Harvest Farms

Harvest Farms is about 30 minutes south of Cheyenne. We have seen signs for it many times driving down to Denver and finally decided to check it out. They have a lot of fall activities going on right now, for ALL ages. There was A LOT to do which means A LOT of pictures. I couldn't get everyone to pay attention at the same time so my only option was to start popping pictures. We had a great time and hope to go back again.

Manti was so sleepy on the drive down. He is trying so hard to stay awake and smile.




Sebastien on the other hand had no problem taking a power nap.

Troy and the boys stopped in the corn maze for a quick picture. We went with our neighbors and Troy was not too thrilled about being stuck in the maze for a long time with all the kids. He cheated by following a map of the maze. What a party pooper! :)

Everyone (except Manti and I) on the hayride around the farm.

Here is Sebastien cheering at the pig races. He kept yelling "Go pigs, go!"

Isn't he just the best big brother? He actually wanted to pull Manti around. Daddy lucked out on wagon duty for a minute.

I think this was one of the family favorites, a train ride in cow barrels, pulled by a quad. Manti and I were in the back and he was smiling and laughing the whole time.

Smashing pumpkins! This was a blast. The cone was as big as Sebastien so he missed a few times, he still had fun and got to keep the pumpkin as a souvenir.

Riding the trikes around the hay. Actually, he was a little too small so he ran but still cute.

This isn't the best picture. Manti would not cooperate at all, at least Troy and Sebastien look good.

Manti is playing in the "corn" box. This was one of the best ideas. The kids all loved it and played in it several times while we were there.

Herb the bunny and Manti hanging out. Although it doesn't look like it in this picture, Manti really did like Herb.

Daddy dumped corn all over Sebastien's head. He thought that was so funny.

A dump truck in the "corn" box, Sebastien was in heaven!

Manti had to eat the corn. Probably not the best thing to eat there, bud! Imagine all the hands and stinky feet that have been in there....eeewwww!

Picture Story

I will simply let the pictures do the story telling for this one. Here we go....

Swimming Shoes

Tuesday morning we were in a rush to get ready for the day. I was in the bathroom fixing my hair and wasn't paying attention to what the boys were doing. Manti kept walking in the bathroom, looking at the toilet and walking out again. I was just glad he wasn't unrolling the toilet paper and didn't think anything of it. I was just about done and happened to notice Manti had something in his hand. Still, didn't think much about it until I heard the lid to the toilet slam. I looked down and Manti had the biggest smile on his face, as if he had done something so wonderful. I lifted up the toilet lid and saw this....

I guess Manti thought it would be fun for the shoes to go swimming. Luckily, Troy's slipper was on top and didn't get wet because they are his favorite and a little expensive. I guess I need to pay a little more attention to these little rascals when they are actually being quiet!

Grandma Wendi

Wendi might want to kill me after she sees that I have put this on our blog but it was just too funny, I couldn't resist. Back in July Aunt Wendi came to visit us for a few days. The week before she came, I had been telling Sebastien that "aunt" Wendi was going to come see him and we were going to have so much fun. I'm not sure what was going on inside his head when she got here but for the next three days Wendi got a glimpse of what it is like to be a GRANDMA! It was quite funny to watch him try and get her attention because she would be a little slow to respond. I guess she just wasn't use to being referred to as Grandma. She was a good sport though and went along with it. Wendi really spoiled us when she was in town and we really loved having her here. Please Grandma Wendi, come visit again soon!

Wendi with the boys at Uncle Jeff's house.

Sebastien and "Grandma" at the bowling alley.

CRASH!

Troy's birthday is coming up next week and since he was working today I decided I would take the boys out shopping. We ventured out to TJ Max, Ross, Target and the BX. We made it through the first three stores with no problems (other then Sebastien whining because I wouldn't buy him a toy). We began our journey walking through the BX and Sebastien saw a volleyball. I am thrilled when he shows so much excitement for something I love to do, so I stopped the stroller and let him look at the volleyball. About a minute or so later I put the ball back on the shelf and as I turned around I saw Manti falling, head first out of the stroller and then CRASH!! I was preparing myself for blood as I picked him up. He instantly had a goose egg and bruise on his forehead. After A LOT of screaming and people staring, he let me check him out to make sure he didn't bite his lip or anything. He went to bed with a big BUMP and a few bruises. Poor guy just had a rough afternoon!



Poor little guy is just NOT HAPPY!! You can see his "bump" in the middle of his forehead.




A close up...the pictures just don't show how bad it really is.

He wasn't grumpy the whole time, I did get one cute smile out of him. (His new thing is to tilt his head back when he smiles)

Big Boy Now

Everyday Sebastien does something new to surprise me. It is such a bitter sweet feeling to see him grow up. He is becoming such a big boy and I just wanted to jot down a few things he has done in the last week or so.


We are attempting potty training, I know it is still a little early but he always seems interested in the toilet. When I see him starting to poop, I ask him if he wants to sit on the potty. He use to reply with a quick "NO" but now he says "Yeah! I go store buy train?" The first time he pooped on the potty we did spoil him with a new train. I quickly realized that could get really expensive and decided to print a "train potty chart" off the internet. Anytime he goes to the bathroom on the toilet he picks out a sticker and places it on the chart. Once the track is filled with stickers, he will get a new toy (of his choice). I am not pushing him to use the toilet (yet) but do try to encourage it. He is doing really well and has 5 stickers on the chart so far.

This past Sunday as I was getting the diaper bag packed for church he told me he wanted to sit on the potty. I took him in, sat him down and he said, "Go other room mommy." I left him to do his business and then heard his little feet patter down the hallway. He ran in the kitchen and with great excitement said "Mommy, come here, come look!" I was a little worried at what I was going to find...he took me to the bathroom, over to the toilet and showed me what he had done! (You can use your imagination for the rest :) ) I was so excited...not only for him staying on the toilet but to see him so proud of himself! Hopefully things continue to go well in this department.


Okay, enough of the "potty" talk.


The other little story I wanted to jot down pertains to him "helping himself".


He has figured out that if he pushes really hard, he can knock down the baby gate in his doorway. His normal routine is to go in Manti's room to play, however, that also changed this week. Monday morning as I snuggled in my bed listening to Manti talk I heard the gate "crash". I slowly got up, got dressed and went to Manti's room only to find Sebastien was NOT there. I ran downstairs and saw him sitting on the couch eating something. Still half asleep and not exactly happy, I asked him what he was doing. In a cute little voice he said "Eating a pop tart. Look mom, I cut it." Sure enough, the little stinker had gone downstairs, to the pantry, got pop tarts, to the utility drawer, grabbed scissors and CUT the package open, all in a matter of 3 minutes! I didn't even know he knew how to use scissors! All I could do was giggle and just be thankful he didn't cut his fingers off. My days of lounging in bed in the mornings are officially OVER!

Not the best picture but the most recent one downloaded on the computer! I love his cheesy smile!

Spray Park & More Fun

With the summer being so short here we have really been taking advantage of getting out of the house. We have done a lot of playing outside, walking, going to the spray park etc....


Sebastien and his buddy Karter trying to warm up at the spray park. The water was SOOO COLD!

He enjoyed playing on the slides more then in the water. I think next time we will just go to the FREE park to play on the slides. ;)

He is really contemplating this whole water thing....he has got to test it with his feet first.

Never mind, he just stands there and watches the water. I think I forced him in and that was the end of that.

Manti liked the slide at the spray park too. I love his cute little belly.

The boys are starting to learn that they have to SHARE! It doesn't always turn out well but they are getting better.

Manti was not a big fan of swimming in the little pool. Who could blame him-the water never gets warm and it's always windy.

Sebastien loves to help Troy water the grass. This is usually what he plays with when we are outside. He knows how to set up the sprinkler and turn on the water all by himself. If you are in the backyard, watch out or you WILL get wet! Ha!

When Manti was learning how to walk he loved to push this toy around the yard.

Sebastien is our little athlete. He loves to play volleyball with mom and baseball with dad. Here he is showing off his awesome batting stance!