Sunday, October 9, 2011

Kelp's Pumpkin Patch


Last weekend we took a trip out to Gnawbone (guhnawbonee for those in the know) to Kelp's Pumpkin Patch.  Kelp's seems to be just a family run pumpkin+ farm, except for one weekend a year in October they open it up to the public and turn it into a petting zoo and farm-style carnival.  Once Nana and Pop extended the invite, we thought it was a great way to spend an afternoon.  

It was fun to get up close to all the animals.  Harrison loved this guy, and we worked for a while at getting him to gobble. 




Harrison patiently waiting his turn to ride a pony.

He was thrilled to be back on a pony again, following his trip to West Baden.

Poor Henry just had to watch all afternoon from the Bob.

Hayride.  It was awesome dusty fun.  It went about 50 yards up a creek with about a foot of water in it, and Harrison thought that was about the coolest thing since he turned three. 


Like I said, it was a farm, but they threw in some carnival flare.  Here Uno was showing Harrison how to do it old-style. 

And we scored some pumpkins for carving and some gourds for ambiance at the house.
Mom & Dad, thanks for putting the excursion together.  It was a great way to spend a fall afternoon. 

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Big boys

Harrison and I are big boys now. So we go out and do big boy activities together and have big boy conversations. He thinks being a big boy is the coolest thing. 'Henry no go, Henry lil' baby.'
So here we are on the pedestrian bridge over the bypass in Bloomington. Harrison got some honks and waves.
Last weekend I took him out to the lake to throw some rocks. He likes to throw anything, but especially rocks, sticks and baseballs. We also watched some geese and took in all the boat traffic at the boat ramp. He is excited about boating this summer.

Then we had a talk tonight about how Henry is getting bigger and he is going to be wearing Harrison's old shoes in no time at all. Harrison agreed to share his toys with Henry when the time comes and especially his fast red trike once he grows out of it and gets a new big big big trike. One neat thing about our house and the hardwood floors on the main level is that Harrison zooms all over the place on his trike. He loves it. He does laps from kitchen to family room to living room to dining room and back to kitchen, he turns objects of clutter into obstacles in his race course, and he even makes the back-up beep noise when he has to back his way out of a tight situation...just like a dump truck. We beep beep beep for safety at the Lloyd house.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Harrison & Esme

This was last summer in Michigan. Mom was mentioning it so I looked through our videos from the vacation and found Harrison's first couple's dance. Esme was an adorable and precocious little girl that pulled Harrison out to the dance floor during the brass band performance in Pentwater. I think Harrison was basically in shock during the entire routine, as the video shows.