Mr. Jake's wild ride!

 Jake's first solo trip on a ride:

This week, we met our Wednesday playgroup at a local pumpkin patch. We had so much fun! Jake spent about 30 minutes in the bounce house, and I thought he would never stop jumping! But finally, I persuaded him to check out the swings. I wasn't too sure that Jakey would be up for riding on his own, but he LOVED it! He is quite the little adrenaline junkie and had to ride it twice in a row! He had a huge smile on his face and was asking for more as soon as it was over. The only way I could convince him to exit the swings was to promise him another ride. So we headed over to the spinning ride (kind of like the teacups but up in the air) and although I didn't feel losing my breakfast, I took one for the team and rode the ride with my little man. I held off on the spinning for the first half of the ride, and just let it fly us around, and then decided to turn the wheel and slowly spin...Jake loved it of course! I had to close my eyes because I was getting dizzy (I am so NOT a fan of the teacups!) but Jake was having a blast! Luckily, I kept my breakfast down :) Finally, we made our way over to the huge inflatable slide. It was beyond difficult to climb up the slippery "stairs" without shoes on (socks only!) while helping Jake climb up too. It was a long process to get to the top because we would slip back down every few feet. Finally, some kind soul helped pull Jake up to the very top, so we could slide down. It was really fast, and so much fun! And when we were done, Jake said "again!" So up we went, one more time. Next time, maybe Daddy can take him on the inflatable slide! At least I got my work out in for the day...

testing out a few props for one of Joe's Halloween costumes



"Babalu!"

My parents found some great "props" at the flea market for one of Joe's Halloween costumes (yes, I said one of), and Jake just had to test them out! He loved wearing the hat and didn't want to take it off, and had so much fun banging on the drum! Jake actually looks quite a bit like Little Ricky if you ask me! We are dressing up as a family (as part of the cast of the same show) for "Trunk or Treat" and for Halloween, but Joe and I are dressing up as something different for an adult Halloween party next weekend. We tried on Jake's costume today and he looks so darn cute! Can't wait to post pictures but I will wait until after Halloween. I am also dressing up for this month's "moms night out" for moms club, which will be at my house on Thursday! I volunteered for October so that I could show off my scary Halloween house :) I will be wearing 3 totally different costumes for 3 different functions. All will be revealed soon...

This week is crazy busy, but will be so much fun. Jake gets to wear his Halloween costume to our class on Tuesday, Joe and I will be celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, and then my moms club Halloween party is Thursday. We have "Trunk or Treat" on Friday, and our adult Halloween party on Saturday, followed by my cousin's wedding on Sunday, and HALLOWEEN on Monday!