Pony Rides...

This is definitely something that I thought Katelynn would NOT do. She didn't even pay any attention to the ponies in the petting zoo or in the corral by the pumpkins. But we thought we would give it a try. Boy were we wrong!! She loved it. Only time she cried was when we had to get off the pony. So we had to call Grandpa BB and K asked him to buy her a horse.... he says he has one for her named Snickers. We will have to make a trip out to the farm soon to see if she likes that horse as much. I knew she'd have a little cowgirl in her.

The Punkin's

Until we arrived at Chester's, the pumpkins were the reason Katelynn was excited to go there. She wanted to go to the Pumpkin Patch! She was super happy when she saw the field of Pie Pumpkins. (OK, to be honest, on the ticket I read this as Pumpkin Pie and was shocked everyone was going to get a free pie "while supplies last". Darn my dyslexia!! Oh well, I was even happier when I realized we were going to get 3 free pumpkins, since I don't like pumpkin pie!)

A large "supply" of pumpkins.

Picking out a pumpkin is serious business.

Might need some advice....

OK, this one looks good. Two more to go...

The Petting Zoo

Inside one of the barns at Chester's they have a petting zoo. We decided that we would just walk Katelynn through the barn and see how she handled it before we bought the food and so on. We were not expecting great things, but were pleasantly surprised. K was a champ. She loved the animals. Bock-a-bock'd like the chickens, quacked like the ducks and oinked like the little bitty pot-bellied pig. She loved it. So mommy went to buy some feed. She feed the animals with her hands (she also feed one overly eager lamb two paper cups, oops.) and didn't mind getting her hands dirty.

(Daddy didn't jump in and feed the animals. He worked the camera and "watched' Aubrey.)

Showing the lambs a bit of sass here!

Having fun!!!

Daddy had to MAKE her wash her hands.

Then that was all she wanted to do.....

Chester's

For years I have driven by the Chester's Party Barn signs on my way home to Okarche. We have never really had a reason to go to Chester's until now. Saturday we loaded up the girls and headed to Piedmont. Since Thursday night Katelynn knew we were going to The Pumpkin Patch and she was pretty excited about it.

I was very impressed with Chester's. There is a lot to do and I wasn't sure how Katelynn would react, but she LOVED it all!! So I am going to make a post for each section......

Here are my girls on their way. K loves to hold A's hand whenever we are in the car.

Picture Day

Katelynn had picture day at school last Monday, so of course I had to take pictures of her on Picture Day. =) Hopefully she doesn't have her pacifier in her school pictures.

OU Fashion

The Girls and I were invited over to watch the OU/Texas game by some wonderful friends.

I dressed Katelynn in her camo capris, OU jersey, flip flops and her pig tails. I must admit, she looked super cute. While I was trying to find clothes for Aubrey to wear, (It's shocking to me that we do not have OU gear for a newborn. It all starts at 6 months. She had to settle for an OU Bow and OU Booties. No pics were taken, curse of the second child is already alive and well in the Bateman house, sorry Aubrey!!) K had a chance to play in my closet and change her outfit around a bit. It's a little fashion forward, as are all of Katelynn's fashion decisions. But then again, I knew, somewhere in Dallas there was a girl wearing the exact same outfit, peep-toe pumps and all.

Pumpkin Painting

I am going to try and catch up on some of the fun things that the Batemans have been up to these past few weeks. We have been getting into the Fall Spirit and also getting into the swing of things being a family of four now.

Brian was gone for the OU/Texas game and so I thought K and A and I would paint pumpkins. Aubrey decided she did not want anything to do with the paint. She wasn't too sure about getting her clothes messy so we went a different route with her pumpkin. (Pics of A's pumpkin to come later.) K, on the other hand, said "Give me some clothes I can get dirty and the paint!! I am ready for this!!" She had a lot of fun. She is very proud of her pumpkin!!