While Ryan's Away...

Ryan flew to Minnesota this weekend, so while he is having fun in Minnesota with his family, I decided to take that kids to a pumpkin patch. Julianne came of course because I don't know if I will ever be able to go someplace by myself until the kids can all walk (and even then I'll probably need leashes for all of them)!
But before we went to the pumpkin patch we had to take care of a little problem in Addy's room. This morning I went into Addy's room to wake her up for church, and it smelled like she pooped her pants. To my surprise she didn't have any poop in her diaper. When we got back from church, Julianne and I hunted around Addy's room to figure out what was causing the smell. Julianne was the lucky one to open up the crawl space door and find a dead rat in there. I of course freaked out and was trying to figure out who I could call that would be willing to come and take care of the rat. To my amazement Julianne offered to remove the rat herself. I can't even tell you how bad it smelled and gross it was to see a dead rat. Luckily the smell is finally gone.
Now that the rat was taken care, we decided to stop by Target to get the boys some winter hats for the pumpkin patch. Of course the only size hats that they had were 2T, but I bought them anyway. As you can see with the last picture, the hats don't fit very well, but they are really cute. I also found some Hello Kitty rubber boots for Addy. (Side note: make sure when you buy new boots for your kid, your kid has time to get used to walking in them before you walk around in the mud.) I can't tell you how many times Addy tripped with her boots, or she would come out of her boots. We didn't come home with any pumpkins because by the time we got there, went on a hay ride and bought some delicious doughnuts, Addy let us know that she was tired and ready to go home. Next time I need to plan a little better around her nap time. Ryan and I are planning on taking the kids to another pumpkin patch on Thursday so stay tuned for more pictures and hopefully she will walk better in her boots.