Pumpkin Patch

We went to an awesome pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago.

Our adventure began with a lesson on different gourds, pumpkins and squashs.

Forest was totally enthralled. After the lesson we headed over to the most fun slide ever!

Please enjoy all the slide pictures.

After the slide, Forest decided he wanted to carry Westly in the backpack!

What a cute helper!We then went threw a hay maze.Forest's favorite part of the pumpkin patch were all the animals. We saw horses, pigs, goats, chickens, and cowsWe then went on another slide. This one was 40ft. long but it wasn't as fun as the shorter slide.We also enjoyed a fun hay ride.Last we picked out our pumpkins.
Forest found just the right one!

Trick or Treat

We had our ward Halloween Party this last Saturday.

It was a super fun party with yummy food and fun games!

(Not to brag or anything.... but my chili won 3rd place)

But best of all there was trick-or treating!

A month ago our relief society had a service auction and I bid on and won a Halloween costume made by one of the sweet ladies in the ward. She made this cuddly little lion costume for Westly. Forest and his best friend Emerson had a blast running around the church and being crazy together.

Aren't they so cute together? We were at the church for a total of 3 hours and in those 3 hours Forest went pee on the potty 3 times and had no accidents!

Yay for Forest!

My Dear Sweet Westly

This post is all about my sweet little Westly.

The first few months with Westly were really difficult, much more than I had anticipated. But these last few months have been really fun! It has been so fun seeing his personality blossom. He is probably the most laid back baby on planet earth. Crying or whining is a rarity. He is happy most of the time and if he is not he has a legitimate reason.

Although Westly might be quiet while others are around, when you get him alone he is quite the talker. He has a lower voice than Forest and loves to say mmmamma and ddda and lots of other gargling sounding words.

With his new cruising abilities Westly often finds himself in precarious situations, as pictured below. (We have since moved the coffee table to the garage.)

Doesn't he have the cutest little sad face?

(Westly is stuck under the coffee table in this picture)

Westly is definitely still in the oral fixation stage and doesn't appear to have any plans on moving on. Some days it is hilarious to watch him attack everything and everyone with his mouth.Standing up is Westly's second favorite activity. He can't get enough of it, unfortunately his legs can which has lead to far too many falls.I never get sick of watching Westly follow me around the house bringing with him a toy or two. Aw! I just love my Westly!

School Time

Forest and I have started doing "school time" during Westly's morning nap time.

We start off school with the letter of the day.

Today was O

I then have Forest trace the letter with his fingers while talking about the sound the letter makes. (When we first started doing school time I didn't teach Forest the sound the letter makes. After talking with my mom a few days ago I learned that it is more important to learn the sound than the name of the letter. I am learning too. Thanks mom!)

Forest then traces inside the letter. He improves at this daily!The finished O. I think he did an awesome job!

(The chicken scratches next to Forest's name is Forest attempt to write his name. I love when he does this)After we finish with the letter we go to the website starfall.com and learn more about the letter of the day and review other letters.

After computer time Forest gets to do an activity. Today was play dough.I don't want to leave Westly out of this post! He is now a crawling machine!Westly is also pulling up on EVERYTHING!!

(notice the chub hanging over his pants! He is such a chunk!)

Westly has also started waving!!

So pretty much my boys are da bomb!