Tractors, Treats, and Trauma

This is such a fun time of year! There's so much to do, and we've really been enjoying the season. Last weekend we went to the Peterson Farm to pick out our pumpkins and take a hay ride. Ari has a weird love of tractors, so she was very excited to be able to sit on one.

 I'm the king of the... tractor!

 It's a corn box! 

 This kid can't get enough petting zoos and being able to feed animals.

 "Get out of the way, people! They finally let me behind the wheel of one of these things!!"

 Grandma and Grandpa were nice enough to come with us. Things are more fun with family!

 Hideous self portrait. 

 "I'm the king of the... hay pyramid."

We have never been to Cornbellys, but have heard so much about it, so we bought some tickets and stopped for dinner on our way there. While at dinner, Ari and I were heading to the bathroom when Ari tripped and smacked the bridge of her nose right on the bottom bar of a high chair. Immediately she screamed (that "something is seriously wrong" scream that every mother dreads), and when I picked her up and looked at her face, it looked like this:

 Seriously, guys, I almost threw up. I flipped. I grabbed my purse and told Ryan we had to leave. She stopped crying pretty quickly, but when I got her in the car seat, she started crying because we'd left the restaurant without getting her sucker. Glad she has her priorities straight.

 Lucky for us, our pediatrician stays open until 7 and they were 5 minutes away, so we headed there pronto. Of course, we didn't have an appointment, but when they saw her face, they got us right in. The doctor assured us that she was fine. Ari was all excited to be at the doctors office, but was very concerned when we started talking about not going to Cornbellys. Since she seemed to be okay, we decided not to make her night any worse and to go for it. 

Cornbellys!! As we were walking to the ticket booth, Aria was skipping and shouting, "I'm so excited! Yay! Yippee!" Obviously she is way tougher than I am, because if I had the same injury, I'd be home in bed, milking it for all it's worth. 

 This girl loves corn boxes. 

Cow train! She kept saying, "Giddy up, cow!"

Today, we got to go to an awesome Halloween party hosted by my fabulous friend, Autumn. There were all kinds of activities like cookie decorating, coloring, pumpkin bowling, a pinata, and the donut game, to name a few. Ari was in heaven! I wasn't very good at taking pictures, but she looks super cute in her witch costume. I need to put a tie or an elastic on her witch hat so it will stay on.

 She even got a mask!! I was all excited to get a picture of her with her Frankenstein mask on while standing with Frank (the big blow up Frankenstein) in grandma and grandpa's yard, but she traded it in for a ghost mask.

After the party, Ryan decided to take Aria on a quick motorcycle ride. She loves the motorcycle! I am tempted to have her wear this helmet all the time to prevent more scary third eyes. 

That's what we've been up to. Hopefully Ari's head will heal quickly. I get so sad when I look at her right now. It has gone down a ton, but it's going all purple. In the car today, she started pushing on her owie and said, "My owie is squishy. Wanna pet it?" Silly girl. She is such a joy, and I am so super proud to be her momma. I will leave you with some pre-injury pics of Ari showing me her bread moustache and bread beard. Man, I love this girl.

Frightmares and Fall

We took Ari to Lagoon for the first time last Saturday. We made sure to have her wear her "tall" shoes, which put her at.... barely.... 36 inches. Sort of. Depending on who you ask. Luckily, Lagoon rides are operated by teenagers who don't give a crap, and we didn't have any problems going on lots of fun rides! Ari had a great time, and made me a proud momma by going on everything that she could with no fear. Her favorite ride was the kiddie land version of The Rocket. She giggled the entire time.  We all got to ride some bigger rides, like Bombara, and some new dragon spinny thing that almost made me barf. Yay for Lagoon!

We made her take her nap in the car on the way there. I don't think I will ever tire of watching my sweet girl while she sleeps. Plus I think it's kind of amazing that we can say (an hour before her normal nap time), "Go to sleep now so you aren't grouchy at Lagoon." and she does it. 

 She was very excited to shoot at us. Not sure how I feel about that.

 She refuses to smile on a carousel, despite the fact that she loves them.

 Ryan loves the carousel. Clearly.

 Doesn't it look like she's flipping the bird, but without the finger? She is actually showing us her stamp.

 No hands! 

We also went bowling with Tobin and cousin C. I wasn't very good at getting pictures. You wouldn't know it from the video, but Ari and C get along really well, and love hanging out with each other.

I've been wanting to take a drive up the canyon to see the leaves, so we headed up on Sunday afternoon, and had a quick little impromptu photo shoot while we were there. I wish we'd thought ahead and wore some cuter clothes, but I think they turned out pretty well considering we had 10 minutes to take pictures before we had to head back for dinner.  We put our camera on a rock and set the timer for the family shot.

I can't wait to go pick out pumpkins, and take Ari trick or treating. She finally decided that she wants to be a cute witch. So excited!