Let Go Little Shishy

We went to Lancaster last weekend to hang out with Tricia and Justin for a couple days over my birthday, and we had a blast. It was beautiful weather so we were able to have a lot of outdoor fun. We decided to start with some fishing because Brayden has been begging to go to Uncle Justin's to go "shishing". Of course first you have to find some worms. So the boys went out lifting rocks, searching for worms. (After several minutes of just one worm, Tricia and I thought buying bait at the store sounded like a great idea.)

But finally, they struck gold and found quite a few worms down by their pond.

Then we headed to the neighbors' where Brayden (aka Justin) caught a good number of fish. Some sun fish, blue gill, trout? Okay we'll have to check on the type of fish with Justin.Brayden could cast the line but had the most success reeling in Justin's line when Uncle Justin got "tired." Then Justin would take the fish off the line but Brayden had to pucker his lips and say "Let go little fishy" for the fish to let go.Then Brayden sent the fish back home.

After a great time fishing, we headed back to Tricia and Justin's where Justin had hung a huge rope from one of their trees.On the way however, the boys had to stop and pick a snack from the apple tree.

Then on to the rope swing. After some successes and a lot of urging to go higher and higher Brayden was swinging quite a bit over our heads and laughing the entire time.

It was an awesome birthday and I feel very blessed to have my sister just a few hours away. I can already tell that Aunt Tricia's and Uncle Justin's is going to be the "fun" place to visit. So get ready Justin. Brayden is already talking about his next fishing trip and how Uncle Justin is going to take him hunting on his ranger.

The Perfect Pumpkin

We made it back to Stony Creek Farms for our now annual pumpkin search. We went after the colts game so we didn't have a whole lot of time but enough for some fun games and pumpkin searching. Brayden rode the pumpkin tractor, shot some pumpkins out of a cannon and catapulted some pumpkins into a lake using a sling shot.
Then we hurried to catch the last hay ride to the pumpkin patch. Brayden tried to sit by himself in the hay but just couldn't stand it sticking to him and ended up in Mommy's lap.
Then after just a few minutes of searching, we found the perfect pumpkin. A little big but Brayden has been lifting weights with Mommy so he was able to tackle it on his own.Then when we got home, we couldn't wait to decorate our new pumpkin so out came the paintsand the correct painting techniques from Mamaw. Finally, the perfect pumpkin with the perfect painting.

The Cutest Imperfections

So they say that dimples are imperfections in the underlying flesh or variations in the zygomaticus major muscle. Regardless, I think they are the cutest things in the world. I wish all imperfections were so adorable.

Splash Party

Brayden has been attending the same preschool since he was 1.5 years old and over the last year especially he has developed some really good friends. This summer Brayden was invited to one of his buddie's houses for an annual spash party. They had an awesome time throwing water balloons (mostly at parents). They went through about 200 balloons in less than five minutes.
They also had a ton of carnival games and prizes to win.
Look at that arm position. Ouch!? Let's just say the dad on the other side of the cans wasn't expecting that hard of a throw from a three year old.
And the party favorite, the jump house. The kids had a blast in the jump room, especially when a dad joined them and they could practice their tackling moves. Throwing balls at moms and dads was also a lot of fun.

Cookies

This past weekend, my brother and sister came into town (Osgood) to see Grandpa. I was singing at church so Brayden got to hang out with them for the weekend. I called Saturday night to see how everything was going and he informed my that he just finished playing baseball with Uncle Rob and he was getting to ready to make cookies with Aunt Tricia. I said "Oh are you making cookies for Mom?". He quickly replied "No silly they are for Great Grandpa." But after apparently hearing disappointment in my voice he said, "But I will bring some back for you to try." He is such an awesome little boy. Who said making cookies was easy work. Look at the face on that boy.
But everything is easier when you stick your tongue out.

Just testing the final product.

More Soccer!

Did I mention that a week doesn't go by that we don't have to play soccer? September 13th, we went down to Madison to watch JoJo play. While we watched JoJo score four goals, Brayden practiced his soccer skills with his Daddy.
Scored on Daddy!!! It was a bit toasty down there, to put it mildly.