Jason heard about a great pumpkin patch right around the corner from us. It's Honeysuckle Hill Farm in the town just north of us (http://www.honeysucklehillfarm.com/). They have a corn maze, hayrides, trains, petting farm, a corn box, and a pumpkin patch. So today, we checked it out.

Riley liked the corn maze, so we walked through it twice.





The corn box was a big box full of corn kernals. Riley wasn't interested, even when Jason went in with her.



They had a huge playground area. Riley went down a huge slide by herself. She said "Woah!" when she got off.




Riley really seemed to like the petting zoo. She wasn't sure about the cow until Jason said to pet it like she does the puppies. Riley said "puppy!" then pet the cow.

Riley was too tired to help pick out her pumpkin. We lasted about 75 minutes at the pumpkin patch then Riley fell asleep.

McDonalds!

Riley finally got to go to McDonalds! One of Jason's work-out buddies' daughter was having a small party. Riley didn't care for the chicken nuggets, but liked the fries and chocolate milk. Riley really enjoyed climbing. She's been climbing all over the house, so she was ready to go.

Jason helped her down the first time, but Riley quickly got the hang of it.

This takes a while, but this is Riley going down the slide by herself.

Office make-over

We finally decided to paint the office. I was getting tired of the dark green and wanted to brighten things up. Here are a couple "before" pictures. Here is the after. And here are a couple of pictures of Riley. She loves to be outside!

Hair cut!

We finally had to break-down and get Riley's hair cut for real. We went to Wal-mart this morning. First she sat down in the chair by herself, but didn't like that, so I got to sit with her. Riley did great. She sat every still.





Riley's new doo!

EXCITING NEWS IN THE DOJO!!!!!!!

Some very important news was dropped off by carrier pigeon on this, a fine Tennessee morning!




I could NOT believe my eyes.....I had to tell someone quick.


I know, the puppies!



Riku! Take a good gosh darn good look at this.....can you believe it?



This has to be shared with the world.




Wait for it....... Wait for it....... Wait for it......









HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAMS!!!!!

funny to me

So Riley is getting to be a pretty good talker. She tells us lots of stuff - about 60% we even understand. I remember when my niece, Taylor, was about this age. She would say something her mom didn't understand. Taylor would have to say the word to everyone in the family while we tried to figure it out.

Riley yells 'BUUUHHHH' everytime we either see a bus, or when we pass the place we say one the day before. She can also say the puppies' names: Riku ('eeeeuuuuu'), Raimo ('moooe' or 'amoooe' - it's hard to tell), and Mikka ('num' - not sure where that came from). Riley will also imitate what we say. She's gone out to the deck and clapped her hands yelling 'NUM! NUM', trying to get Mikka to come back.

Tonight Riley wanted to share my drink, so I pulled out the straw. She pointed and said 'juice!' 'No', I told her, 'this is tea'. She smiled and pointed at her mouth 'teeeeee!' (meaning teeth). Being the clever mom I am, I thought I'd call it something else so she'd know it's different. So I said 'no, it's iced tea.' Riley then showed me her eyes, and every body part she could name. I guess we'll have to work on the tea. She really liked it though.

Still hot in Nashville

We are always busy here at the Curtis Dojo. We have abandoned the highchair. Riley started to climb in and out so now we have a booster seat. She seems to like being "at" the table instead of beside it.
Aside from picking her nose, Riley has started what some would call the "terrible twos." When getting upset, Riley throws herself down on the ground kicking and screaming. We have found putting her into her time-out chair puts a quick end to the episode, so hopefully we're moving forward. But, I'm sure this is not the end.

Riley has also found a new spot to hang out. Usually when dinner is being cooked, she sits in the cabinet next to me. Her friends also come to hang out.






Thank you Gramms & Gramps for the box of clothes. Riley loved the box. We loved the clothes. Hopefully some day it will be cool enough down here to actually wear long sleeves. :)





And finally, we promise to blog more so Aunt Michelle doesn't have to yell at us.
(just kidding :)