Jorden Drake is 3!

Our baby boy turned 3 on October 21st and we can't believe how fast he's growing up! We had a  party for him with friends and family at the YMCA indoor splash pad. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is Jorden's favorite book right now so that was the theme.The cake was super cute and the snacks were all the fruits the caterpillar ate through before becoming a butterfly. Everyone had a blast

 

Party table with the snacks

Cute cake done by Crest grocery store bakery

Jensen on the waterslide

All the party kids

My friends Doug and Jenny came with their 2 girls and even 2 month old Ella put on her bikini for a dip

Blowing out the candles- I let him do it twice for fun!

Pumpkin Patch 2012

Instead of going to the regular pumpkin patch, this year we decided to go to the Orr Family Farm where they have a lot more to do. We went on Sat 10/20 and it was beautiful 80 degree day. The farm was really crowded though and it took a while to get in but once inside it wasn't too bad. They have a petting zoo, pumpkin patch, train and hayrides, pedal tractors, maze, slides and jumping pillows.

Jorden milking a plastic cow

They have these amazing things called jumping pillows that are like a trampoline but better

Me and my monkeys on the train ride

Family Hayride to the pumpkin patch

Picking out the best pumpkin. Jorden picked a little one that had "christopher" written on the bottom. Not sure why!

Ooops, this one is sideways but these tube slides were a lot of fun

Jorden's first dentist appt

My big boy is almost 3 and it was time to start thinking about making his first dentist appointment. Jensen had a check up on 10/18 so I planned to ask them about letting Jorden look around and get used to the idea. Well, when we got there, they had an opening and we decided to do it at the same time. We weren't sure if he would let them do anything but he was fantastic and let them clean and floss his teeth with no problem at all.

 

What are they going to do to me?

Doing so great with them using all the tools on him!

Look Ma, clean teeth!

Zoo behind the scenes 2012

We got to go behind the scenes at the zoo again and this year it was the giraffes and lions. We saw the giraffes first and got to feed them lettuce then we went to the lions barn where they were in a cages right in front of us. The two females just sat there and looked at us the whole time. It was pretty cool seeing them up so close

 

Jeff feeding Bogie

I love this shot of Ellie's loooong tongue. We learned that their tongues are black to protect it from the sun since it is out of their mouths up to 18 hours a day while eating leaves off trees

 

 

This lion's tongue sticks out because she is old and missing teeth

Big Boy Bed

We officially don't have a baby anymore since Jorden is now in a big boy bed. He wasn't climbing out and I wanted to leave him in the crib but someone in need is having a baby unexpectedly so I decided we might as well donate the crib now when there is a need. I was really dreading the battle over keeping him in bed but he hasn't gotten up one single time. He even wakes me up to take him pee in the middle of the night. That is both good and bad though since I don't like being woken up. He loves is car bed and we are in the process now of redecorating his room in a car theme

 

Our Tiger Cub Scout

I have really been looking forward to Jensen starting cub scouts because of all the fun activities, skills and character building they teach. We did a few activities with the pack over the summer and Jensen officially started in Sept with a den of 12 boys who are all in 1st grade. We have been going as a family and helping him earn his badges and awards. He seems to really like it so far

 

Our first activity was led by me and we made scrapbooks with family pictures.....right up my alley

Jeff painting Jensen's face. At our big pack meeting, all the new tiger cubs participated in a face painting ceremony with the dads

Painted face

Most of the tiger den and the leaders

Getting his first badge

Baby brother Jorden loves participating in the cub scout activities. Here he is doing the cub scout sign and he even memorized the promise (a whole paragraph) faster than Jensen did