Festival for Five...

So... yesterday Carter didn't take a very long nap... and we were in between rainstorms... so on a whim the popes and us went out to this place called Waterman Farms that I've been wanting to go to... we were gonna save it for a morning... but it's been raining every morning lately... so dropped everything and went (everything... since our schedules are SOOO busy right now, with the dads working like crazy!) 

 Anyhew... we pull up... and there's no one really there... like... NO ONE. We thought it might be close so we asked in the "market"... and they said, just head on 'round back to the orange building and they can getcha goin'... (it took a while to find the orange building... it was a shack that said admissions in between some big awnings... 

Well.. a teenage girl came out smiling and said they were open... just not the bounce houses due to the wind... and the pumpkin patches were muddy but we were welcome to it if we wanted.. It was $5 for us and free for the Carters... so we figured what the heck. It ended up being kinda fun... zero lines since we were... the ONLY ones there.

Some go-carts... Carter was too little to reach the pedals... but he could steer and beep the horn... what else do you really need at 22 months?

The boys for some reason got up on this haystack... and started shaking their tooshies... it was pretty funny... 

There was this "combine slide" they had made... (it was about the slooowwwwest slide I've ever seen...) about 1/2way down Carter just wasn't sliding any more.. so I had to help him scooch down;)

 Our little goat...

 I'm basically putting this pic in to remember that 95% of the pictures I take these days are of the back of his head... he's always running... typically away from me ;)

 The Carters... 

Two roads diverged... which one has cookies at the end? 

 Me and my boy... Yes we got lost in the Corn Maze. 

 And then there's the infamous petting zoo.. I think we will all remember. Like I said.. we were the ONLY customers there... and they said not too many people had come today due to the weather so the animals were pretty hungry... they were NOT kidding. Carter loved these little guys...

 He just wanted to feed them everything...

 Until one latched onto his finger and started sucking... He was a little surprised... and freaked out ;)

 But he got over it. good thing  they don't have teeth!

These dudes got all up in our business... there were two in particular... I think they were alpacas that were taller... and they were annoying. finally the dudes in charge kinda kept them to the side... these goats were cute though...

And because every farm needs a.... Camel?... there was also a "miniature bison" they were very proud of... a baby calf that was super cute... a little pig... and some ponies (that we didn't ride).

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 Mr. Waterman himself came round and told "everyone" the last hayride of the day was taking off... for some reason Carter was excited about this and went running... right to the onramp. 

Mr. Waterman himself.. you might see these other people on here thinking, well there were other people there... but I'm pretty sure that they were all people who worked there (at least 3 were) and friends of people that work there and they told em to jump on so we didn't feel awkward! 

 Carter tried to sneak back in to the petting zoo... He got in trouble.

This Camel was sweet... it just wanted something to eat... Carter P wasn't too impressed though. It fancied Cassi though... it kept whispering sweet nothings in her ear...

Carter was fascinated with the straw in the hayride... 

 The "spinning pumpkin"... Carter got about 5-6 spins in... and was done.  (It was spun manually... so I wasn't too worried about it... he got out and went on the go-karts til the other boys were done ;)

 The "strawbale maze"... This is about as far as Carter got. Thank goodness... cuz this preggo lady did NOT want to have to crawl in there looking for him.

 One of the pumpkin patches... super muddy... we passed. They also had peppers, okra, berries, squash, zucchini, etc. Mr Waterman was very proud of the fact it was one of the only farms left inside the Indianapolis city limits. And very adamant about people not buying fruits/veggies from the market. Okeydoke.

Well... we were pretty wary at first... but it was worth the $5. We were able to run around and have fun and not be in the apartments! One week left! It started raining again right as we were leaving... so thank goodness we got there when we did!

Holiday Park

I've been trying to find some places left in Indianapolis to explore before we leave next week... (plus i'm just SO tired of going stir crazy in this stinkin' apartment!)... Carter adores our friend Cassi and sh'es got two little boys... so they play together... we ran over to this place called Holiday Park in between rainstorms... and it was a fun park! There's about 5 different playgrounds that are all unique and made for different ages... there was even this HUGE one for "12 yr olds" (i'm guessing that's the last age before it's 'uncool' to climb on a playground). It was over 15 ft tall.  They have this big sawdust pile the kids can climb up... roll down... whatev!

There's tons of different slides...

Carter loved this little ladder steps one of the playgrounds had... 

He's really loving to climb... He got all the way up this.. but then couldn't figure out how to get up on the platform... slid down, cried, gave me a hug, and climbed right back up!

Climbing on the sawdust some more... the pope boys are scheeming up top ;)

We were trying to walk over to the statues... Carter didn't want to move. He did however.. want to throw rocks.

The park has these monuments and statues that they get from other parts of the country.. they would've been destroyed but instead they transplant them here... There was one from Washington DC from one of the original buildings from when the country was being formed.

The boys on top of a column...

Swinging... Carter is obsessed with swings.. like most kids I suppose.

One more of the sawdust hill... It's a pain in the rear to move this picture up by the rest... so here ya go... see it's huge!

These bars go up about 7 ft tall... Carter climbed the whole freakin thing... but he was about to the top and couldn't get on the platform... started freaking out... so I started freaking out since I didn't want to leave from under him and climb up to grab him in case he fell thru... Finally this dad there who couldn't speak a lick of English helped get him to the top. I told him thanks... hopefully he understood me ;)

It started to rain... but it was fun while we were there... minus Carter's little tantrums he throws when I don't let him do whatever I want him to... which is usually something dangerous! Score one for Indianapolis! If you're ever here.. I'd recommend going... it's a huge place!

Random Goodness with the Carter Boy...

I was cleaning out space on my camera and these pics were just fun... and don't really need individual posts so I'll just post em all together... My little man is getting so big so fast!! Ahh!! He's starting to want to learn more words... I think he's still hard to understand to others but I can understand alot of em now... we are workin on it... hopefully it picks up here soon ;)

What, Mom? So I drew on myself with a pen I was not supposed to have but somehow got anyways... I think it looks good...

We have this wierd spice cabinet of sorts in this retardo summer apartment kitchen... But it serves a good purpose... Carter thinks it's a chair... and his personalized hiding space when he wants to play hide n seek... He'll shut the door so all you see is his legs dangling out... and lots of giggling when you say... "where's Carter??"

My chip man... probably not the smartest idea to give him cheetos right after a bath... since he'll just need another right away.. he'd just cut his lip open at the gym though... and so a bath and a bag o cheetos seemed to be the proper medicine...

He was being really quite one day... so I went and looked for him... he had gathered all his stuffed animals in the dog crate and shut the door... why the kids think this place is so great... I don't know... but whenever we have the kids over they like to play in here...

In case you can't tell... Carter is probably in need of another haircut... I just dread taking him somewhere and I need to find a clip that'll attach to our clippers at home so I can just buzz it without REALLY buzzing it off... If it didn't get so fluffy I'd let it grow more. Man I hope this baby girl in my belly has hair that grows as fast as Carter's. I've had to cut his hair so many times.

I gave Carter a can of peaches to eat while I was cleaning the kitchen... He decided it would be funner to eat the peaches out of the Mr. Potato head hat... I guess it did look pretty fun... and he ate them all... so I can't be mad... Peach juice washes off...

Carter found the snot sucker a few weeks ago... and suddenly it was the coooolest toy ever. He kept making me squish the bulb... when I got tired of doing it... he just kept trying to do it himself... silly dude.

I love this little guy to pieces... can't believe we are getting close to popping out another one!! Yikes! (Excited, though... can't wait to meet her!)