally there. We stopped to get some lunch and went straight to the beach. We like Gearhart beach because it is much more secluded. This time was even better than normal. They had plowed the road that goes onto the beach, creating two great big mounds on either side. So, we of course, took the opportunity to jump off them over and over again. We were covered in sand and happy to be.

Later, we built a fire on the beach and roasted turkey dogs and marshmallows. Yum! Okay so not that yummy but roasting stuff is always fun to do, especially on the beach.

Off to the Ocean! He wanted to go there over and over again.

I don’t know how this kid did it but he didn’t’ care about the sand literally all over his face. He had sand in his eyes, nose and mouth.

It was a good day.

Cultural Pass to the Childrens Museum

 

The Childrens Museum is such a fun place to go. Zachie has been such a great little man this week we wanted to take him somewhere fun. So, with the help of the handy dandy library we were off. We had been to the museum before but Zachie wasn't walking yet so it limited his exploration of the different exhibits. This time he was ready to go and see it all. Unfortunately, our camera kept attempting to die so we didn't get a lot of the fun pictures we wanted but we managed to get a few action shots.

I think Zachies favorite exhibit was definitely the grocery store, where he got to push a Zachie sized shopping cart everywhere. He tried to leave with it!!! He also really liked the dig pit and his old favorite, the baby room (there is a slide, enough said).



                                             
                                           

                                             

                                  Zachie in the water room, he splashed up a storm in here!


                                             


We got to go with our good friends Avrie and Kaelie. That made the whole trip a whole lot more fun. Avrie is such a picture poser, we got so many great smiley pictures of her!


                                            

Check out this amazing garbage tree. It may be made out of garbage but I love it!