Sunday, October 27, 2013

A Very Pumpkin Weekend


We went to Rocaberry Farm last weekend for some kettle corn eating, pumpkin picking, goat feeding, train riding, hay climbing good times.  The highlight of the whole event for Iz was the animals.  We stood and stared at the pony rides for awhile.  She was not interested in getting on them, but insisted we stay and watch them ("No, I look at horsies!" when we tried to walk away).  Then there were some pigs and chickens that held our interest for awhile.  But, the goats.  Oh, she loved them.  We fed them, petted them ("I touch.  Mommy touch.  Caden touch."), and then just sat in the stroller and watched them.  Everyone else ventured on to bigger and better things, but Iz and I stood in one spot watching one goat on a bridge for quite awhile.  It was difficult to drag her away, but once we did her and Caden found a Disney "haunted" house (only haunted because it was slightly dark) and they managed to run through that quite a few times to help her forget about those goats.  (How we managed to get through this whole affair without a picture of her by a goat is beyond me, but she loved them nonetheless!)

Look at how tall my girl is! 
Pretty little flower! 
Next time our directions will need to be more specific.
"Look through the flower and say 'Cheese', Iz."  Well, she
said "Cheese" as we took a picture of her backside...
Not sure what I'm doing...but she's having fun!


Chillin' with my cuz...

A quick pic before we ran through the "haunted" house again 
Out of 4,000 pictures, this is the only one where all three were looking.  Sort of...

Iz finally found the perfect pumpkin!

Another attempt... 
We love Grammy and Popper!  (I don't know if I've mentioned it yet, but
that is Izzie's pet name for Grandpa.  Not quite sure where it came from,
but I am a fan!)
**UPDATE**  Grammy sent us some goat pictures she had taken.  Thanks, Grammy!


Saturday, October 19, 2013

Foooootball!

We've had a lot of fun this Husker season.  We have had the chance to visit the new arena several times with Daddy to see where he's been working, checked out some pre-game fun (and the adults have gone to a few games), and watched some games at home.  Our littlest fan requests to watch football with Daddy sometimes now.    

Checking out the arena with Daddy

Check out his hand around her neck...melt my heart

Go Huskers!

A cold day...and we forgot Izzie's coat.  So next time you see
us, tell us this sweatshirt was totally worth $35...yikes!

Cutie pa-tooties

Checking out the Farmer's Market one lovely Saturday

Monday, October 14, 2013

We Count to Ten!

Isabel has given up her battle against the number 8.  At first, her counting was sparse at best - "1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10!"  She soon picked up four and six, but five was a bit of a struggle.  It wasn't long before  she had them all but the number eight, and she was pretty firm in her insistence that it not be included in the line-up.  Suddenly, on Friday, she sat in Bryan's lap and counted to 10 perfectly without any prodding or help.  (I'm inclined to believe that her resolve weakened when she realized her teachers at school did in fact use the number 8 as well.)  Regardless, it's been an exciting weekend and we've probably made her do it a hundred times!  Getting it on camera is another issue--of course the little monkeys don't perform when you want them to--but I finally got it (sort of).  I just love her sweet little voice!