Fall Fun and Candyland!

We had such a great day yesterday! It was Gary's Monday off and we headed to Cox Farm!

My sweet boys :)

Even Nathan enjoyed the slides!

Corn Maze!

One of several "Big" slides Alex tried with mommy :) .... he continues to be pretty timid with slides. They had TONS of huge ones, I convinced him to try several of the smaller ones and he enjoyed them, but was still not begging for more ;) Maybe Nathan will be our adventurous child!

They had tractors everywhere that you could climb on!

Nathan driving the tractor too!

Hayride!

One of the MANY tractors that Alex sat on... he LOVED the tractors!

Feeding goats - Alex really enjoyed this too! Although, some of the goats were a bit aggressive and made him nervous!

Petting a horse! They had so many animals - cows, horses, chickens, ducks, rabbits, goats, pigs... pretty much all the basic farm animals! And many babies too!

Such a sweet boy :)

Enjoying the hayride!

It was SUCH a fun day... we were there almost 4 hours, but Alex could've stayed there all day! It started sprinkling though, which was a good excuse to convince Alex we needed to head to the car! He's been talking about all the stuff we did ever since :)

We had lots of other great family fun this past weekend too! Sunday night we had our first ever "Family Game Night"! Alex has been begging for a looong time to play one of mommy and daddy's games... we have lots in our closet and like to play games. We finally decided maybe he could handle it (we really weren't sure... the boxes all say 3+ and he's ALMOST 3). He was SOO excited. We made fruit smoothies and sat down to explain the rules and play!

He did GREAT! We played two games (and rigged the deck just a little to help him win the first game ;) then mommy won game two fair and square haha). He loved picking cards and trying to figure out where to go next. He did GREAT taking turns and following directions. He did need a little help to figure out which one was the "next" of the color he drew, but other than that, he did so well!! I can't believe he is already old enough to follow directions/rules to a game and actually PLAY it! We were very impressed, what a smart boy we have!!

It hit me the other day that I do not have a toddler anymore... I have a PRESCHOOLER! His vocabulary has taken off, he carries conversations, asks questions, and has a great memory. He can do simple craft projects, follows simple directions, and is learning his letters/sounds. He can count a group of 5 things (on a good day) and *sometimes* knows his colors (this seems to be tricky for him!) He is able to undress himself, shares with friends, has his own thoughts/opinions, and is a big helper. I just can't believe how big he is getting! I love the sweet little boy that he is becoming, he is such a blessing to our family!