Corn Maze: Take 2

So Auntie Jess was super excited to take Braden to the Edmonton Corn Maze on our visit to Edmonton this last weekend. I was very happy to get a 2nd go at it, due to our fail at the Calgary Corn Maze. Sadly...this wasn't much better! :( No pumpkin patch...nothing. Oh well, at least it got us out of the house and Braden had fun!

And just look at his handsomness in his fall plaid shirt from Gap!

And my adorable (yet not smiley) Cookie Monster! I'm going to try some Halloween portraits when we get home...even if it's later in the week :)

And here is a video of Braden dancing to the creepy skeleton band with Uncle Ben :)

And here is my weekly entry in The Paper Mama's photo challenge!

This weeks challenge: Halloween

Week 78: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid... or puppy... or kitty). A photo of your kid or pup dressed in their Halloween gear, at the pumpkin patch, or maybe carving a pumpkin?

Well, there you have it! Our trip to the pumpkin (or lack thereof again) patch! I'm growing my own next year!!!

Fall Pictures

It was a gorgeous day on Sunday morning and the leaves were still on the ground so I decided to enlist Jay to help me take some pictures of Braden over at the farm for fall pictures. Good thing I had help...all that boy wants to do is run away!

Then when we were done with the leaves...he ran towards this...

Then Braden disappeared into the shed...

What a guy! He would NOT smile for pictures...but he had so much fun playing outside with everyone! Kihei had a great time jumping around in the leaves and if Braden could sit in a tractor all day, he'd be pretty darn happy! Just grab a sippy of milk and a DVD of Thomas or Bob and he'd have it MADE!

Hope you're enjoying your fall so far, what a lovely time of year! Next up is the Calgary Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch on Friday pending weather...keep your fingers crossed for us, our plans have been foiled once already! Posting on Thanksgiving tomorrow! :)

Harvest Time

I love this time a year. Asides from being a "single" mom with Jay working upwards of 16 hours a day...I love the fall. It is my favorite season. Had I not been marrying a farmer, I totally would have had a fall wedding. Love the colors, the smells, the weather, the decorating! I've started my fall decorating but it feels weird since we've had weather in the low 30's high 20's (Celsius, my American friends!) all September and it's going to continue on that path! I love harvest too. I'm always anxious for them to be done so I get my husband and Braden's father back, but I love it. I love cooking and baking for the guys, going for little combine dates with Jay & Braden, seeing how amazed Braden is by all this heavy duty machinery! Good times. Here's my first set of harvest pictures for the year.

Beep! Beep!

Too bad that picture had to be taken through the dirty windshield - otherwise I really like it!

Here comes Papa in the semi and he'll take it on the go! (Perhaps my husband can do a "harvest rookie lesson" guest blog on a day off, if that ever happens!)

And 3 generations in various PW filters!

Then we switched and took the semi back to my truck. Neato retro-looking roof in the semi, eh?



And just a couple of Instagram pics from the other day to end off this big photo dump!

Oh, heck...why not a couple of videos before your harvest lesson? This one is of Jay combining wheat swaths... And here is a little video of dumping out the wheat into the truck: