Pumpkin Patch

Just before Halloween we went with some friends to the pumpkin patch so the kids could check out the animals and pumpkins, Dylan was in heaven once he saw the tractors.
Once again, like father like son. Rick is always trying to convince me how we really do "need" a tractor. Now that it looks like it's going to be a
2-1 vote...I might be in trouble.

I just love this shot, it shows just how small Dylan still is, no matter how big he acts! He thought these tractors were so cool, he kept trying to climb up them and see how they worked. They had a smaller tractor to pull the kids on a cow train but my camera died before I could get the pics, of course! I was so mad at myself for not checking the battery. He was able to sit on that one and turn the wheel and stuff, he loved it!

His other favorite part was the goats. They kept coming over to see if Dyl had any food, which he didn't, but they licked his hands anyway and that sent Dylan into the loudest giggles ever.Later we found this pumpkin that had "Dylan" carved into the side of it, spelled the same way and everything. My friend took pics for me, it was pretty cute...all in all a very fun day.

FRUSTRATION!!

Okay...I may not be a genius, but I'm not stupid either, why the heck can I NEVER get a video to work on my blog? HELP! Tell me if the following video works for ANY of you, it keeps telling me it's not available now and to check back later...what the heck man? Any tips would be most appreciated.

P.S...I'm not too proud to mention that after doing spell check ironically the only word misspelled was genius...sweet. I should have just left it the wrong way, maybe you all would have thought I was a very clever jokester.

PPS...haha, you know it's late when you spell check after writing your "PS" and now the only word misspelled is...drum roll...."misspelled" I think the double s's look stupid.

PPPS no you're not crazy, jokester came up on abc check too but that one WAS on purpose as it was the perfect made up word for that sentence. That's it, goodnight, I am VERY tired thanks to the insane amount of time it took me to download, re save to a smaller size and re download the new version of this dumb video just to have it all not work in the end.

Dyl's Tricks

Here's Dyl doing some of his favorite things. Make sure to mute the music at the bottom of the page before you start the video, it's kinda a pain once the video starts.

This is Halloween!

Okay...even though I have a ton of things I need to post before these, my mom's dying to see how the lil stinker costume worked out, plus i should probably get this posted while we're still close to Halloween, cause at the rate I'm goin' it won't be posted till after New Years. I also know it's a bit late to put Halloween music on my page but I don't care, it's perfect for this blog so I'll leave it for a few days or so. Pump up your volume otherwise you won't get the full effect!

Here's my little skunk ready to go...that face makeup didn't last long and I soon had to upgrade to liquid eye liner. Dylan LOVES to wear this costume and even loves having his face done, he held perfectly still and watched my hand the whole time, I think he liked the way it tickled his nose.

Mom and Dyl at the annual Midland Pumpkin Festival. Dyl was completely shell shocked by the long line of kids in costumes parading by us, he ended up really getting into it and loved showing off his cool costume. We went with our friends Erica and Justin Jones, here's Dyl with their little love bug, Brooklyn, she and Dylan are good friends because unlike other toddlers, baby Brooklyn just lays back and lets Dyl steal all her stuff without a fight. She does keep a close eye on him though...we're tryin' to teach him that that's not going to win him major points with the ladies.

Finally, Halloween night. Rick and I went as "skunk patrol" thinking that would make more sense then pest control, but apparently not. We got so many confused questions about our costumes! Like, "Hey, Brother and Sister Dalton, how come your costumes both match, but Dylan's doesnt?"...that would be because HE is the skunk and WE are the SKUNK PATROL! "Skunk patrol? What's that?" NEVERMIND. Oh well, we tried. We had badges that said skunk patrol and little patches with animal paw prints and a huge bag of candy labeled "skunk bait" that we carried around on our backs, it was a lot of fun. These pics were taken at an after trick'or'treat party at our friends house. Unfortunately there weren't any pics from actual trick-or-treating because it was raining the entire time but we did it anyway...that costume was so thick, it kept Dyl warm and dry and we did an entire neighborhood loop with a family from our ward.

Had to get a side shot in there...don't you just love how his tail sticks out? Any time he took a step it swung from side to side.

All in all it was a really fun night, even with the rain. Dylan thought it was so fun to knock on doors, then get to pick anything he wanted out of the bowl of candy! He was polite and said "tay-too" at just about every house. He also tried to enter every house, thinking we were coming for a visit or something and was WAY excited whenever anyone had a dog, since that's the only animal sound he'll do on command. Whenever he sees a pic of a dog in a book, hears one barking outside or gets asked "Dylan, what does a Doggy say?" He replies "woof, woof." It's hilarious. One house we had to finally go pick him up and carry him because he was so busy barking at the little dog in the window.

Would you mind a skunk climbing in through your front door if he was this cute?