Tues/Thurs School Fall Festival

Last week Landry had his fall festival at Tues/Thurs school. He was so cute running around with all his friends and he kept grabbing my hand and leading me to everything in his classroom. I could just hear his sweet little mind thinking "I'm so excited to show you what I do at school on Tuesdays and Thursdays momma!" I was VERY skeptical with putting Landry in this Mother's Day out program and to be completely honest-I was toally against it at first. However, after 3 months of being in program I can say now I am SO glad I did this for him and me! He loves his teachers and classmates and always has a blast at school and I either work on Tues/Thurs or get all my errands done for the week while he is getting to play at school-thats a good trade in my eyes! :)
I also think it's good for him to go interact with other kids his age and me not be right there beside of him. I love fall and everything that goes along with it but a few of my favorite things are festivals, pumpkin flavored food/drinks, cool crisp weather, beautiful leaves changing and so much more I could list. Hope everyone is enjoying fall as much as we are!

Fun with cousins~

We did so many fun things while we were in Wisconsin a few weeks ago. Here were just a few of the highlights from the trip: we decorated cupcake monsters, went to a apple orchard/pumpkin patch, walked around the block and looked at all the geese in the ponds located in their subdivision, played dress up with tutu's, and took a bubble bath but mostly we had FUN! Landry has now nicknamed Martha (Emmie) and calls Wyatt (I-at). It took the little guy a little while to adjust and learn how to share toys but as soon as he started getting it down pat it was time for us to leave. Such a sad time! The whole time we were at the airport waiting for our flight home Landry kept saying "Bye Emmie...Bye Emmie! Broke my heart to hear him say that but also made me smile b/c he loves her! What I wouldn't give for Landry to grow up close to his cousins-but trips like this will hopefully keep them close even though there is quite a distance between us.













This was the last picture I took of our trip and I feel it sums up our long weekend. I love how the are holding hands-so sweet!!

"My child will never _________" (you fill in the blank)

Last weekend we packed our bags and headed up to Wisconsin to see Martha, Chris, Nora and Wyatt(a whole post of it's on coming soon). We had to wake Landry up early Saturday morning b/c our flight left around 8:30 and from the moment we went and got him out of his crib he just wasn't himself. I was scared he was getting an ear infection b/c several times Friday I saw him pull and dig in his ears. But I didn't think that much about it b/c he will do that when he is tired or sleepy. Thankfully he has only had 1 ear infection in his whole life and I just thought "yea he is just tired."

Well I say all that to say I blame Austin for this next part!! It was Landry's first time to fly and I was so nervous about him having to sit still for that long-he is on the go all the time and doesn't' have time to sit still. Throughout the whole flight he was great-he didn't make a peep and was just waving at the stewardess that would walk by, the people sitting behind him and anyone else that would give him attention. When he wasn't finding someone to wave at or talk to he watched Elmo aka "Melmo" on his portable DVD player or was looking out the window at the clouds and would say "Whoa!"
So when the landing gear came out and the wheels hit the concrete I thought "He did AWESOME-why was I even nervous!" Well no longer than that thought came into my head I hear a child SCREAMING bloody murder at the top of his lungs. I had to look around b/c i just knew that wasn't my child's scream-it was way to loud and sounded like someone was mistreating that child and it was unlike any scream I have heard before. I quickly realize that child screaming IS MY CHILD-WHAT!!! THATS MY CHILD SCREAMING?!! What in the world!? I had NEVER heard him scream like that before in all of his 19 months old of life! I just wrapped him in my arms as tight as I could and "shhhh" in his ear until he calmed down which took a good 30 second to a minute but let me tell you it seemed like a lifetime b/c we were only on a 60 passenger plane so everyone could hear him loud and clear!! I was so embarrassed when we were getting off the plane that I just apologized to everyone we passed. Thankfully everyone said "That's OK-I'm sure his ears were popping." Thankfully he did great on the way home and since we had a night flight he had a great time looking out the window at the stars, moon and lights of the cities. I think I sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star about 10 times within the 1 hour and 10 minute flight.
It was so cute and I loved watching how excited he got on the plane. It was a memorable first flight but we survived. This picture was takes right before we took off and you can tell he wasn't in the best of moods. There is a story behind his face in this picture but I better not share it on here. :) Althought we had a rocky and stressful start to our trip that didn't stop us from having a blast with our family. We miss them so much already and can't wait for our next trip to Wisconsin.
So at this point your probably asking "why do you blame Austin for that screaming fit he had when we landed?" Well here's the answer-ever since I have known Austin he did not like it when babies or kids screamed! If we were in a restaurant and a child would scream he would stop eating and take a deep breath and lay his fork down b/c he couldn't concentrate to eat with the child screaming. Whenever we would get on a plane (before having kids of course) Austin would always look around at who was sitting next to us and pray under his breath that a baby wouldn't be next to us. Don't get me wrong Austin loves kids and babies just not shrill high-pitched screams coming from kids and babies. So I BLAME him. I have learned something in these past 19 months of Landry's life NEVER SAY "MY CHILD WILL NEVER __________" b/c chances are just b/c you said that they will prove you wrong! So just b/c Austin has always said "My child will never scream in public" Landry had to show him one good time and make him tuck his tail between his legs. Throughout the whole trip Landry just wasn't his happy go lucky self! I KNEW (mother's instinct) that something just wasn't right with him but I didn't know what. I guess we are fortunate enough to have only had that one incident like this in public in his 19 months of life but I'm holding on tight b/c I knew there will be many many more to come. We got back home and I took him to the doctor and sure enough double ear infection and his left one was very infected. Poor baby was miserable all weekend and I felt so bad. Anyways just as my mother always told me "never say never" and I blame Austin! :)

My little pumpkin at Gentry's Pumpkin Patch

We had the best weekend with Landry! We took him Gentry's Pumpkin Patch in Franklin and he had a blast! It was the cutest place and we were so impressed with all the activities they had for the kids to do. We put Landy's adorable pumpkin outfit on him that morning and as soon as he saw it he said "Melmo" aka "Elmo" b/c he saw the big eyes on it. ha! I had to explain to him that it was a pumpkin and not Elmo. So the rest of the day anytime he would hear someone say "Aww I love his pumpkin outfit" or "Oh I like this pumpkin"(referring to the pumpkins in the field) he would immediately point to his outfit and smile at them rather they were referring to his actual outfit or not. ha! We started off with letting him pick his very own pumpkin off the vine and this is the one he choose: . He thought it was so much fun to run through the field full blast but bless his heart he learned the hard way several times to pick his feet up high or the veins would trip him. They had wheelbarrells for you to load all your pumpkins in and we found us an extra special pumpkin and loaded him up. :) You can also tell in the picture where he is pushing his own barrell that he is making the car noise. :) They also had a ton of sunflowers that you could pick for free but unfortunatly since it has been so dry here lately they were all just about dead-but that didn't stop the bees from enjoying them. After we left the pumpkin field we went into the farm area with all the activities. He got to see and pet several different farm animals including goats, chickens, turkeys, pigeons, cows, and horses, played on a play set in the shape of a tractor, go on a hay ride through the farm, eat homemade pumpkin bread, play in 3 different barns, and run his little heart out through a corn maze. He had a BLAST to say the least and was worn out when we left. He could have stayed in the corn maze for at least an hour if we would have let him and played hide-n-seek! But we moved on to all the other activities b/c he was getting hot (hence his pants legs and shirt sleeves rolled up) form all the running he was doing while we chased him and vice versa. He LOVES that game right now. We are planning on taking him back one more time before Halloween if the weather stays nice for us! If you live in this area-I would highly recommend it. I picked my pumpkin and he came home with me as a tired little boy!
I LOVE FALL and everything it brings! This is definitely my favorite season. Just give me something pumpkin flavored, some spice tea, my wonderful husband and my sweet little boy with his precious smile and I will be happy. Happy FALL everyone!