Facelift

For the page!!! I LOVED the owl design for the Blog, but just had a hard time reading it! I played around with colors and fonts, but just wasn't happy! This should be easier to read and I like the simpleness of the design! Hope you like it to! I've posted a link that you can get your own facelift if you want!

"Punkin" Patch

We went up the road a bit to a local "Punkin" Patch, as Little Hauss would say! It was so much fun and highly recommended for anyone with or without kids to enjoy!
We tried to get there fairly early to beat the crowds and to ensure an enjoyable, tantrum free morning!!!! Activities in the mornings seem to be better for us so we are always waiting on doors to open!!!
So, we started out at the barn with all sorts of farm animals including a donkey and turkeys! Little Hauss especially liked the horse "Maude" and the cow with her calf. We then took our turn on the "pony" ride, but Bunny was a little bit big I thought to be a pony, but all the same, he loved it! Next we walked around to see all the goodies they had to offer and Little Hauss settled on face painting with a green spiderweb complete with black spider! He's got an obsession with spiders and spiderman these days!!!
After that, Little Hauss and I left Hubby behind to take a hay ride. Unbeknownst to us, we thought we were just taking a little ride and coming right back, so we left Hubby with camera to wait on us, when in all actuality, we were headed to the pumpkin patches!!!! So, sorry to say we don't have any photos to share at this time of Little Hauss picking his pumpkin! However, it seemed that a few friends of ours had the same idea today, and we were lucky enough to find one in the patch that graciously took some photos and will be emailing them to me soon!!! Thanks goodness for Ms Christine!
Little Hauss found a good punkin' fairly quickly and then we headed back to meet Hubby. We then got some lunch and a cupcake complete with a candy pumpkin on top! That brought our day to a conclusion and before we even got off at our exit, Little Hauss was passed out, thumb in mouth!!! He is a thumb sucker, a habit we are desperately working on breaking, but while in sleep mode, that thing is NOT coming out, no matter how hard we try! The video below shows how he won't let it go!
Also, thanks to my cousin, we had the overalls! I just wanted to see if they fit and then he wouldn't take them off!!!! So, I guess he just wanted to look the part on the farm. He wasn't as dressed up as one little cowboy we saw with hat, boots and even a gun!!!! Too cute!

Proud of his Punkin'
Heading to the patches!

He's a good milker!


Petting "Maude"


Taking a ride on "Bunny"
Sat really still for his spider web!
Ooh! Scary!
Hayride to the pumpkin patch!

"Beans"

Today at the Pumpkin Patch, there was an area where some animals were on display and you could pet and get up close and personal! Well, Little Hauss LOVES animals and couldn't wait to see the horse, cow, pigs, goats and even chickens. As we go by the sheep, there are some baby lambs in there and all you hear is "Mamma, look at those beans!" Yeah, I guess that's what it looks like to a 3 year old! In actuality, its just some poop!!!! Oh well, as long as he doesn't try to eat the beans, I guess we're ok!

Varisty Blues Revisited

Have you ever seen "Varsity Blues"? If so, then you know that the whole town revolves around the High School football team! Well, our town isn't that far off from that concept. I love a good football game, but these days, I'm more interested in how Little Hauss enjoys them! There is a large hill that all the kids play on and roll down at the stadium, and don't you think for a minute that Little Hauss wasn't right there in the action! He did pretty well of not getting in any big kids way or getting trampled by the many touch football games going on around him. He is next in line to be a great football player or coach. He comes from a long line of them...Hubby's dad, Papa, was a player, even in the hall of fame for his college team, and a great coach for a couple high school teams, then there's an uncle who played for Virginia Tech on a full scholarship who then went on to coach at Marshall University, and then Hubby who played at the College level as well. So, with all that history behind him and the size, he has potential to be great! Well, we might be in for a surprise because this is how the evening played out. Get to the game, hang out at a little tailgate, go into stadium, get to hill, play on hill and roll around.......hear drums, stop, sit still in mom's lap and watch the entire pre game show!!!!!!! Music ends, back to rolling down hill and running off all the suckers had at the tailgate, halftime, drums again......stops dead in his tracks, sits still and watches entire half time show!!!!!! So, we might just have to wait and see how all this pans out!!!! Nothing wrong with being a musician, but I know a few tough guys that might be a little disappointed if he's not in some shoulder pads sporting a helmet!!!!

Pre game show

Another Sucker!

The whole family!

Below is a video of the fun Little Hauss had rolling down the big hill! By the way, this was just one of the many repeat performances of the night!

Fun on the Farm....well, the creamery!

Fall, I love it. Its the my favorite season of the year! The changing of the leaves, the crispness in the air, the comfort food! I love everything about it. There are so many fun and exciting things to experience that I want to share with little hauss, so we've already gotten started.
We've recently started buying milk from a local creamery and its wonderful! They deliver to the house every week and we've expanded into more items as well which is great to support a local business, the milk is hormone free, and it tastes great!
Well, they had an open house last weekend that we took little hauss to and we all had so much fun! There were hayrides, tractor train rides, ice cream, fresh cider making (by hand), a petting zoo that included cows and chickens, and tours of the creamery! I would definitely recommend experiencing something like this with little ones.

My Sweet Angel

It warms my heart to hear my little hauss tell me he loves me! He always says it back after I tell him first and on occassion, he tells me first! But, when he woke up in the middle of the night a couple of nights ago to go potty and I tucked him back in bed, I heard the sweetest words...."I love you momma" as I left the room. He makes me melt!

Whirlwind

Wow, it's been a busy week! Last weekend, it started with my first and last yardsale EVER! Lemmetellya, not something I recommend! I did make quite a bit of money, but when you factor in the time it takes to go through everything you own, or have ever owned, tag it, set it up, clean it up, and haul it off to goodwill, it really doesn't amount to much! My mom joined me in the venture, well, I pretty much forced it upon her, but we slpit the profits, so she got a little something out of it!

Parents were here for 9 days! I love that they are able to visit so much, especially since they want to keep little hauss ALL the time! Gigi picked up little man everyday from preschool AND cooked dinner! Nothing better than that! I got to go to happy hour with the girls and workout in the evenings after work! When they are here, I feel like I don't really get anything done. My house looks like a pigsty and I didn't get to the grocery store until the cabinets were bare, but I have so much fun with them, so it all works out.

We also attended a wedding last weekend that was really nice, but most of all, we were just excited to have a night out! Its been a while since we've been out by ourselves, so we took full advantage and went out afterwards to meet some friends!

The week was also consumed with training for Daddy and classes for me! I'm so used to making up my own schedule, that having to be somewhere on someone else's time was a little weird. I still had my Friday off, so that was nice to be able to catch up on all of the errands I missed out on during the week. We did have time to squeeze in a little bike riding for the little huass though. I'm going to be able to take him on my training runs he was going so fast!

Little hauss went for his 3 year checkup and is officially HUGE! Not that we didn't know that already, but getting the measurements are just clarification. He weighed in at 44 pounds and is 40.5 inches tall! The Doctor said that is your typical 4 year old!!!!! Too bad he just turned 3! I always said I would take him to an amusement park when he was tall enough to ride the big rides, but I think we'll hold off. Definitely needs to be at least 5 before a roller coster!

Looking forward to a relaxing, low key weekend. Enjoy yours!