What a fun fall weekend! We had pretty nice weather this weekend and we took full advantage of it! But first of all.....

Happy Birthday to Papa Moe who turned the big 5-0 this last week. Hayden helped blow out candles and open presents at his little party at Barker's Island. It was fun and i got a piece(and half) of Exchange cake, but they totally changed they frosting the B****es! It was still good though. (I think i took more pictures of the cake than anything else)

So Saturday we started off with Football, but that didn't happen. Hayden decided when we got there that he wasn't playing. So after some tears and threatening(It didn't work, i told him i'd take him Gatorade away) we just left before his teammates saw him. But we had a fun together anyways going to Wisconsin Point for some fall pictures. I now have all 4 season this year out there. Then we went on a bike ride. Hayden has been riding his big boy bike that he got for Christmas this week. Jason and he rode all the way to the High School to visit me on Wednesday thats over 2 miles!(They drove back though!) We enjoyed all the fall colors and smells. I love fall! I have been battling a cold all week and being outside helped my stuffy nose so it felt really good to be outside.

Sunday we went to Mommsen's Farm in Rice Lake. Its a big Pumpkin Patch, petting zoo, corn maze, bakery all rolled into one. I bought apples too! Hayden had a blast on the Hayride and the petting zoo which has stuff for the kids to play on and animals. He touched a Llama, rabbit and a goat. Which if you know Hayden is a pretty big step! He loved the hay you could climb in/on/over/under. And the big boat. We have gone here once before when Hayden was 1 1/2. So he didn't remember it. We picked out a big ol'pumpkin and a few little ones. We had a great day and the temp. got up to 77 degrees! It was about 66-73 while we were there. It was wonderful. We went shopping a little bit in Rice Lake and had dinner at Norske Nook, pie too of course! It was a lot of fun. I of course have pictures! They are not edited yet, but soon will be and located in a new folder i'll post! So come back and look at those.



Enjoy your fall we sure are!

Pictures that I needed to put up! Including this weekends festivities!

Wow this is my 200th post!

So yes i am a slacker. No I don't care! Our lives are slowing down and only are really exciting on the weekends! And by Sunday night i am too tired to write about all the excitement so we'll write on Sunday morning instead.

Since Jason has returned our lives are getting back into the School Year routine. Mondays are with Papa Smith, Tuesday have been with Papa Moe, and the rest of the days are split between Daddy and Angie. Hayden has adjusted very well this year with no tear shed still.

Last weekend my mom and dad brought Hayden and I down to the Cities for a little getaway. On Friday Brandon and My dad went to the Twins game(They lost) and my mom, Hayden and I went Shopping and had dinner. I bought Hayden a cute hat that i am sure we'll be seeing all sorts of pictures this fall. On Saturday we hit up the Farmers Market at Mill City Museum, Mill City, The MN Zoo(Which Hayden loved. He has never really been into zoos when we've gone before but this one has so much stuff and stuff to do he was happy, he really liked the Otters and the Bears.) We also went to Gibbs Historic Farm, which was neat we we're like the only people there. We had a very busy day as you can see. That Saturday was Smithsonian Museum day which we got into the Zoo and Gibbs for free thanks to Smithsonian. We'll be going back to the zoo. Sunday we all went to the Twins last home game of the season. They won and that was exciting. We were in the "Cheap Seats" but had a good spot due to the fact we got there incredibly early. Hayden actually slept though the first 3 or 4 innings, only my son. But then enjoyed it and his foam finger. We had a fun and very packed weekend down there i don't think we could of fit anything else in there!

Okay so this weekend we celebrated my Grandma and Grandpa Routh's 60th wedding anniversary. With a big party, lots of people and lots of food. I helped out on Friday night and the Church basement never looked so nice. All fall colors, it was very nice.

Also on Saturday Hayden had his first Football "game" he was a hoot. Watching 3,4 and 5 year olds play is great. They just do. Hayden was the running back and got tackled(yeah its flag football) one little boy just kept running around the field because he didn't know where to go. It was so funny. His next game is on Tuesday, should be interesting!

Today we are going on a Steam Engine to Two Harbors, its basically an all day affair. We'll see how that goes. I am excited to get good pictures of the fall leaves because i have been a major picture taking slacker! But to enjoy the day and the new pictures should be up tonight!

Jason's Pictures from Colorado:

Jason has returned from his trip to Colorado, with no elk, but he still had fun. Its so good to have him home! He brought Hayden home a new remote(grmote) control truck, Hayden is in love! It has lights and blinks and its pretty crazy.
We put Jason to work right away when we got home, my bath tub cracked while he was gone so on Sunday we went to the big home improvement store and bought all the fixings for a new tub. So today Mike and Jason get to install it!!! We discovered our bathroom use to be light blue tile=really ugly! But i am guessing it had a claw foot tub which kinda makes me sad they replaced it with the crappy tub that cracked. Oh well.
On Wednesday is Jason and I's 3rd Wedding Anniversary. I bought him a GPS for his trip(a trail GPS) I guess it did the job because he didnt get lost in the woods! I got the 7th season of Gilmore Girls and something yet to come. Its a "traditional" present Jason said. So its glass, hmmm.
Hayden had a bit of a rough weekend and it included a lot of whining, but i think with things getting back to ordinary that will improve, it better!
Not much on the agenda for this week. We are going to a Twins game this weekend(Hayden and I with my family) so thats exciting!

Blah. Thats how i feel right now! Its been a long, long week without Jason. I just want to sleep! We miss me much. He hasn't shot an Elk yet and has only seen 1(not including the Elk farm that he said may be over taken due to their frustration.) They are having fun though and thats what matters.
Hayden and I enjoyed the day together on Tuesday. It was very nice here for being the middle of September it the mid 70's. We went to Playfront Park, Little Angie's for Lunch(AKA the Other Angies) and shopping in the shops. Then later that night we went Mini golfing, which Hayden has been begging to do for like a month. It was a very nice night. Ohh for supper i grilled, all by myself, i was proud.
I have a new work schedule starting this week and the days seem soooo long. I prefer working with people and I am mostly by myself. I know some people would kill for an hour and half of uninterrupted working time. But I like working with kids. I am sure i'll get more kids in once winter sports start.
Our shopping trip was fun and very fruitful! I bought a ton of stuff for Hayden(Gap had jeans/pants for only $10.00 and Hayden always needs pants) I bought a lettuce knife, bread knife and oh yeah a Coach Purse. It was dirt cheap(well for a Coach purse) and it fits my huge camera so i am happy. It was a little crazy of me, oh well.
Not to much going on this weekend but we'll see i'd love to get some stuff done around here. Check out the Sept. Pics I am planning on adding some more tonight.
Enjoy!
Oh yeah Hayden was having his nightly 5:30 meltdown and wanting to go to my Aunt Dana's house. I told him "No honey Auntie Dana lives to far away" so he said in response "Well just take the GPS then" Apparently our GPS has a special time transport mode helping us get from one place to another in a short time! Always thinking that boy.

So yes i have been a ridiculously bad blogger. But school has started and nobody wants to read me go on and on about how i wish it was still summer. So yup no blogging! Its been actually pretty uneventful and we got right back into the swing of things. Hayden happily going to Angies, loves playing and probably being away from Mommy. Work is work and just the same! Oh well. I did actually get new hours which is okay. I still have been thinking(ok looking) to see what else is out there for jobs, maybe even applying. (maybe drug testing for different jobs) but nothing that i want to switch to yet or even talk about! I will let everybody know. I just don't know. I probably will stick to this until Hayden goes to Kindergarten. We are happy with this situation for the moment. I really am not willing to go Full Time until then. I was listening to the Today show today and heard about little boys and learning and how they don't do very good with sitting down and doing worksheets and stuff. This is SO true with Hayden he learns so much better and gets a lot less frustrated when we just talk to him and teach him by example and seeing. Now I can't do this with everything but a big ol'chalkboard works better than paper for us. I find this interesting and maybe a reason why i will not send Hayden to preschool/4K. I really don't think its for him. He is so smart and loves to learn and asks awesome questions i don't want to loose that on a sheet of paper. Just my thought for Hayden and our next children maybe totally different and i'll be pushing them to preschool at 2 and half. Who knows. He is very into numbers lately(as always actually) and we are learning 24, 30, 54 etc. he is always asking me to tell him the numbers on the clock, i bought him a watch too. But we can't find it at the moment we just hear to beep once an hour, so its here somewhere!
Jason is in Colorado hunting!(Ohh the watch just beeped, speak of the devil)Its kind of lonely but we'll stay busy. I have been running errands in the morning and hanging with Hayden in the evening. Been kinda lazy cleaning the house but who do i have to impress? Hayden? He doesn't care. We have a Cities trip on our agenda and High School Musical the Play! Hayden is equally excited about those my little music loving boy! He LOVES HSM. The 2nd one even more, it has golf.
Well have a great weekend! I'll try to update more!