Fall Days

The weather this week has been AMAZING!  Lower 80's all week made perfect running weather leading up to the marathon next weekend.  It also made for a lot of memories with Caedon outside!  Today he had loads of fun playing in the piles of leaves our neighbors raked together.  He also had fun trying to rake the leaves by himself.

I am super excited for tomorrow....Center Grove Orchard/Pumpkin Patch!  They have a petting zoo, hayrides, corn pool, etc.  Check it out: http://www.centergroveorchard.com/  We had fun at another pumpkin patch last year, but we arrived close to closing time, so it felt rushed.  Tomorrow we are meeting our neighbors and good friends (The Kanes, the Kiblers, and the Kopps) outside at 10:30 for a full day of fun.  Caedon has not napped for the past two days, so I am pretty sure he will be fine trying to go down for a late nap tomorrow, right??  We plan on carving pumpkins in the evening.  Chase has an ISU design picked out from the Des Moines Register site: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/halloween

Yesterday my friend Priya came into town from California.  I missed her so much!  We hung out all day with Caedon.

Today Chase had orange juice with his lunch.  Yeah, he's weird like that.  Anyway, Caedon pointed at it and said, "orange juice"...which we were really confused about because we don't have it that often, so how did he know that??!?!?!  He also said "chips," another new word today.  Speaking of orange, he definitely understands it is a color.  Nick and Megan were back from their honeymoon Thursday and came over for dinner Friday night.  Nick would ask, "What color is this Caedon?" And Caedon would say blue (even though the thing was not blue).  Nick would say, "No, what color is it?" And Caedon would then say "Orange!"  (even though it wasn't orange either).  First blue, then orange.  Over and over again.  But at least he knows those are colors!  I still wonder if he is color blind, although it is way too early to tell.  My dad is color blind and that means Caedon has a 50% chance of being color blind too.

This whole month I have been enjoying Caedon snuggles in the morning.  He has been waking up, coming into our bedroom, and climbing into bed with me to read stories.  The best part is that he enjoys it just as much as I do!  Then we go have breakfast.  He sees me get a bowl, then he points to the cupboard and says, "cereal." And then goes to the fridge and says, "milk." And finally he points at the drawer and says, "spoon."  He definitely knows how to get his breakfast ready!

His big thing now is putting ownership on things.  For example, he will point at my glass of water and say, "mommy's" or point at his banana and say, "Caedon's."

Look on facebook for fall pictures from the pumpkin patch!  One week until the marathon! AHHHH!!! :)  So excited/nervous!!