Thinking about birthday parties.

I have been thinking a lot about birthdays and have decided for Joshua's 5th birthday we will have a lego themed birthday party. I really want to make him a lego cake and pinata, with a lego play table for the guests and him to play with. I thought it would be cute to make lego people crayons for the gift bags as well as some lego cars or a person the kids could put together. I really like this cake, I like this shirt, and this mold

For Will I want to have a car theme birthday. I want to make this play mat, and I want to do a lot of the ideas found here.
I want to make these crayons for gift bags, and possibly a watch me grow banner.

I love birthdays and since I make a lot of the gifts and decorations I have to think about it earlier.






http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/2010/10/oscars-car-playmat.html

Pumpkin Patches

Last month we went to a couple different farms in Colorado. I love living so close to the pumpkin patches they are great for Joshua to run around and play in. The first pumpkin patch/pick your own farm was great, it was only a 15 minute drive from our house. My friends from Laramie drove down to visit it and invited us along. It was great to see them again. Joshua loved the animals, the hay ride and best of all picking your own produce. We got carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes, and pumpkins. The prices were GREAT, we will definitely be going back for more.








Will doesn't like the feel of the grass on his feet



The second farm we went to was fun as well. They had a corn maze, hay maze, pumpkins, petting zoo, trike ride, playground, cornbox to play in and much more. Joshua LOVED playing here and Will enjoyed sleeping in the stroller with the breeze on this face. I am so glad my friend from Laramie invited us to meet them there.

A few birthday crafts

My nieces birthday was last month and her brother's birthday was yesterday so I had a lot of fun in September making gifts for them.

For my Nephew's gift I made a car roll, like the one I made Joshua last year at Christmas time. I had fun with the D on the front and making it match the John Deer fabric on the front of the roll up.







For my Niece's gift I made a little dolly quilt. This is my first quilt that I quilted myself and made the binding myself. I enjoyed it so much I made a quilt for Will as well! I love the green and pink and the cupcake!

The pond park

After collecting rocks we headed to the pond park. Joshua loves to throw the rocks and and watch the splash. Will loves to watch his brother be crazy as Joshua throws the rocks in the water all sorts of different ways. I am really looking forward to Will being able to walk so we can enjoy the parks more. He hates grass, concrete and sand on his feet or hands so the park is not much fun for him. Enjoy the pictures!

A day outside

We have a lot of nice days in Fort Collins and I try to take advantage of them. Will loves playing with the water table we bought the boys this spring. He does a great job standing up to play with the water. I think he mostly likes to drink it, good thing I use fresh water each time. Joshua loves to ride his bike in our little neighborhood cul-de-sacs and Will loves to watch him from the stroller. Joshua enjoys picking up the rocks he finds on the sidewalk along the way to add to his collection at home, then we take them all and throw them in the pond. He loves that too!