Dewberry Farm

Dewberry Farm is such a fun place to go in the fall.  While they say it's a real working farm, its primary purpose is what they call "agritainment" - pure entertainment, with an agricultural theme!  Lily, Dylan, and I headed out to the farm on October 1st, before the really big crowds of the Halloween season.  We were there for five hours, busy the whole time, and still did not do all the activities.  Enjoy the pictures!

Little Farmerville is a playground area set up for little kids, with tricycles, swings, slides, and tunnels.

 We didn't catch much of the  chicken show this year, but the kids liked the wooden chicken for picture taking!

 The rubber duck races were a lot of fun. This is the first time Lily was really able to do it all by herself. In years past, she needed our help.

 Hmm, I can't remember the name of the "big kid" playground, but I remember getting stuck inside it with Dylan! He thinks he's bigger than he is and more able to do big kid things than he really is, so he climbed right up into this cargo net contraption and then couldn't get back out.  Retrieving him would have been easy if there weren't so many other kids on the playground - he and I were probably a pretty comical sight!

 Lily knows when things are set up just for the purpose of photo ops, and she always sits right down to pose. I have nooooo idea where she would have learned that! Ha!

 I was surprised by how quickly Lily grabbed the rope and jumped right off the hay bales! She swung on the rope for quite awhile.

 This ride was kind of like an amusement park swing ride, but the kids had to have someone give them a push.

 Lily really liked the animal chairs outside the country store.

 The Kidilla Hoppers are like giant pillows that you jump on like a trampoline.

 I took these two pictures while we were waiting in line for a tractor ride to the pumpkin patch.  They did a good job waiting patiently!

 Each of the kids chose a pumpkin that was just their size.  Dylan wanted one that he could easily carry by himself, so when we got to the pumpkin checkout stand, he traded in the one that he has here in the pictures and chose a little bitty baby one.  He was much happier with the tiny one.  In the pumpkin patch with the bigger pumpkin, he kept saying, "Mommy carry my pumpkin! Mommy carry my pumpkin!"

 Lily LOVED the flower garden.  She picked a big bouquet to take home.  Dylan and I helped a little, but Lily chose most of the flowers herself.

Dylan's Cupcake Face

This is what Dylan looked like after eating a cupcake to celebrate his friend's birthday... I think he enjoyed it!

Some birthday presents

Dylan opened his birthday presents at home after his party.  He loved everything he opened and wanted to play with everything right away, but Buzz Lightyear caused the most excitement - Dylan even gave Buzz a kiss on his space helmet!  The next day, on his actual birthday, we made cupcakes so he could blow out his candles on his real birthday.  I posted a video of him singing and blowing out the candles in another post.

Dylan's Birthday Cupcake

Dylan's Birthday Party

Dylan is 2!  We had his party the night before his actual birthday, at the park.  The kids played on the playground, had pizza, played some more, and had cake and ice cream.  For the cake, I made football-shaped cake balls, which Dylan just called "football cakes!"  He talked about his party for a solid week before it happened, and he really hasn't stopped talking about it since.  Now he says, "Me football party - again?!"  Before his birthday, he announced that he would have a balloon at his party.  And when asked if he would like to have a bicycle helmet for his birthday, he said yes and then added emphatically, "And knee pads."  You see, his big sister has knee pads that match her helmet.  We were surprised by just how much he enjoyed his party, being only two years old.  He really seemed to understand that the party was for him, and he had his own opinion about what a party should consist of (balloons!).  He knew there would be cake, we would sing Happy Birthday, and that he should blow out the candles.  He only talked about a birthday gift if asked, so that part was a new concept, but otherwise he already had the whole party thing all figured out.  He had so much fun playing at with his friends and eating his football cakes and ice cream.  It was fun!

Fort Bend County Fair Parade

We watched the Fort Bend County Fair Parade for the second year in a row. And for the second year in a row, Dylan loved the fire trucks! But this year he really did NOT like the high school bands marching by... Their drumming hurt his ears. Lily, on the other hand, loved the bands and the cheerleaders the most. They both liked the shriners driving around in circles in their little cars.

Big Kid Bike

Lily received a bigger bike from Ande, so we had to go outside to give it a whirl! The only thing is.... there are no training wheels! Lily is very cautious on her bike with no training wheels, so she puts her feet down when she starts to get a little bit wobbly. If she would keep pedaling instead of putting her feet down, I know she would just take off! In the meantime, she's employing the slow and steady method for learning to ride without the training wheels, and that's just fine with me. Maybe I can keep her little for one more year. I'm not ready for her to be big enough for a big kid bike! These pictures are from the first time she practiced with the new bike.