4 the Love of Pumpkins

We can't believe our Boston is almost four! Crazy. We've been planning our trip to SoCal, so birthday plans have somewhat fallen by the wayside; but we've come up with a sort of compromise between party and nothing.

We're taking Boston to pick a pumpkin and ride the tractor at a local farm and we're inviting any friends/family to join us. Boston loved this so much last year that he talked nonstop about it for months.

So this is as formal an invite as most of you will get! Please join us this Friday. We're going to meet at Black Island Farms in Syracuse around 6 p.m. We'll be providing some snacks and cake after (either at our house or the exciting McD's near the farm if it gets too late!).

Find coupons, directions, and a list of all the other fun stuff at www.blackislandfarms.com

If you haven't been here before, I assure you your kids will love it!

Bear Lake

I learned a couple things about myself when we went to Bear Lake a few weeks ago with Trav's family. I'll humbly title my list Why I'm a Cool Mom.
1. I don't mind getting dirty and actually encourage it most of the time.
2. I'm not too shabby on the athletic stuff. I rocked the house on the water skis this trip.
3. I'm hyper-vigilant on sunscreen (I only missed one small spot on Cass' ear, Boston's nose, and Trav's back...oops!).
4. I'm hip in all crowds. (I won't name names but when someone asked the time and got the response that it was 4:20, I casually plugged some street vocab. Needless to say, I climbed a few notches on this person's likeability scale.) Note to my children: I do not support the behavior, but it is important to be aware!
5. You want another marshmallow? How many have you had? 5? Okay, but then will you settle down? (doubtful!)

p.s. Is it weird that Cassidy isn't even 2 and she's perfecting the art of eating and spitting sunflower seeds?

Some One on One

Last weekend Travis took Boston with camping with his scouts. After numerous warnings to Travis to look out for bears and to zip the tent tight so Boston couldn't sleep walk (he doesn't normally, but one never knows!), Cassidy and I set off for the pool for some girl time. We had so much fun and took our sweet ol' time. Cassidy does really well as an only child. And without Boston to chat with in the back seat, I discovered that she actually can sleep in the car!

Boston didn't enjoy the rocking canoe, but he is becoming quite a fisherman! He caught the biggest fish of the day.

The big gap you may see on that proud grin is, yes, well, a gap. He had his tooth pulled last week because he damaged it and it couldn't be repaired. Gotta love kids. He is so proud that he is missing a tooth like his cousin Alex and totes the little box with his tooth everywhere and will show it to strangers if requested. And p.s.: that is not chocolate around Boston's mouth. Boys + dirt= joy.

Fish 'n' Frenzy

We took the kids to a fish farm in Ogden. It seems their fave thing to do these days is feed animals. We love the fish farm because it's quite a show for little dough. The kids loved watching the fish practically jump out of the water for the food.

Trav and I also had fun, as we'd bait the fish by throwing food near the little waterfall to see how many we could lure off the edge and down into the lower ponds. Trav stuck his hand in wondering if they'd eat from his hand. No luck, so I gave it a try...hello! One of those little buggers got his munchers completely around my digit. It hurt, but we could not stop laughing. It's not every day you almost lose a finger to a vicious trout!

Cass enjoyed munching her toes the entire ride home. Whatever makes you happy, Girlfriend.