Bishop's Pumpkin Patch

We went to Bishop's Pumpkin Patch this last Sunday. Had a blast. They had so much to do and see. So many slides and mazes.

They even had a train. James loved it.

They also had this barn that had a maze upstairs and a slide to go down at the end of the maze.

James trying to scoop rocks.

Bishop's Pumpkin Patch Continued

James and Harley went into the corn maze.

I have no idea what Harley is doing. James is having fun hiding in the corn.

We went on the hayride which, of course was pulled by a tractor. Very exciting!

A very nice lady took our picture, but I forgot to hold the camera still for a second after she took it. Oh well, it's cute, but fuzzy. Would have made a great holiday card.

Had to take a picture with the tractor. He is so dirty, he had a great time.

James in the Garden

James holding a loofah gourd. They finally started producing and they are going crazy.
James wanted a close-up. ;-)

Misc. Pictures of James the last couple months

That's a lot of pumpkin, pumpkin. ;-)
On daddy's dirt bike. I used this pic for Roger's birthday card we made him. So cute!
Collecting eggs with grandpa. He was so excited he could say "collecting eggs, " he had to tell me over and over. So cute!

James Driving

James in cousin Devin's car at Aunt Jen's house.

At The Fair

These are the only pics I got of the boys at the fair. I wish I had gotten some of them petting the pigs. Oh well. These are two of James' friends from playgroup. Ezra and Noah or as James pronounces it "Wawa." Ez is on the far left, Noah in the middle and James of course on the right. They had a blast at the fair, I just wish they would have the fair at a cooler time of the year. My goodness it was warm and we went on the coolest day.
They had so much fun on the foot massagers though. LOL!

Feeding the Horsies

Here is Arielle one of the horses that lives on an acre behind us. She and Flash are super sweet. We feed them carrots a couple times a week when James remembers. Thier owner said we could feed them carrots anytime. So, when we went to the store yesterday we got an extra big bag.
Arielle on the left and Flash on the right. The fence is really high so it is hard to get thier whole heads.
Horse noses. They want MORE carrots. LOL! Flash is an old guy, he is 26. Arielle is 19. They were thier owners kids horses. They just mostly hang out these days.

Mama and James

Mama and James hanging out.
James has done a lot of growing and made bounds and leaps in learning lately. He is starting to count, which is really cute and he practices all the time. He also is starting to say longer and longer sentences. And he has conquered peddling on his bicycle. Just today we took a walk and James peddled along. So cute and a good way to get his extra energy out before his nap. Just so long as he stays on the sidewalk otherwise he topples over the edge. I can't wait until we can take bike rides together. So fun!

James pretending you can't see him. He wanted to play on the bike rack. We had just finished having desert downtown Sac. It was so yummy and I was so stuffed. This was after our Anniversary dinner. Can you believe its been 8 years? ;-)
Harley came over the other day and was enjoying some yummy scrambled eggs. Harley is always ready to pose and James was too busy with his eggs.

James and Roger in the Pool

We went to the pool near Jen's house. James loves to use his floaties when he can't touch the bottom because he likes to do it himself. LOL!
James just started putting his head under by himself the other day when we went swimming with some friends. I can't wait until he can swim by himself.

Aunt Amy and James Swinging

When Amy came to visit she and James went swinging. These are pictures my mom took.
They had a lot of fun.

I did it! I donated my hair!

That is the minimum of 10". It will feel good for summer.

Digging in the Garden

I had to snap this one quick before he realized I was taking it. He was busy digging in the garden.

If all else fails play in a bucket. Sorry its so blurry, I tried to get a better one, but he kept jumping around. ;-p

Pics of James at the garden here.

Squirrels

We went the park today and saw lots of squirrels.
The squirrel stare down.
Squirrels playing or fighting in the tree.

Being silly today at the garden.
Playing in the cooler when we were getting ready to go to Grandma's house last Thurs.

Looking Cute

My cute little man, being, well, cute. ;-) James will be starting swim lessons again next week with his cousin Devin and instructed by Uncle Rich. It should be a fun summer for them. James went swimming 2 weeks ago with cousin Devin and they swam and swam. No wonder they slept so well that night. Cousin Devin slept until 11:30 the next morning. I think we were in the pool for about an hour and a half to two hours. They had a blast. I can't wait until lessons next week. James can now blow bubbles when you ask him to (he could blow bubbles last year, he just didn't get what you were asking him to do or he was too shy to). He's been very independent lately, he especially wants to cross the parking lot by himself, of course I make him hold my hand and he is getting better about it, but he would really like to do it himself. He's up to about 30 pounds weight wise these days, but I really do need to measure him height wise. He likes to jump off things lately. I can't remember anything else special he's been doing lately, just 2 yr old stuff I guess.
We are getting excited about going to the zoo this next year since Auntie Jen got us a year pass. Yippee! Going to go with the play group hopefully in the next week or two.

At The Garden

James with his new dump truck. Thank you Grandma M. It' a late B-day present. He drives it all over the place.

James being silly. He was sitting there waiting for daddy to take a picture and then got all silly and threw his hand in the air and bounded away.

At the moment James is sitting on the new potty we got him today. He was so excited! He's been sitting on his potty with daddy. We are on our way to peepee in the potty. Yeah!

On Dada's Harley

Talking about Dada's bike.
Yeah!

James has been saying yeah and clapping everytime we do something. For instance, we went to my mom's for a couple day and my sister brought some flowers and I was rearranging them and every time I put a flower in the vase it was a clap and "yeah." Too funny! He's been saying just about anything you say to him and he's been singing songs on cd's we play in the car. Loves his new cd he got for his birthday, esp. the dinosaur song. Roaaarrrr!
Looking forward to June and swimming lessons with Uncle Rich. Yeah!