The birthday boy turns 6...

I can't believe we have a 6 year old now.  Tyler had two great birthday parties.  He had a friend birthday party on his actual birthday and his family birthday party up in Thief River Falls.  Well the friend birthday party was on a much simpler scale this year for my sanity anyhow.  Tyler had a great time friends and I must suggest trying a DQ Blizzard cake.  It was much nummier then the regular DQ cake.  Tyler wanted a army themed birthday party this year.  Last month my parents took him to the museum at Camp Ripley and he thought that was pretty darn cool so when he saw the army stuff he wanted that.  Maybe a little had to do with his best friend had the same theme last year.  So we were all decked out with army trinkets, tattoos and pinata.  

Pinehaven Farms

Holy buckets, it has been awhile since I have blogged.  I have really busy with work, the kids, being out of town, and some great fall photography sessions.  I have now taken a little time to update.  We took a little trip to Pinehaven Farm on Saturday to the pumpkin patch.  This is the 3rd time we have been there.  I highly recommend going.  I think they add more and more each year.  There is a huge playground area, activities, animated displays, farm aminals to pet, so much more.  I think we were almost there 3 hours and could have stayed longer.  The weather was absolutely beautiful and I think we even got a little sunburnt.  We took the tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch, but everything out there was a little bigger than what I wanted to carry or rotten.  So we just ended up picking one up on our way out of the farm.

Mmm...brownies!

The boys were pretending to cook the other night so we told them that we would make brownies together tonight.  Tasted pretty yummy on a cool, gloomy evening like tonight.  There was a little fighting in the beginning whose turn it was to dump stuff in.  I was very surprised.  They actually each cracked an egg with little help.  I was picturing a mess and a whole lot of egg shell.  Here are a few pictures.
 

Ooo..and the best part of baking.  

Had to add this one.  I couldn't stop laughing at it.  

The taste test.  I think Tyler ate 3.  

Living amongst the wild

The boys have been loving the National Geographic's Big Cat show and a few others like it on Netflix.  I tried to discourage watching these since I myself don't like watching things be attacked, killed and eaten.  I guess it is mother nature and I they after all are boys.  What else can I say.  Well at lunch today they decided they were going to be some wild cats of some sort, which continued later after lunch.  I was getting sick of being mauled and scratched.  Oh and the poor dog got attached a few times.  They were tigers, lions, leopards and not to forget ligars (sp?).  Here are the crazy animals eating their brunch.  It started off with the bacon and went on to the eggs.  They were eating their meat and skin and showing some mean faces along the way.  Dee-lish!!

Here is a much less wild animal out in the back yard.  I haven't seen one like this big yellow guy before.  

I wonder what he will be?