A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

This week began with a work day at school for getting report cards ready. It's hard to believe the first quarter is already over! It was nice to have a day to get things done. Matt continues to work on the basement, usually for a couple of hours each night. Lately, Zane has been going down there with him, usually with a snack, and sits right inside this crate watching movies!


Apparently, I've been quite the snorer at night lately...I'm blaming it on the pregnancy! So Matt got the idea for he and Zane to "camp out" in the living room Friday night. They laid blankets and pillows out and put some Tom & Jerry cartoons on tv. They started off in separate spots, but Zane got cold in the night, so he moved closer to his Daddy. It was pretty cute to find them all cuddled up in the morning!

Camping out

This is how I found them in the morning!

Saturday we decided to take our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch! Zane was really excited about it, and so were we! It's so fun to take him places now that he can understand what we're doing and remember the details! While there, we fed and petted animals, played a lot, rode trikes, went through a hay maze, rode a train, and rode a hayride out to the pumpkin patch. We picked out 4 pumpkins for our family: one for Daddy, Mommy, Zane, and Bobby. Zane was all over the pumpkin patch, running everywhere looking for the best one. He kept saying "Come on, over here. I found one." He was looking for his and Bobby's pumpkins. He kept getting tripped on the vines and one time fell right in some mud...lucky for us it didn't bother him too much!

Feeding the goats

Happy fall!
My "kids" for sale
How about this one?

Look how he's growing!
He said "I have John Deere, like Papa!"

Hauling our pumpkins

Riding the trike...this one he could reach!

After the pumpkin patch, we went to lunch and there was an arcade there. Zane played this Nascar racing game. It was hilarious to watch him...the steering wheel shook while it was going, and it was shaking his whole body! He actually did a good job on the game!

Last night we went out for supper and did a little shopping...or should I say browsing (we didn't buy anything). Zane kept wanting to race Matt, and every time he would squat like this and say "Daddy, go like this." Here is a picture and video of them racing.

Zane's been using the "be patient" expression quite a bit lately, especially when we ask him to do something, so we've had to make sure he's saying "be patient please" so it doesn't sound like he's being rude. He even said it at preschool this week! Luckily, they thought it was funny! It just reminds us how much he picks up on and that we need to be careful because anything we say can (and probably will) be repeated!

Check out more of our photos at our Flickr site and some from Jo's house (Zane's daycare) at the links below:

Our photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerbunch/

Jo's Daycare: http://web.mac.com/djlongenecker/Jos_Daycare/