Our First Field Trip

We went to the pumpkin patch on Ryan's first field trip today. He had tons of fun. We took a hay ride to the pumpkins and picked out one pumpkin for Ryan and three gourds for the table. Then we went back to the game area. It took a little while for him to interact with his classmates, but once he got started he was off. He ran through the hay maze with his friends. Then more friends came along and it turned into Ryan running and everyone else trying to catch him. He was running so fast he kept bouncing off the hay walls like a pinball. There was one kid who would tackle him every time he caught him. Ryan seemed to think it was fun though I was a little worried when I couldn't see what was going on and they were down for a while after he got tackled. He had one collision that brought him out of the maze for a minute or two for a kiss. By the time he got to me he had a big red bump, but after a few kisses he was off again. After about a half hour more of the running into hay walls (very prickly hay walls) I decided his little body had had enough even if he didn't know it. I called him out and he came right away (this was particularly impressive because several other parents had told their children it was time to go and they were ignored). He was sad about having to go and you could see it on his face, but he didn't fuss. I told him we could do the bean bag toss if he wanted and he decided to give it a try. Again he had a blast. He has a decent arm. At some point he made this noise when he got it in the hole. He said, "That's what I'm going to do when I make it and I'm going to say 'Awwww' when I don't make it." Here is a little video so you can get the flavor of the next few minutes.



This kid cracks me up!

Yummy

Anyone who has been to our house for more than about 5 minutes probably knows one of Jay's favorite games to play with the kids involves chasing and "biting" the kids. The kids love every minute of it. They run, laughing, through the house until he catches them and mouths their little tummies, arms, legs or whatever he feels like at the moment. They laugh and when they get away they run to a "hiding place" and call for him to come get them. Jay told Ryan the other day that he bought a "new Ryan" while he was at work so he could chomp him. Ryan, with furrowed brow, very seriously replied, "No, Daddy. You should chomp the old Ryan." Ryan has always taken his fun seriously. Since Ryan wants to be just like Daddy of course he has started "biting" people too. Really only me and Jay, sometimes Lily. It's pretty funny when he does it. He tells you he is going to bite you, makes a big dramatic chomping noise and takes a big "bite" with his lips. It usually tickles and he loves when you laugh or yelp. Lily has just recently gotten old enough to play the bite game. She laughs and giggles just as much s the boys when daddy picks her up and "bites" her. Recently she has started "eating" Jay too. This is how I know she actually gets the game. She doesn't put her mouth on Jay the way he does with the kids. She takes her hand and pretends to grab a handful of Jay and then brings her hand to her mouth and pretends to eat it. It's just the way she eats food. So cute. I'm going to try to get video of it if I can, but she does it at random times; whenever she's in the mood I guess. It is really cool to realize your baby is able to use her imagination.