Colin at Homecoming

Colin was asked to walk the crown at Bloomington High School's Homecoming this week. A good family friend of ours works at the high school and her granddaughter was going to walk the "girl crown" and needed a friend to walk the "boy crown". Colin was there to help out. Ryane Engle and him walked together in a wedding last October and it didn't go so well. Colin cried the whole way down the aisle because Ryane wouldn't hold his hand. Well, with bribing and a little bit of maturity, Colin did awesome this time around. I can't believe he did so well...there were like 1500 students yelling and screaming in the gym!

This pic cracks me up! The crown was so big and tall, he couldn't see over it.

The sequence of the kiddos walking the crown down the the king and queen. I told Colin if the crown started to fall, to catch it with his chin because his hands were beneath the pillow. Well, the crown did start to fall and he had to catch it with his chin. He looks kind of funny in some of the pics because it looks like he is rubbing his face against the velvet or something. Overall, he did an awesome job. We are so proud of him for being such a big boy! Plus, the biased mommy I am...I think he looks so handsome (and old/grown up too!) :)

I had to throw in something of my little baby...who isn't so little anymore.

Rader's Pumpkin Patch

On Friday after school, my mom, Colin, Cade, and I went down the road to a local pumpkin patch. They had so much fun! We played on the hay stack maze, tunnels and slide, rode wagons, trikes, and played in the corn box. Cade was just amazed at everything around him. Colin had been there before, so he knew what to expect, but loved every minute of it. Cade was trying to keep up with Colin, he was climbing the hay stacks very quickly. I don't quite know if I am ready for that...he is only 10 months old!

If anyone knows Colin, you will be laughing hysterically when you hear this one... My child does NOT like to have messy clothing on. Nothing can be wet, dirty, etc. So, long story short...Colin found a pumpkin and wanted to help me carry it to the wagon. He wasn't watching where he was going and tripped over a rotten pumpkin. He ended up with pumpkin guts all over his jeans. He didn't quite know what to do so he just laid there for a few moments and looked up to me. I just stayed quiet, not really knowing how he was going to act since he was dirty. GG was in front of us so she got a great shot of it! :) He ended up being just fine after GG cleaned him up. Although, he did walk with a straight leg on the dirty pant leg side for the remaining time we were there. Who knows?!

Some more fun random shots.