Fall Fun!

Hey Everyone!  Sorry we haven't updated the blog in awhile.  Our neighbor's are putting an addition on their house and our Internet/Cable cord accidentally got cut in the process so we didn't have Internet for about 10 days.  Everything is fixed now though so stay tuned because I have lots of posts to update!

On Saturday, Sept. 29, we met Matt's family for the day in Columbus.  We went to a Pumpkin Patch/Farm and it was sooo much fun.  We were there from about 10-3 and there were so many fun things to do.  Here are some of the pictures from our day.

They had a giant sandbox, but it was filled with corn instead of sand for the kids to play in.  Here are Matt and Landon having fun.

And Keegan standing in the corn

 They had 3 slides for people to go down as well.  Here Landon is going down one of the slides.  He loved them!

 Landon also got to go on a little zip line!

Keegan had fun with Aunt Cara watching his big brother on the zip line.

Landon also loved rolling in these giant barrels.  Rod and Matt did the majority of the pushing and got a good workout in!

Cara and Landon playing on the hay maze.

All covered in hay!!

The boys sitting on a tractor.

They had a zip line for adults too, which Matt and I did.  I got a little freaked out when we got to the top of the platform, but it was a lot of fun once I stepped off and enjoyed the ride!  

Here is Matt climbing up to the platform.

And getting all harnessed in and ready to go...

 Here I am on the zip line!

 There were tons of pumpkins and we got some cute pics of the boys with them.  

Here is our happy little Keegan!

A couple cute pics of the boys!  I love this one!

Playing in the cart with some pumpkins

So big!!

 And all smiles!!!

Cara and Landon trying to pull the pumpkins around.

 Keegan playing with pumpkins that were much bigger than he was!

Landon joined in on the fun!

This is the best family pic we got....not so good!

 Keegan and Mommy

 Keegan was playing peek-a-boo between all the pumpkins!

Daddy and Landon having fun

Matt, Landon and Cara posing for a silly picture

All of us feeding the baby goats

 Landon jumping on a huge inflatable bounce pad.

 Pedaling and Driving a car around the track.

 Riding on the banana bus!!!

Papa and Keegan hanging out

 On a hayrack ride

After the pumpkin patch, we headed to a mall for a little bit and then the Cheesecake Factory for dinner before we all headed home.  Here is Grandma with the boys at dinner!

Thanks for meeting us in Columbus for a fun day!  We will drive 2 hours to meet you anytime you want to drive the other 6 hours!! :)

The Boys

The boys are doing great!  They keep us constantly entertained and they are so sweet.  They interact more with each other now and are always looking for one another!

Keegan is into everything right now.  He crawls everywhere and can pull himself up to standing on anything.  He does really well playing with his toys and his brother.  He chews on everything and puts everything in his mouth. He eats fruit every morning and cereal and a vegetable or meal every night at dinner time.  He has loved all the food we have given him.  We started giving him Puffs to eat this week too and he loves those as well.  Keegan had a little cold this past week.  He still has a runny nose but he is doing much better now.  He is such a sweet little boy!

Holding onto the coffee table

 Swinging in the backyard

 Keegan also got his first black eye this week :(  He hit it on the coffee table and got a little cut.  Luckily it was nap time right after that so I was able to hold an ice pack on it while he slept.  Poor guy!

Hanging out in his crib with Landon's fireman hat on

Playing by the couch

 All smiles, playing with his activity table

Landon is always busy playing with something.  He does really well entertaining himself and playing on his own, but he loves to play with his friends too or with his brother.  He is a great helper.  Lately he has been coloring all the time.  He does a great job staying in the lines and using the right colors for everything.  He has also been dressing up every day, usually like Super Why (as you will notice in some of the pictures).  He loves preschool and has so much fun while he is there.  I don't know if it is because he is going to school now or what, but he seems sooo big to me and it makes me so sad.  The boys are growing way too fast!

Landon (aka Super Why) found a grasshopper one night outside before our walk

 All ready for bed in his Bones pajamas and sunglasses!

Coloring with his new "Super Elmo" shirt on

Since Landon has been doing great at school with no tears, he got to pick something to bake with me this past week.  He chose brownies.  We put in a secret ingredient of chocolate chips and also put on chocolate icing and rainbow sprinkles!  - He did a great job baking and the brownies are delicious!

Eating Halloween gummy teeth that Great Grammy and Grandpa sent him

 Landon coloring a picture on the floor

    Here are some of the great pictures Landon colored this week!

Bert & Ernie

 Alpha Pig

 Count

 The Super Readers in their Why Flyers

 Oscar

 This is the first bath the boys have taken together.  Keegan just tries to crawl in the bath tub and is still a little too small to be in the big tub so he wasn't in there long.  They were really cute in there together though :)

Landon reading a Halloween story to Keegan before bed the other night!

                                     

The Past Week

This is what we have been up to the past week....

Keegan is 7 months old today!!!  He officially started crawling about a week ago.  Here is a video of him crawling to Matt! 

Landon has been playing with our next door neighbor, Lili, a lot this past week.  They play really well together and are so funny!  Here they are getting ready to fix things!

 Fixing Keegan's Pack and Play

 Last Saturday we went to "Taste of Avon" and had a lot of fun at the kids pavilion.  Here Keegan is, all ready to go!

 Daddy and Landon 

 Scarecrow Landon

 Climbing up the wall for the inflatable slide

 After he slid down

 Being silly in the hay maze

 Being a firefighter in a real fire truck

 This is a Landon laying by his picture of "Count" that he drew on our driveway.  If you look closely, you can see that he spelled out "Count" above the picture as well!

 Our sweet little Keegan all worn out.  He was playing with his toys on the rug one second and asleep the next!

Keegan and Landon in the crawling position....Landon was trying to help Keegan get some toys!

 Since it was about 80 yesterday, we decided to head to the beach for the last time this year for dinner.  We took brats to grill, chips and salsa and fruit.  Afterwards we played in the sand for a little bit and then got some Mitchell's ice cream for dessert.  Here are a few pics from last night!

We wanted to update you on Landon's progress at preschool as well.  He has been doing great!  He always loves school and has a blast, but doesn't like when Matt leaves him. He usually cries for a couple of minutes at the very beginning but then is fine.  However, yesterday he made it through with no tears!!!  We had talked about it the night before and then Matt and Landon sang a song about it and danced before school and it seemed to work.  He was so proud of himself and we were equally as proud of him, as well as of all his teachers!!  What a big boy!  

Have a great weekend!

First Day of School

Yesterday was Landon's very first day of preschool.  We still can't believe he is old enough to go to school :(  He woke up early yesterday and was really excited to go.  We had Orientation on Tuesday, where Matt and I went with him and he got to meet his teachers, the other students, play and check everything out.  There are 21 students in his class and 3 teachers.  The teachers seem great and Landon really likes them.  He goes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:15-11:45.  Matt takes him to school and I get to pick him up.  Matt said that Landon was very excited about school yesterday until he realized that Matt didn't get to stay with him.  There were definitely some tears, but the teachers told us he was fine after about 5 minutes, thankfully!  He was having a blast when I got there to pick him up.  I am so thankful that I am the one who gets to pick him up instead of drop off because I'm pretty sure I would never be able to leave him there crying, at least not without crying myself. I was an emotional wreck yesterday at school anyway, without even witnessing everything. I think each day will get a little bit easier though and he really did have a lot of fun.  He said he is ready to go back.  Some of his favorite things were singing songs, dancing, doing the obstacle course (the teachers make a different one to start each day), jumping on the trampoline, coloring a picture and snack time.  His preschool is called "Fit by Five" and Landon was very excited to show me how a "Fit by Fiver" sits with their legs crossed.  It was too cute!  We are looking forward to a great school year.  Here are some pictures from his first day!!

On the porch before they left

 Right outside his preschool by the board of activities

Going in the doors

Hanging up his book bag

Here is a picture of his book bag.  We found Sesame Street patches to iron on for him, as well as the letter "L" patch for his strap!  It is very cute, but almost as big as he is :)

Keegan and Landon once we got home from school