Life’s Little Moments

I took the day off on Friday to celebrate Andrew’s birthday.  I worked a bit over Thursday night so they would be set for Friday and the weekend.

We got Andrew an indoor trampoline to help him build some upper core strength.  I knew I’d be putting it together when I got home.  That way, it would be ready for him when he woke up.

As I was in the front room, at 2am, I heard a noise from the kitchen. Apparently, he heard me come home and wanted to see me.  Surprise ruined.

So he helped me build it!  Of course, he wanted to stay up when it was done.  So he jumped for a few minutes before we all headed back to bed.

When we woke up, I took him to get his birthday pictures done.  They were all done outside and I can’t wait to see them.  There should be some really great shots.

Afterwards, we drove to pick up his cake.  He got to pick what was on it.  Sam told me I would find it extremely funny.  I had no idea what he could have chose, but was not surprised.

“It’s poop, Daddy!”

It sure is ….

The kids were still not feeling 100%, so we laid low for most of the day. We had a nice day with warm temps, so we decided to go to the local Homecoming parade, which happens less than a half mile from our house.

They were ready for candy with their Halloween buckets.   And Andrew told everyone would listen that it was his birthday.  It probably got him extra candy.

On the walk home he told us how awesome it was that somebody threw him a birthday parade!

Yesterday, our whole family met with our friend (and Andrew’s former speech therapist) Christa and her daughters and went to a pumpkin patch for the afternoon.  The day was beautiful and we all had a blast.

They had so much to do and so many photo ops.  The kids enjoyed feeding the many animals that were there.  Sam and Christa kept trying to talk me into getting a goat!

They had a beautiful little Sunflower patch.

Pony rides for the kids

And a little barrel train ride.

It was a perfect day to check out all the sites, but after a while, someone got tired and needed a lift

They had these amazing apple cider slushies, fresh baked donuts, regular cider, kettle corn, and donut sundaes!

After we enjoyed our desserts, it was off to get a pumpkin.  Ella found hers, Andrew picked one that was no bigger than a softball!

 Knowing we couldn’t carve that, I grabbed another one for him.  Sam found a huge white pumpkin and said she had to have it.  After a great day, we sat outside and carved the pumpkins and they are out on the porch.

Having two days in a row with family is an absolute joy!   There were plenty of smiles and many memories made!!