Fall Fun: Cox Farm and Halloween

A month ago we decided to get in the spirit of the season and head over to Cox Farms in Centerville, VA. It is about an hour away from where we live so we left early so we could get there around when it opened. Unlike much of this area, the drive to get there was actually really nice! There was so much to do there - a hayride, petting zoo area, corn maze, kiddie zone area, rope swing and slides, slides, slides and more slides. This place had so many slides. We did not go on any this year as we thought Sean was still a little small for them, but we're looking forward to next year when he will be a perfect age to sit in one of our laps. :-) We played in the kiddie zone for a bit. It had a wooden train that Sean enjoyed playing in. I think if he had been walking on his own at that time we would have had to drag him away. We went on a hayride and had a great time. Sean was a little squirmy in the beginning but as soon as he turned to face out of the hayride he seemed to like it. It was fun to go somewhere together as a little family of 3. Brett and I also got to purchase some fun fall foods to bring home (kettle corn for me, apple cider doughnuts for Brett and a gallon of real apple cider to share). Here are several pictures from the trip. Looking forward to next year! 

This picture is not completely accurate since this was on a bit of hill and he was actually taller than that in August at his birthday, but close enough! :-) 

Captain Sean! 

We were thrilled to get this picture; Sean clearly was not!

Snoozing on the trip home. 

Halloween was on a Friday this year which was really nice. I took the day off anyway just to make sure I would be home to take pictures before it got too dark. I wasn't going to send Sean to daycare that day but found out that they were having a little Halloween party and I wanted him to enjoy that. I let him sleep in, dropped him off mid-morning and picked him up after lunch. They told me he cried in his costume (not surprising) but loved the pizza they had for lunch (also not surprising). We did not end up going trick-or-treating with him (people start a bit on the later side here) but took a slew of pictures outside before it got dark. He was Winnie the Pooh. To say that he did not like the costume is an understatement. He did not mind it tooooo much until we put the hood/head on then he would cry and cry and cry. They only reason we got pictures outside is because he forgot he had the hood on! Here are some pictures from our photo shoot. 

This is the test of run of the costume the night before Halloween

Sean loved watching the kids come to the door

Sean also tried candy for the first time! We went with a kit kat. To say he liked it is a huge understatement. See for yourself! 

Looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving this coming week and having a few extra days off to spend together as a family. 

We have a walker!!

I have a few things in the queue that I need to blog about but this one bumps them all. 

Sean has been so close to walking for a while now. He cruises easily with just a little hand on the couch and practically runs when using his walker. He has been taking one step for a little bit - letting go of the couch, taking one step then grabbing onto something else so we don't really count this as walking. For the past week or so he has been standing up on his own without holding onto anything and you can tell he is thinking about making a move but he would either try and walk and fall down or he would just plain sit down without trying. Tonight, after running around like a little wild man with his walker, Brett and I put him in between us and encouraged him to walk. He stood there for a bit looking at both of us then walked 6-7 steps on his own, though not actually to either of us! Of course Brett and I started hooting and hollering but neither had a camera running (which we are very happy about as we really got to take the moment in). After several tries with the camera we caught this on tape. The video starts after he has taken about 6 steps on his own (from where Brett is standing) but I could not get the camera turned on fast enough. He seems very proud of himself, hence the noise he is making. 

We could not be more thrilled, although we know once he gets the hang of it everything will change! Can't believe how fast our little man is growing up!