Green~

Couldn't make it up if I tried~

Last week Zach came home from school saying he and two of his friends wanted to go trick or treating together.  I thought, oh great he's making new friends!  Then he said that one of them decided they should all be gangsters, except one of them was going to be a mushroom.  I asked him if he knew what a gangster was.  He asked me if I knew what a gangster was.  I said no, tell me.  He said it's like a group of people who go around doing bad things.  I said I was going to have to veto that costume idea.

Tuesday morning we were getting ready to leave the house to take Zach to school.  Zach took Landen out to the car while I ran to get Landen's sippy cup.  As I was walking out the front door Zach and Landen were coming back up the front walk. Zach said he forgot his lunch and ran past me and up the stairs.  I asked why he was running upstairs to get his lunch, to which he didn't reply.  Landen and I stood by the front door waiting for what seemed like an unusually long time.  I called Zach several times and got no answer.  Landen even went over to the stairs and started shouting things.  Finally he came down and I asked how his lunch got upstairs.  He said, "Oh, I was just throwing my lunch up in the air when we were in the driveway and it accidentally got stuck up on the roof outside my bedroom window, so I opened my window, took off the screen, climbed over the little iron fence and climbed out onto the roof and got it." **Edited to add~ I can't even believe he came clean about it so soon.  I think he was actually proud to tell me.

Love my little boys no matter what!

As I was about to pull out of the driveway to take Zach to school today he asks me if I can do a load of laundry tonight so I can wash the football shorts he is wearing because he will need them for practice tomorrow.  I turned around to look at him because this seemed kind of strange.  Something about the way he looked in those very thin nylon shorts made me ask him if he was wearing any underwear.  He refused to answer.  I then parked the car and said he had to go back in the house and put on underwear and new shorts.  I wish I could say this is the first time this has happened.

The Announcement I never sent out..

Triple Play Blue Birth Announcement

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I ordered one for his baby book and I get $10 off for just posting it on my blog.=)

Texting~

Underwood Family Farms~

Mikayla started school a few days before Zach so I decided to take the boys to the farm! This one is about 5 minutes from our house and it is awesome. We used to get a box every week from them of organic veggies and fruit. I stopped because the farmer's markets in this area are so great I just really enjoy and prefer going to them and getting only what I need. Anyway, they also have tons of farm animals and things for kids to do.

They had a giant sand box that Landen could have played in all day, plus horses, goats, cows, chickens, pigs, etc. They also have a bunch of u-pick fields but we didn't venture out to do that on this day.

Cutest little farmer ever!

Landen LOVED this train ride so much and cried so hard when it was over, but thankfully no one else was there so he got to go twice.

Landen was not too happy about Zach going on those big trikes without him, but he really was fine after a few seconds. It's hard being the little brother sometimes.

We went home with a ton of fruit and veggies and Zach convinced me to make strawberry freezer jam. He really did enjoy it, I guess this is just the typical 9 year old boy look.

Our little chef Landen, of course, loved helping smash the strawberries.

It was a great but exhausting day with my boys!

If you have a sister who likes musical theater...

...you might just have to belt out a song about rice during dinner.

I love how he's using his hand for a microphone. Silly boy!

What's better than the beach?

Well probably nothing really, but going to a fair by the beach is pretty awesome. A few weeks ago before school started we went to the Ventura county fair. It's situated right near the beach which meant perfect weather. We were all surprised how much fun we had. I guess when it's not 90 degrees and 90% humidity the fair can be fun. So anyway here's the highlights.

Landen was serious about that corndog! He ate the whole thing.

As soon as we got there Zach asked me if I wanted to go on the ferris wheel with him. I don't think he thought I would actually say yes, but I did and this was our view!

He was a little nervous to say the least. He said it was more just not trusting that the ride was safe and not the height. Maybe it was that sign that said 'fall hazard.'

He didn't like that I was taking pictures.

I didn't take this picture on purpose, but it is kind of funny because he is usually such a daredevil.

Zach won a penguin for Landen.=)

Landen absolutely loved the carousel! He smiled and waved everytime he passed by and then when the ride stopped he bawled! Poor baby did not want to get off.

As always the kids love going on the super slide. We finally learned to keep our hands up this year.

Holy pig! I can't even imagine.

Landen loved the bunnies.

Ice cream treat to end the day with sweatshirts on.

And there was a gorgeous moon the whole way home. This picture doesn't do it justice at all. It was just hanging over the mountains.