the way we were

i left for work this morning, only to get here & realize i didn't have my key to the door. so i got back in my car & drove home. jeremy is off from work today (columbus day), so i called him & asked him to bring the keys out to me in the driveway. he couldn't find them. i decided to switch cars anyway, so i put my stuff in the jeep & then saw that i did in fact have the jeep key & my work key in the jetta with me the whole time. it was in the center console - no wonder jeremy couldn't find them! so back to work i went a second time. good morning monday!

in other news, we had a lovely weekend that simply didn't last long enough (as they never seem to do). along with the usual cleaning & laundry we managed to find time to do other fun stuff. i've failed to mention that rivers has been attending a gymnastics class on saturday mornings. this started back in september, so we've been going for a good month now. each class gets better and better for him, which i think is to be expected. being that rivers is home with my mom everyday & has never done daycare he really had no concept of a "class" or doing a controlled activity with other children. it has been a great learning experience for him along with working on his coordination. rivers is not the most coordinated child, which is why i felt a gymnastics class would be a good place to start. i do think it has helped him to be more steady on his feet & will hopefully continue to help him in this area as we get more into it. its also been a fun activity time for us - parents are right there helping them along the way - so its something fun we can do together. he really enjoys himself & seeing the other children (ages 18 months - 3 years), so its been great! another nice thing about it is that its on saturday mornings from 9-10 am. this gets us dressed & out the door at a reasonable time, which allows for plenty more fun on the weekend.

after class this saturday, i happened to be driving past a local toy store that was having their 1st birthday celebration. i decided to follow the car in front of me into the parking lot b/c there were lots of ballons out front & i figured, why not?! they were just opening (it was 10 am) and we were one of the first 20 people inside. this meant we got a goody bag filled with little toys & a balloon, which rivers was pretty excited about! so we walked around the toy store checking things out & i ended up picking out a couple things for christmas. i have to say, i'm pretty proud of myself for starting my christmas shopping early!

next, we headed out to get pumpkins! we started at a farm & while they did have pumpkins for sale, they didn't have a "pumpkin patch", so there was no real photo opportunity there. of course, we did buy 2 pumpkins from them, but then continued on to our usual pumpkin spot. rivers was so excited to see so many pumpkins (and we bought 2 more pumpkins)!! and i, of course, was happy to take some photos. let me add, i remember thinking getting pictures of rivers at the pumpkin patch last year was tricky - well, let's just say, i hadn't seen anything yet! do you know that getting an excited 2 year old to sit still in the middle of a big field of pumpkins & then look at a camera is next to impossible?! yeah, it is. so i just went with it & let him run all around & didn't even worry about the photos...

 

 

 

 

its amazing what 2 years does to a child... you'll see what i'm talking about as you scroll down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this was our 3rd year visiting the pumpkin patch with rivers. i can't believe how fast he's grown...

october 2008 - 3 months old

 

october 2009 - 15 months old

 

 

 

october 2010 - 27 months old - thank goodness he's finally grown some hair! ;)

 

i would be lying if i said those baby pictures don't make my ovaries hurt. he's as cute as a button at 2 years old, but that little 3 month old pumpkin almost makes me shed a tear! someone slap me out of it!!