Birthday, Pumpkins, Cows, and Angus. (The dog, not the cow).

Last weekend my sisters and I celebrated my oldest sister's birthday.  Here we are: Melissa, Jennifer (birthday girl), and me.

Jace took an interest in pumpkins last weekend too.  These little pumpkins are just the right size for him to move around.

Wait....is Angus stealing one of the pumpkins?

Not sure who was more interested in who...but Jace got to observe a staredown between Angus (the dog) and a cow.

Notice the dog is a little further away now.....

And then he just decided to plop down and watch the cows.

If animals could talk...oh the conversation they would have.

Mulberry Pond Pumpkin Patch

We made a trip to the pumpkin patch this weekend!  We went to Mulberry Pond, outside of Hiawatha.  It was just right for Jace, and he got to enjoy it with his cousins Kyler and Colton, and both Grandma's, and Aunt's Jena, Melissa, and Jennifer!

He had no problems hopping right into the corn-sandbox.

Aunt Jennifer shows him "Spot" the goat.

He loved petting the bunny.

And tried to get close to a rooster and some chickens.

Jace and Kyler had so much to see and do at the pumpkin patch!

And let's not forget Colton the scary Tiger was there too!

Someone snuck up on Jace as he was trying to get back into the corn-sandbox.

What are you doing Spot?

Ahhh....this is the life.

WHOA!  That's a tall stack of hay-bales!

With a big slide on the other side!  And this kid (Colton), wouldn't hardly go down the big slide at our house WITH HELP this summer...now he is unstoppable!

Look really close...it's Aunt Jena with Jace at the top!  She took him down the slide, and he loved it!

Mom, and a Jace that is focused on a tractor behind the camera.

A hay-bale fort!  C'mon Kyler let's check it out!

And some fun tubes to play in.  Jace wanted nothing to do with these when we first got to the patch, but at the end he was in and out of them all!

A new friend shows Jace the way out of this maze!

Trying to get a picture....we weren't very successful.   Should have done that first!

And, two very unhappy kiddos...they were both running away trying to escape, and I had to grab both of them at the same time, by their arms, which resulting in two unhappy kids, laying on the ground.  Overall though, we had a great time at the Pumpkin Patch!

September Recap....

As long as the weather allows, we love to eat outside.

Swinging is one of our favorites things to do in our backyard.  Angus loves to play too!

We are getting brave enough to go down the slide by ourself... 

And we're trying to climb the ropes too.

Jace loves to smell the flowers....

And play in his "treehouse."  This is where he usually parks his car, wagons, trike, everything.

Did someone say wagon?

Oh yes, we even go down the BIG slide by ourselves.

In the process of getting new doors...these makeshift plastic doors were no match for some Kansas wind last week...and a 1 1/2 year old saw an opportunity to escape!

Peek-a-boo!

I can do it...all by myself.

Just to give you an idea of our big backyard, which we all love...

C'mon Mom, pull me in the wagon!

I'll get in myself.

See?  And that was done with a cookie in my mouth.

Meet our new friend!  We got Angus last week.  He's going to be a great dog.  : )

And, a random picture--we celebrated my Grandpa Richard Johnson's 82nd birthday this last weekend at my grandparents new garage.  These are all but one of the great-grandchildren:  Cheyenne, Wade, Colton, and Clay, and Jace and Kyler.  Surprisingly, we got a decent picture of them all!  Christmas Card here we come....just have to "photoshop" the missing great-grandchild, Jaeleigh, into the picture. 

Inside...

can sometimes be just as much fun as outside!

Jace has really taken to the big bathtub in our bathroom...becoming quite the swimmer!

Say CHEESE!

He loves to brush his teeth.  Not sure how much "brushing" is going on, but he's learning.  He's still only got 8 teeth, but he's working on another one.

Hi!

He's "into" everything....

And one of his favorite "toys"...a calendar Jed made for his family last Christmas...it has pictures of tractors, combines, dogs, and all of Jed's family.  We have to take it down for Jace to look at several times each week!