Mochas!
Royal and I don’t like coffee one bit. We don’t ever drink it, the only reason we own a coffee maker is for people in our family who can’t live without it when they are over…like grandma’s and Royal’s dad who averages about 12 cups a day…well actually I think he’s cut it down to 6 now, and I’m not talking measuring cups, I’m talking gigantic coffee cups full. And really, we only own a coffee maker now, we don’t have a pot. Jayden managed to break it awhile back. You see, Jayden is obsessed with coffee. He pretends to make coffee ALL the time, numerous times a day. He was carrying “coffee” outside the time he managed to drop the coffee pot on the cement. I didn’t care so much, other than I had to clean all the glass off our front porch. Now, Jayden just put his cup under the coffee maker and pretends it’s dripping into his cup instead of the pot. At Royal’s parents house, Jayden gets to grind the coffee beans with grandpa and then scoop the grounds into cups and then back into the jar and on and on until the counter tops, floor, and Jayden are covered in coffee. At my parents house, Jayden gets to help nana make her mocha’s in the morning with nana’s espresso machine. He gets to scoop the chocolate into the cup, turn on the steamer, watch the thermometer to tell nana when it’s ready, and help stir. And then when Aunt Jojee is working some coffee magic down at Riverside, Jayden gets to stop in and order a mocha. Jojee makes him a hot chocolate in his own cup and he gets to sip a mocha just like a big kid. Well, Jayden got a Halloween package from Papa and Nana a couple days ago. And in it, was a Halloween coffee cup full of candy. While Jayden was excited about the candy, once I told him his cup was for mochas he hasn’t been able to stop asking for one. So today, I found some hot chocolate and Jayden got to have a mocha in his new coffee cup after naptime. Boy is this kid lucky. :)
J: Mmmm, Mocha
J:What do you think mom? Do you like mochas?
Me: no, no I do not. thanks for asking though…
J: Oh mom, you’re so funny. I LOVE MOCHAS!!!!
J: I think I’ll have some more
Carving Punkins and Some New Boots
We finally carved up those pumpkins we picked up at the pumpkin patch. It took Jayden awhile to touch the pumpkin guts, he thought they were pretty slimy and gross and he preferred to remove them with a spoon. He’s a strange one, but I really like him. :)
Jayden wanted to sleep with the lit pumpkins. I think he might of been a little cold since it’s getting down in the 20’s at night.
Jayden also got a new pair of boots tonight. He would of liked to sleep with those too.
Applejack Pumpkin Patch!
It was a good find, there was a ton of stuff for little kids to do. First off, Abby and Jayden had some water races with ducks.
Next up was the train ride. It was a little windy here at the farm, check out Abby’s hair, it’s not because the tractor train was going so fast.
Then Jayden and Martha hit the swings, while Abby raced a tricycle around the racing track. The girl was ferocious, rubbing tires with other trikes practically knocking other kids over, she ran her trike off the track in order to pass someone, and she practically was sliding around the corners.
Next we headed over to the big slide, Jayden was pumped! He went down once with Royal, than after that, went down all by himself, which was a pretty big deal as he is usually pretty cautious.
After checking out the animals - pigs, goats, llamas, rabbits - we headed over to the corn maze.
This is what Jayden thought of the corn maze.
Sadly, this is what Martha thought of the corn maze and all my picture taking.
Then finally, we hopped on the tractor pulled wagon that took us over to the pumpkin patch to find our perfect pumpkins! Jayden found one for himself and his little sister.
