Pumpkin fun!

Tonight we painted pumpkins! I thought Harper would do better with painting than carving. She did pretty good but sure wasn't a fan when paint got on her hands :). 

She was very serious about her painting! 

As you can tell, tyler and I are lacking a bit on the creativity side! 

Overall she did pretty good! 

We also celebrated Ty's birthday today with lunch at Big Red and a relaxing evening at home! Harper was up at 5 am to wish him a happy birthday :) She sure is an early bird lately. Tyler gets a weekend away with Jared, they are heading to Montana- maybe he will get to sleep in then! Harper and I are heading to  Omaha for a weekend with Kels and Kearney!

Beautiful day!

We enjoyed what was probably one of the last super nice days in October today! We spent the afternoon at the lake and outside!  We haven't had the boat out for awhile so wasn't sure how Harper would do, but she did great!

We didn't catch any "goldfish" though. Goldfish is a go to snack in our house, it has now become every fish's name! 

We spent the evening having a going away supper for Michael. He is leaving for basic training tomorrow. Harper loved jumping on the trampoline at Amie and Motis'. 

She has gone all week without an accident and even wakes up dry after nap and all night- she is a champ!!! She even went on a port-a-potty today! We just haven't quite mastered pooping on the potty but none the less she is doing great! 

A less favorite phrase

Harper has another phrase she recently learned. I'm thinking this one has come from daycare unfortunately. I'm afraid she knows exactly what it means, saying it at all the right times. 

Examples:

1. Me vacuuming too close to her- she has developed a hatred to the darn thing.

2. Harper standing quite a few feet in front of the vehicle and Tyler acting like he was going to hit us before slamming on the brakes. 

3. Tyler starting the mower, she hates that too. 

If you haven't figured it out, her phrase is "I hate you". It's like nails on a chalkboard to my ears. Luckily for her she doesn't say it very often at all.  I suppose that if this is the worst thing she learns from daycare, we will be alright! 

"I Go Pot"

That is Harper's new favorite phrase, who am I kidding- it's Ty and I's too!! Harper had decided last weekend that she was finally going to go potty on the potty chair!  We can't really take much credit for this, she's done it all on her own! She is so independent and this process proved that even more! We still need a little practice on a regular toilet but we are so excited and proud of her!!!

Today we went to the Pumpkin Patch! It was hit and miss as far as Harper enjoying it.

She loved feeding the "goats" which were really llamas. She wasn't a fan of the actual goats, but oddly enough liked the big and rougher looking llamas. She kept trying to feed them one kernel of corn at a time :). She was also a fan of the slide! As soon as she got off she was headed right back up the hill to go again. Thankfully daddy was a good sport! 

I definitely enjoyed a weekend not working! I'm anxious to start my new job in CDU and have the chance to be home the vast majority of weekends!