Kate

Kate lives next door and has become a good friend of Braedyn's. They've had the opprotunity to play together quite a bit lately and I'm sure there will be more to come. They certainly have fun together.

 
 
 
 

Clams

We thought we'd give clams a try one night and didn't have real high expectations for Braedyn eating them. Boy were we wrong, what actually happened was that mom and dad didn't get to eat barely any because some 3 year old loved them so much that he cleared off the entire pot of them. He had so much fun forking them out of the shell too.

 

Happy 40th Birthday Barry

Braedyn made a song for Barry's 40th birthday.

Juice

Mommy got a new juicer and has been putting every sort of vegetable she can find into it. Braedyn always likes to help as well and is always excited to dump the scraps into the mulch pit.

 

Halloween

Friday before Haloween, the city of Carpintera had trick or treating on our main drive at all the shops. There were tons of kids out. Then on Haloween night we went over to some of Braedyn's schoolmates for a pizza party and trick or treating.


 
 
 
 

Pumpkin

Still catching up on posting pictures. This is a pumpkin Braedyn and Daddy carved at Mema and Papa's house in Iowa.

 

Other Fun at Bloomsbury Farm

There was tons more to do at Bloomsbury farm, including some sort of random barrels being pulled behind a tractor, hay rides (without the hay), a big pile of dry corn, huge tractor tires to climb on, and some barrels with saddles. There was also a pumpkin patch, a few haunted houses and lots of other stuff you could buy. All in all it was worth the drive and the money and Braedyn had a blast.

Pig Races

Watching the Pig races at Bloomsbury Farm

 
 

Travelling

On the way back home from Iowa. Braedyn pulling his new little suitcase. And a picture with Mema at the Airport photo booth.

 
 

Panning for GOld

Bloomsbury Farm had a little water run so that you could pan for gold. We didn't actually pan for gold, but the water was a lot of fun!

 
 
 

Pedal Buggies

Bloomsbury farms also had some fun pedal cars that Braedyn enjoyed.

 
 

Corn Maze

On out trip to Bloomsbury Farm we got to go in a huge corn maze. It was quite impressive. Nicholas and Elizabeth were with us to help show us the way out.

 
 
 
 

Bloomsbury Farm

When we were back in Iowa for Grandma Great's funeral we got to take an afternoon trip out to Bloomsbury Farm which we wanted to do on our previous visit two weeks prior, but ran short on time. This is a pumpkin patch on steroids. Leave it to Iowa to do it all the way. It is the middle of the country so they should know how to do farms. There were all sorts of fun, really creative things for kids to do. Braedyn especially enjoyed the bouncy pillow, pipe tube slide and the water pumps. This place was a blast for a young kid. At the end of the day Braedyn announced to his MeMa and Papa that he liked this farm, Bloomsbury, better than the other farm (where they plan to build their dream house in the next year or two). Oops!

 

 
 
 

Grandma Great

We were not home long from our trip to Ia and we got the call that Grandma Great had passed away. So not even two weeks later we were back on a plane to Iowa for her funeral. She was an awesome grandma and great grandma! She will be missed but we are glad she is no longer suffering. Breadyn got to enjoy her company for three years of his life and she so enjoyed him.

Lunch

We headed down to city beach for a quick Subway lunch and some playtime. Braedyn has been fascinated with the outside showers at the beach and is just barely able to get them to spray out water....

Afternoon Bike Ride

cruising through Carpinteria State Beach Park