Abby at Pumpkinfest

Abby LOVED the tir'd horses. I think Jon could make one, but I think he's likely got enough projects on the go at the moment!
Patting the bunnies
Jumping in the hay loft

Abby was a little apprehensive about going on the barrel train, even though there was one with a kitty. The train is pulled by a lawn tractor, so it is a little noisy. Daddy offered to walk along beside the train and hold her hand (instead of getting in with her!). However, Daddy quickly realized that the train moved faster than he thought :)

She was still all smiles and went on 3-4 rides (all in the kitty barrel of course!)

Jude at Pumpkinfest

"I'm going to need some help here Dad... my feet don't quite reach..."

Trying to pat the goats
Hanging with the pumpkins...

The first non-rainy day in a week!

Although our original plan for this afternoon was to go to Pumkinfest at Gammondale farm, we realized as we were ready to head out the door (after naps), that it closed at 5 pm and it was already 3:30...it's a good half hour drive there, which left little time to actually play! So we headed to Marina park instead. Because it seems to have rained here for weeks (I could NEVER live on the west coast... I need sun!), we hadn't really taken any good fall pictures of the kids. We attempted to get pictures of them together, but soon realized that our attempts were futile. We'd get Jude sitting and Abby would see pine cones that she wanted to go collect. Abby would be ready and Jude would be off... so, here are some pictures of the kids individually :) It should be interesting when we have 3!

Jude on the move...now that he's confident on his feet, there's no stopping him!

Practicing for Gymnastics

Grammy (Jon's mum) sent up some leotards for Abby for gymnastics. She hasn't stopped jumping, dancing and doing stretches since she tried them on! She wanted to practice some of her warm up stretches before she got dressed. This is the "Doggy" wagging its tail.
Touching her toes...
"Touching the sky"

Suppertime

We had quesidillas for supper tonight, with sour cream... Jude loves raw carrots and dip, so I put a spoonful of sour cream on his tray for his quesidilla. He dipped, he enjoyed, then he was done... When Jude's done eating, he generally just starts turfing food off his tray onto the floor. Tonight, he thought he'd wear it instead. I had my back turned to him, starting the dishes when Abby pipes up and says, "Look what Jude's doing Mummy!" He would "splash" in the sour cream on his tray and then put it in his hair. It was too late to stop him, so Abby and I just laughed along with him. It was fun to play in his food, but much more fun with an audience!
Jude wearing sour cream and some dessert (mini oreo cookies). Needless to say, he went directly to the bath :)