Round 2!

Mikayla & Kayden choosing a pumpkin

This one mommy!

My little climber

Today we met our friends at Mother Nature's Farm pumpkin patch in Gilbert, AZ. When we drove into the parking lot Kayden starting clapping b/c he saw the pumpkins, for some reason this boy has developed a love for pumpkins! We went through the pumpkin patch, went on a hayride and then all the kiddos got to pick a pumpkin out to take home. Kayden had fun doing the pumpkin patch with his friends and seeing the animals again and the field of pumpkins. They had baby chicks when you walked in and he loved sticking his fingers through the little fence to try and pet them and on our way out he spotted it again and jumped out of my arms and ran to them (and shoved big kids out of his way to get to them!). After the pumpkin patch we headed to lunch at Red Robin. Kayden ate lunch and then put his head in my hand, I thought he was just being a little dramatic in telling me he was tired but he actually fell asleep!!!!!???! And stayed asleep for the rest of our meal, I carried him to the car asleep, we drove 30 minutes to get home and he slept the whole way, I carried him into his crib and he slept for about 3 hours total! So he must have been really wore out from the farm? Not sure, still in shock that he'd fall asleep that way! (once Megan sends me the pic I'll post so you will believe me...hint hint:-)

Our day at the Pumpkin Patch!

Clapping b/c we just arrived at the pumpkin patch!

Daddy and Kayden in the cornmaze

Helping us find our way out!

Happy on the train

The train our little guy rode on all by himself!!!

-not so happy anymore on the train!

Family photo on the hayrack ride

Petting the sheep

The tiny little piglet that Kayden LOVED!

I think I can do it!

On Sunday we went to the pumpkin patch, you know how some days are just "perfect days" and you wish you could remember every detail. That was our day. Our little family of 3 had so much fun together and I love having days like that. We woke up early and gathered stuff for our day trip and made a quick stop for coffee and headed up to Chino Valley. We made it to Freeman farms pumpkin patch at around 10am and Kayden was so happy! When he saw the pumpkins at the beginning of the farm he started clapping and hugging them. Then daddy told Kayden all about corn and we went through the cornmaze. Kayden helped us navigate the way and kept asking us "where" verbally and w/ his little arms in the "where" question. We finally found our way out and I plopped Kayden in one of the train cars to take a picture of him. The train "conductor" came over to take his ticket and I told him "oh no, he is too little I just wanted a quick picture" and the conductor assured me he'd be fine that he had taken kiddos that were only 10 months old on the train ride. He seemed to be happy in his little train car so I decided to let him go for the ride. But as he started driving away he begin to whimper and cry a bit. I told Kyle to run along w/ the train...he did for a few feet but then came back and said he was fine. Once we could see the train again I could tell he wasn't having a very good time and when he was in full view I saw that he was crying:( I hated seeing him cry and thought he must have been so scared. The conductor said he had cried most of the ride:( So I was a a little upset at myself for not trusting my mommy intution and sending him but he did come back safely so that is all that really matters. On we went to see the geese, Kayden loved honking like the geese and then we went on a hayrack ride together. Kayden thought it was so cool that a real life tractor was pulling us! After the hayrack ride we got to pet a black horse (Kayden chose to not pet it) and then we went in the petting zoo. Kayden loved petting the goats and sheep. One of the goats charged him and went to head butt him but Kyle swooped in and lifted him up. He also saw ponies, a donkey and bunnies. After that we heard someone talking about a piglet they had just seen so we were on the hunt for a piglet and we found it. It was so stinkin cute I wanted to take it home! Kayden LOVED it and wouldn't leave. He got to watch it drink from a "baba" and it even came over and nibbled on his fingers. He kept crouching down to look for it as it ran a "race track" under the table. They were selling them for $150 but daddy said no....I am glad he is there to keep me from making silly decisions! I would have been very mad when I had a 100 pound pig! But the tiny piglet (born 10-1-08, so he was very new) was so cute!! After our animal adventures we headed to find our perfect pumpkins. Kayden thought every pumpkin was the perfect one and hugged them all as we walked through the field. After careful searching we found the perfect 3 and headed to Prescott for lunch. They had lunch at the pumpkin patch but the wind had picked up so we decided to go eat indoors somewhere. We stopped in at In N out for burgers and fries and then headed to Jerome. I had clients that told me about the old town on the side of a mountain but they weren't kidding, it is really built on the side of a mountain, pretty interesting to see. We drove back to Chandler after that and on the way played the body parts game with Kayden (he knows all of his body parts, head, hair, ears, nose, eyes, mouth, tongue, hands, feet, toes, knees and he loves showing them to us!), sang lots of songs (itsy bitsy is his favorite and he loved that he had a spider on his shirt!), and played "find a truck" and listened to him say his cute truck sound. We got into Chandler around 6:30 and stopped at Cheesecake Factory for dinner.

We all had so much fun, I love making these amazing memories with you Kayden! You making everything so much brighter and happier! You kept hugging us at the pumpkin patch b/c you were so happy to be there and clapping as you walked, you are so happy and cheerful and spread your joy to everyone around you! Can't wait to have many more perfect days w/ my 2 favorite boys!

Kyle taught Kayden to say "truck"...nice inflection!

Hopping Bunnies

Boo!

My cutie in his halloween pjs that he picked out!

"Ghost"

He LOVES this truck book! It's so funny to see him carrying this big book over to me for me to read to him. His favorite trucks are the school bus and the concrete mixer.

Yesterday I put a pair of Kayden's comfy pants on from last spring to go for our morning walk. He thought he was all cool in his pants and then I look down and see that they are floodpants and start laughing. He promptly started crying:( And then Kyle walked in and saw him and started laughing too and he cried harder and tried to rip the pants off. I was in shock that he knew that it was the pants we were laughing at and that he could feel those feelings of embarressment. I instantly felt bad for laughing at him and making him feel that way but in a way it was amazing knowing his little self could feel those feelings.
So, yesterday we went shopping w/ Auntie Jaclyn and Tatum to find Kayden some new comfy hang out at home pants. We found lots at Gap and now he doesn't have to be embarressed of his pants. We went to Rubios for lunch and my picky eater ate almost his whole quesadilla and loved the rice. So I guess if I'm ever out and need a lunch for Kayden Rubio's it is! I love when I find a food the little stinker will actually eat!
We also made a pitstop at Carter's to get some more jammies. Kayden saw the "ghost" pjs and HAD to have them. He was hugging them and wouldn't let them go. So I discovered I am that mother that can't say no to my child and he now has halloween pjs that he can only wear for 2 more weeks. BUT when he put them on last night and was saying "ghost" over and over and pointing to the ghost on his belly it made the wasted $10 all worth it! I would buy him 10 more halloweeen pjs if it would make him that happy;-)
I just can't get enough of you baby boy! You are so precious and have so much personality. You spread your love all over the place and it warms my heart so much! I love watching you hug all the things you "love".

All day!!

Hugs!

What a cutie we got to spend the day with!

Tunnel time, they would chase e/o in the tunnel and then throw balls through the tunnel to go get

A nice mess for mommy/auntie Kaisha, they would help me clean the blocks up only to promptly dump them back out:-)

Story time, they both sat forever eating their snack and listening to story after story, too cute!!

Kayden got to have his friend Tatum play with him ALL DAY on Wednesday! Tatum's mommy had to work so we watched Tatum for them and Kayden loved having a playmate all day long. They shared breakfast together, Tatum had pancakes and Kayden had eggs....Kayden ate one of Tatum's pancakes and Tatum ate Kayden's eggs;-) What someone else has is always better:-)!! We went to Auntie Christa's house for a playdate and they both had lots of fun playing with their friends. They were both so cute when I told them they were going to go play at Tula's house, they both started clapping and ran for the door. Naptime was a bit of a challenge b/c they both didn't want to be away from e/o. They both fell asleep in the car and when we got home Tatum woke up so I thought I'd bring her in and then hopefully transfer Kayden still sleeping, but Tatum freaked out that we were leaving Kayden in the car so he woke up. Then I tried to put Tatum down for her nap in her packnplay and Kayden freaked out that she was in the guest room and wanted her by him. So they were napless babies that day but suprisingly in good spirits. We spent the afternoon playing in the playroom and taking Fifi on a walk at the park. Having 2 is a lot more work than 1 for sure....the house looked like a bit of a tornado when Kyle got home but other than that it was a fun day!

Daddy's Fault;-)

I just read this on a site:

The New York Times wrote:

Researchers examined the eating habits of 5,390 pairs of twins between 8 and 11 years old and found children’s aversions to trying new foods are mostly inherited.

The message to parents: It’s not your cooking, it’s your genes.

The study, led by Dr. Lucy Cooke of the department of epidemiology and public health at University College London, was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in August. Dr. Cooke and others in the field believe it is the first to use a standard scale to investigate the contribution of genetics and environment to childhood neophobia.

According to the report, 78 percent is genetic and the other 22 percent environmental.

“People have really dismissed this as an idea because they have been looking at the social associations between parents and their children,” Dr. Cooke said. “I came from a position of not wanting to blame parents.”

So thank you daddy for my picky eating ways:-)