Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

A couple of weekends ago, we met up with some friends and family at the pumpkin patch in Elgin. There are probably too many pictures for you, but I figured I've been lacking in the blog department, so I might as well post them all.

Here's E in his wagon going to the farm:

He immediately found the toddler play area:

Played some tether ball with his Aunt Paula:

Obsessed over the balance beam, which he is quite good at by the way:

Fished for ducks, and won a prize. However, he would have rather taken the fishing pole as his prize:

Played bean bag toss with the pumpkin:
He refused to appease his mama and take a good pumpkin patch picture. This is the best we could get:

Then we took a hayride out to the pumpkin hunt:



Ethan had no trouble finding a pumpkin:


The whole thing is located on a Christmas tree farm, so E played hide-and-seek with Aunt P in the trees:



Then he chilled out with some of his friends and had a snack:


Once he had pretty much explored the entire farm, he hitched a ride with his cousin David back to the car:

We had a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to making it a family tradition. Hopefully, we'll find a better "patch" this year and get some pictures before October is over.

Austin Children's Museum

Every Monday morning, the children's museum has a program just for toddlers. We've never had the chance to make it because our little Ethan Bear really REALLY likes to sleep in. Yesterday, however, I made the decision to go no matter what. So as soon as E woke up (at the glorious hour of 9 a.m.), we hauled butt to get ready and make it down there and meet up with some of our friends. Thankfully, it wasn't one of his 10 a.m. wake-up days, because we wouldn't have had a chance. I'm really glad we did, and really sad we missed our chance to buy a discounted membership to the museum, because Ethan really liked it.

His favorite part was the ramp leading up to the slide. I'm pretty sure he would have gone up and down it all day if I would've let him.


He finally decided to actually use the slide as well.

And then he did some construction upstairs. He actually grabbed the hat himself, put it on, and got to work on some blocks.

He also spent quite a bit of time at the drop in a golf ball maze thingy.

We also enjoyed the sing-along time with the group. Ethan is not one to sit still for more than 1.4 seconds at a time, but when he gets shy, he'll apparently sit on my lap and listen to the songs for a good 10 or 15 minutes. Who knew. We'll definitely be going back.