Little J's in the Big D

This last weekend we were in Dallas because we had another wedding (I know family, we have a ton of them and there are a lot more in the future, so just get used to it). I mean, we were also there because Jack had to work. See not all fun ;)

Anyways, Friday Jack had hearings all over Dallas County so I was stuck car less at the house we rented. It was in a pretty 'happening' part of town though so I thought I'd venture out with the boys in their stroller. 

The places we went to were not as close at they appeared so it did take me longer than expected to get from one location to the next. It was quite the adventure let me tell you! First up, coffee with dinosaurs. 

Then some park fun. Until we saw a homeless man sleeping on top of the slide....

Needless to say we packed up and headed home straight away. We thought it best to stay home as later my friend Angie came by for dinner and she said this area of town was actually still working out it's kinks. Nice way of saying, stay home and lock the doors right? 

Per usual the boys were spoiled. Home made breakfasts, lunches, dinners and their very own beds and rooms to stay in. They are some lucky kids man. Kicking their parents out of beds is their favorite past time ;). 

The next day Jack joined us in our adventure and we were ever-so-thankful to have him back. We took the boys to the Dallas Arboretum to check out the Children's garden. The installation is incredible. Something out of Disney World's Tomorrow Land. 

 It's beautiful and the cubs (both of them) LOVED it. They were SOOOO engrossed in their surroundings. I highly recommend it for anyone with littles.

 

 Of Course Jackson asked where the dinosaurs were. There were none, but we pretended that these bird eggs were dinosaur eggs and so we spent the majority of our time here...

Just look at this boy! He is getting SO big and SO vocal and I am SO in love with him :). 

 I love this one as well but you all knew that ;). 

 Yup, still here with the 'dino eggs'. Even time for some vogue-ing. 

We finally left after about 20 minutes and explored the rest of the grounds. 

 There was even a tree house! 

 James said it was lame and he'd prefer to be left alone. This kid is something else let me tell ya. 

 We finished our visit with some yummy lunch and then headed home so momma and dada could enjoy their wedding.

 Overall a good visit to Dallas. There was so much more we wanted to see while in town so I'm thinking we'll be making a visit again soon!

Patch-y Pics

Pick your favorite. Cooperation was NOT the word of the day, but cute none the less. I love these kids...

 

 

 

Pumpkin Carving

Today marks the first (of many I presume) pumpkin we have carved as a family. I can't believe I never did it before this year! Oh wait, yes actually I can. Ever since Jackson cut himself with a knife a few years ago I tend to stay VERY clear of him + sharp objects.

This year however he is more in-control of his actions and understands what it means to hurt himself and more importantly, how to prevent it. For these reasons I thought it'd be fun to move into pumpkin carving.

I obviously did the heavy lifting and Jackson supervised...

James on the other hand decided pumpkin carving was NOT his bag and asked me to leave him on the couch so that he could work on chewing up his brother's dinosaurs while the cub was being distracted...

BUSTED James Davis. Put the dino down...

Back to the carving. Jackson was over it as soon as he saw the mess it made. Much like myself (YES!!!) Jackson does NOT like messes. They disgust him and gross him out. He is very neat and very organized and very regimented....sound familiar? 

Sometimes his neatness works against me though, as instances like this where we must stop what we're doing to clean up....

James remained un phased by the way...

 Day 2 of pumpkin carving. This time I told Jackson it'd be fun to finish our project and make a GHOST!!! Well, it worked. OF course, because as I mentioned, he is obsessed with ghosts. He picked one out on my phone and we went with it...

 JUST like the picture right? Well, I did my best. It's no Michelangelo, but it'll do. I'll get better next year!

 James was asleep by the way, I asked him to once again participate and he just rolled over in his crib and said, "MEHHHHHH".

Enjoy the masterpiece! 

Pumpkin Patch'n

Per our usual MO we decided to hit up our first pumpkin patch this year. There is a new one that just opened up in Bastrop right on the Colorado river and it is just beautiful.

First up the 'corn field' aka sorghum fields...

 Per his usual MO Jackson was looking for dinosaurs...

 But I think they must have all been sleeping?!?!

 We said hello to some livestock...

 

 And then rode on a pirate ship alllllll the way across the world. It was fantastic. Wish I would have taken more pictures of our 'adventure' ;). 

 Unfortunately we got rained out half way through our journey so we had to jump ship and seek shelter under a concession stand. We all (save James because he was in the stroller) were soaked to the bone.

Thankfully it wasn't cold out, but it sure was HOT. I mean it was SO humid it was hard to breathe! It didn't deter us though, the sun finally came out for a bit and we continued on to the cow train...

and then Jackson decided he wanted to get his face painted. By face he meant arm and by paint he wanted a measly ghost after waiting in line forever. Ahhhh well, he was happy and that's all that mattered.

The cub is VERY into ghosts lately. He looks for them everywhere and talks about them all the time. We see a lot of them in people's houses/yards for Halloween and he is absolutely fascinated by them. 

He was THRILLED to have one on his arm and was sooooo sad when we bathed him and it was gone.  Since then he's made me draw them for him and point them out everywhere we go. He says, 'Momma, you look for ghosts. Look with your eyes. OPEN your EYES MOMMA!!!'. It's pretty intense. 

Lastly, we took some pumpkin pictures. Unfortunately the boys weren't so cooperative so this is the best I could do...

 I love this one of Jackson and James. They are making the same face and look so alike here! I can't believe it!

1st round of pumpkin pictures done. Get ready though, we've seen loadsssss of pumpkins everywhere and where there are pumpkins, there are always photo opportunities ;).