Sunny Saturday

Let me start off by apologizing for not posting since Monday. On Tuesday night I strained my neck and it kind of put me out of commission for a couple of days leaving me at the mercy of muscle relaxants and pain killers. I am almost all better now, and was able to enjoy a beautiful fall day with the family - Fall weather has FINALLY arrived and I couldn't be happier.


Today is October 18th, which makes it 10 months exactly that Evan has been on this earth. In celebration this morning, while his brother napped, he practiced his skills (which include standing and making funny noises):

After Tyler's very short nap and lunch, we headed out to meet Aunt Ashley, Uncle Richard, and cousin Nathan at Pumpkinville! Pumpkinville is an annual attraction that they set up at the Leesburg Animal Park from September through the beginning of November. Leesburg is pretty far out west and it took us about an hour to get there. They have hayrides, huge slides, moon bouncers, face painting, animals, a haybale maze, and all kinds of other fun things. Here is some documentation of our adventures at Pumpkinville:

Evan spent much of the day in his stroller, since he is too small to run around! Next year ought to be much more fun for him!

Here is Tyler on the pumpkin swing! He loved it and hung on very well for a little guy!

Nathan decided he wanted to see the whole park at once so he took advantage of the view from atop his very tall daddy's shoulders!

Here we are on the hayride!

There was a big sand box that Tyler enjoyed too - I think maybe he thought we were back at the beach :).

Tyler and Nathan kept taking turns at the wheel of this (stationary) tractor -

Nathan got his face painted - cute!



Some fun cut-outs...









And hey - there are PUMPKINS at Pumpkinville!!




But probably the biggest source of fun there were the big slides!! All the boys/men took several trips up the hill and down the slides. Tyler even went by himself one time:




And I decided that Evan should do more than just the hayride, so I took him down one of the tamer slides:



And here is one of the many trips that Tyler and Daddy took together:

Now, it wasn't on that particular trip, but on a later trip down one of the slides, that brought about perhaps the funniest moment of the day:


Mitch's shorts got caught on something and ripped!! Luckily his boxers were not damaged at the same time! We all got quite a giggle out of it! Needless to say, there were no more trips down the slide!!


Ashley and I were talking about what this will be like next year. Evan will be running around like Tyler is now, and her new baby (due in about a month's time) will be just a little older than Evan is now!


Such a fun day! And with all that fresh air and exercise, Tyler had passed out before we were even out of the parking lot!


Both boys should sleep well tonight. Save for a few cat naps, Evan didn't really sleep much at all today, and fell asleep while eating his dinner! Let's hope they can both last through the night!