Go Tigers!

We had our friends the Baumann's over for the big Mizzou-Nevada football game on September 25th. Wyatt and Madison go to the sitters together and play very well with each other. Wyatt even tried to hug her a couple time which turned into a body-slam. She is a tough girl and didn't mind!

Wyatt and Madison, trying to share (its hard when you are little)

This worked out better, each kid with a parent and toys.

Madison is getting very close to walking on her own. I got the toy out for her and she was scooting around all over the place!

Wyatt has discovered that he likes apples, I mean REALLY likes them! He would eat one for all 3 meals and in this picture I let him have one at breakfast. He had already eaten 2 waffles so he couldn't finish the apple, so he decided to haul it around in his dozer and wagon!

Flavor of the month - Diego!

Wyatt goes through phases of tv show characters he likes. We started out with Bob the Builder, Sesame Street was very popular this summer, and now we are onto Diego! I think it helps that Derek gets excited too when Diego come on, they both try to sing the intro song. Here is Wyatt watching the beginning, he is so excited!

Weekend fun!

Last weekend was VERY BUSY for us! We had the Holt County Autumn Festival activities (I was working all day there.) My Mom and Dad came up to watch Wyatt on Saturday so Derek could work (someting about getting ready for harvest and moving cattle). These pictures are backwards in chronological order, I don't know why Blogger does this now.

On Sunday, there was a Family Festival at the North Andrew school put on by a local church. We went and ate and rode a pony and jumped in a bouncey house. Derek and Wyatt liked the playground equipment at the school.

Wyatt rode on the FFA float for a bit during the parade. He thought he was big stuff hanging out with all of those High School kids!

Ma and Wyatt got out a bubble machine he got for his birthday (Thanks Schweiser's!)

On Friday, school let out early in Oregon for the Fair, but we headed across to Bolckow for the North Andrew Homecoming parade. Wyatt thought the fire truck was "youd" (loud).

The purpose of our presence at the North Andrew Homecoming parade was to support our cousin Clayton Townsend. He was up for Homecoming King (and won!) and a integral part of the Cardinals football team (who won too!) You can also see Aunt LouAnn in the background in the red shirt - Hi Lou!

Summer's over

Last weekend was Labor Day and the unofficial end of summer (mine is officially when school starts). I don't have many pictures from the last couple weeks, we have been busy with starting back to school and me dealing with turning 30. We did celebrate with a good old-fashioned driveway party but there is no photographic evidence, sorry. Derek also took me out to eat at Fogo de Chao on the KC Plaza, it was delicious and filling (snaps for Derek!) Now that all that is behind us, we can get back to a semi-normal life. I did dig these pictures up for your viewing pleasure!

Helping make the bed, well more like unmake it!

Wyatt and Don Callow playing in the sand. We attended Callow bash at Big Lake again this year. This is the only picture I took; but we did get to see Jessica and Wes Uhlmeyer and Sweet Baby Ethan!!! He is so cute and hairy and a great addition to their family.

The big summer project that started a month late, new corrals and fences on the farm! We have traced the age of the previous fences to at least the late 1940's. Those have all been torn out and pipe fences put in with a new waterer for cattle and dogs and 2-year olds!

Woodie the dog enjoying some fresh water!

Parenting experts tell you to give your child "chores" to do to make them feel like a worthy part of the family. This is not hard for me to do with Wyatt, he ALWAYS wants to help! Here he is helping load his laundry. He also like to unload the dryer, carry empty buckets back to the barn, and feed the cats. And for 2, he does a great job!

Do you like our laundry audience? That is Tapioca and Cocoa, our backdoor cats. They are almost always sitting in the window watching us and waiting for some food (from the hand of Wyatt)

Happy Birthday Allison!

Our friend Allsion Schweiser turned 30 this weekend. Her husband Cory planned a surprise party for her at the orchard their family owns. I think she was surprised, but she snuck up on everyone while we were hanging out. Whoops! Her son Cole is making sure the icing is edible.

Grandpa Steve Schweiser made train from wood for the kids to play on. Here are Wyatt and Cole in windows. They had a great time on all the playground stuff there!

Greg Baumann and Madison, she was hungry!

Derek was really impressed that Wyatt could hold on to the monkey bars and hang for a long time! He made me come watch Wyatt do it.

Just a funny picture from Sunday afternoon.

100th post all the way from Omaha

I noticed that this in my 100th post, I am surprised that I have actually kept up with this blog! I mentioned earlier in the summer about taking Wyatt to the zoo, well Derek turned it into a 3 day vacation to Omaha. I can't say no to him when he actually gets time off the farm so off we went! Omaha is only about 1 1/2 hour drive from our house so it was an easy drive. I have only been in Nebraska once or twice, and that was to eat dinner in Rulo.

Wyatt and I at the giraffe, ostrich and penguin exhibit. (Do these three species live together in nature? hmmmm....)

A very tired Wyatt woke up in time to ride a train through the zoo, those are wallabies in the background (this picture is for Derek's sister and her family who live in Sydney!)

In the petting zoo at the zoo the only animals they had to pet were goats. Wyatt was carrying bits of hay over to this nanny goat for her to eat. Wyatt loves to feed our dog and cats at home too. Sometimes he feeds the inside cats so much there is a huge pile of food in the bowl and all over the floor.

Omaha has a pedestrian bridge that goes over the Missouri River, so we walked over to Iowa and back. Wyatt insisted on pushing his own stroller for a bit.

The Children's Museum had a traveling exhibit that was Sesame Street characters and teaching about body parts. The entrance to the exhibit looked like the show set. Wyatt loves Sesame Street (especially Elmo) so we thought it would be fun for him.

"Weeee-oooooo, weeee-oooo" Wyatt played in this old fire truck at the Children's Museum and that is his noise for firetrucks.

Oh, watch out Daddy! I took this of Wyatt doing the "mad-flop". Those of you with toddlers knows this move well, they get mad and drop like dead-weight to the floor. Good thing Derek is used to carrying buckets of feed, I let him take care of this tantrum.

There was a ball machine at this museum that entertained Wyatt for about an hour! I told Derek it was worth the money to pay for this place, Wyatt was soooooo tired when we left he barely made it through lunch. He took a great nap this afternoon (and so did I!)

The last day we went to their Union Station and they have a train museum. Since Wyatt really likes "choo-choo's" He was in heaven all morning - and slept all the way back home!

Summer Fun

We have really been enjoying the awesome weather this summer! We have done a lot of yard work (4 trees were cut down) and I painted and cleaned the bedroom upstairs. So we moved our bedroom upstairs and our old room in now an office. Wyatt loves to be outside and we have a lot of things for him to do....

Who among us didn't have one of these little kiddie plastic pools growing up? I know the inflatable ones at popular now but Woodie the Dog punctures them. I think Wyatt liked the hose the best.
Trying to get a drink.

Melanie Acklin was back home caring for the farm while her parents were at the Calgary Stampede. We ran up to visit with her and Wyatt got his first horse ride (which lasted 30 seconds until he freaked out!)

Mel has started her own blog about her life traveling as the Marketing Director of Specialty Fertilizer Products. It is very entertaining! http://thetravelingcowgirl.blogspot.com/

This roping dummy was more Wyatt's speed.

Funny sight: Wyatt decided we needed to go to the store, so he put on my crocs, grabbed a grocery sack, was out the door and headed to the car! The kitten was getting in his way and slowing him up. I really need to make sure that back door latches when closed!