We had a very busy day celebrating Clayton's 5th birthday! We visited Harvey's party (he will be 1 year old on Monday) at lunch time, then headed to JK's Pumpkin Patch to meet with Aunt Amy, then drove back home and had supper at La Cocina. It is also Wyatt's 8 month birthday today!
Buried alive in the corn pit at JK's Pumpkin Patch!
Just a precious little face in the corn
Reese was buried too, with his toy combine he was playing with
Wyatt checking out a sheep
I even let him sit in the corn for a while
Hay ride selfies!
Hay ride selfies!
Hauling the pumpkins back to the tractor
Mommy, Wyatt, Reese and Clayton!
Everyone had some refreshments before it was time to go
Here are my sad attempts at getting an "official" 8 month picture of Wyatt lol I will have to try again tomorrow!
But despite the lateness of the hour, we all still had a lot of fun at La Cocina for supper. They gave Clayton a Sombrero and some sopapilla and sang a version of Happy Birthday with maracas! It was great!
Wyatt isn't crawling yet (but honestly that could change by tomorrow). But he sure gets around! Here's some of the things he's been up to lately!
Exploring leaves on 9/17
Playing at the music table on 9/23
On Tuesday, I swore that Wyatt must be crawling when my back was turned because he can actually get around fairly well, but it's not a true crawl. So while I got lunch started I set up the time lapse on my phone to see how he was getting around. No real crawling, just scooting around by getting on to all fours, back to sitting, pivoting around, back to all fours, etc. You can see at the end he actually made it over to the toy shelf and pulled a toy off to play with it! This time lapse stuff is kind of fun.
Wyatt on Wednesday:
Then on Wednesday, he thought he would start to try to pull up in his crib. So we have that lowered now, just in case. (But it will be a while before he can reach the top rail to try again now, but he tries on other things around the house).
Just a happy boy after lunch!
Peeking at me after his afternoon nap
I have much more (I've been trying to catch that first official crawl) but it will have to wait for another day!
I posted that camping post too soon I guess. I found some video I took that I thought wasn't recording when the boys were playing the hammock (the best part I thought) and my mom sent me some pictures that were on her phone. So here's some extra material from camping last weekend!
Wyatt cuddling with Aunt Amy Saturday morning
Grandma and the boys played a few rounds of Hi Ho Cherry-O
It was already two weeks ago, whoops, but here are a few pictures I took when we were at the Yorkfest Parade on Saturday, Sept 12th. Clayton said that his favorite part of the parade was the fire trucks and Reese really enjoyed the marching bands, specifically the trumpets he said. They both thought the race cars and the candy that was tossed to them were fun. Even Wyatt was very excited at the start of the parade despite it being nap time, but he did eventually fall asleep.
Clayton and Reese helped Papa get the combine back to the farm yesterday (they had helped him take it in to be fixed a couple of months ago too). It takes about an hour to drive it there from in town. They spent the rest of the morning exploring the farm and picking pumpkins!
Loaded up, ready to go in Grandma's car!
Up in the combine
They picked a lot of pumpkins with Grandma
And climbed into the hayloft of the old barn with papa
For the weekend of Sept. 18-20 we went camping one last time of the "summer" with Grandpa Mark, Grandma Dianne and Aunt Amy. We went to Conestoga again (same place we went with them in June) because all of Pawnee's campsites with electrical hook ups were full. We were a little surprised, but it was beautiful camping weather. A little chilly at night (which is good for sleeping!) and nice and sunny during the day.
UPDATE! I have more - check out this additional post for the rest of the pics and videos from this trip http://branzboys.blogspot.com/2015/09/more-from-camping.html
Here are the boys walking with Aunt Amy by the lake. The last time we were there this whole entire area (and half the parking lot even higher up) was underwater. Reese was disappointed that the worms were gone. In fact, we went for this walk/bike ride because he had asked to go see the worms! They were happy to throw rocks in the water instead.
Wyatt getting tickles from Grandpa Mark in the camper
And rubbing noses with Grandma Dianne
Clayton being a "blanket" and Reese being a "pillow" on the hammock
If you listen to my mom in this video she is explaining how we gave the hammock to my dad for his birthday the summer I was three, and how I tried to keep it a secret! I have many childhood memories rough housing on this hammock with my sister and friends when we were camping too!
Clayton and Wyatt were kind of basket cases most of the weekend - so here's Clayton with a basket
All three boys playing together but separate on an old living room rug that is now a camping necessity!
And then of course on Saturday night, we did the BEST part of camping (according to Clayton) and made S'mores in the coals of the fire.
We finally opened up the last Christmas present yet to be played with and set up Clayton's Hot Wheels tack a week and a half ago (the day he was home sick with pink eye, actually). It was a big hit!!
Also, only slightly unrelated, we do sometimes let the boys play with the Crazy Sand that they got for Christmas from Grandpa Mark and Grandma Dianne. Crazy Sand is kind of like PlayDoh, but with more mess, haha. (From Sept. 3rd)
