Hey Batter Batter

While raking the back yard the other day Sam decided he was going to pop one of the kids balls with the rake. Our rake was one of those wood handle ones with the heavy medal prongs -- well the ball must be indestructible because instead of popping the ball - the rake broke.(serves Sam right for trying to pop the kids toys ;)

We had the wood handle laying around - so the other day Sam got the idea of making it into a bat for Jackson. I guess he has some tools for that because he was out in the garage for a while and when he came back in - it looked like a tiny little bat! Then he decided he would burn Jackson's name into the side of it. Then he put about a million coats of clear finish on it. It's been pretty cute to see how excited he has been making this for Jax.

It's all dry now and we tried it out this morning. Jackson loves it! (of course)

I swear - we really need to get this kid into some kind of sport - he is so good at everything he tries. As you can tell the bat is super skinny - then we used a tennis ball which is not the biggest target - and the boy could still hit it!! Plus he LOVES it!! He could throw a ball all day long. He'll even just throw a ball (or a rock, or a stick, or a piece of garbage) in the air and catch it by himself over and over and over and over. Never seems to get sick of it. Sam and I just watch and laugh because of how long it keeps him happy.

I love him! :)

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

We didn't get pumpkins - it wasn't even Oct. yet when we went. But we bought a groupon so we made a trip out - and I would say it was worth the drive. (Which is maybe 45 min.)

Our groupon also let us have 4 kids - so we brought my nephew Dallin with us - making the trip that much more fun because Dallin is VERY excited about everything!! It's fun to be around.

So this place was huge. They gave us a map because it was so big. And we went on a weekday - so all of the attractions weren't going - but still there was lots to do. But I think it would be fun to go on a weekend to try the other stuff AND to eat. They had apple donuts and apple cider slushies - but they only sell them on the weekends.

Sam the Goat Whisperer
Obstacle Course. In this picture it looks like they are successfully climbing up that. But I don't think they ever made it all the way to the top. It was super slippery. I tried to help Jackson up and gave up because I kept slipping.
They had a 9 hole golf course with these over sized balls and mallets.
This is one attraction that only runs on the weekends -- but Jackson was happy just to sit in it without it moving. :)
These slides were everyones favorites. They were fast and a lot of fun.