Hemis Galore!!!

  

   If you've been reading, you know that Jeffrey calls pumpkins, "hemis." Alice wanted to meet us at a pumpkin patch and have a visit, but we weren't so sure where to go. We ended up going to Milburger's, which is where Aunt Jen and I took J last year and Alice's sister has taken her kids for photo ops. We had a great time. There were hemis and a scary hay maze, which spooked us out way too much to have Jeffrey enter. There were also chickens, a beautiful rooster, coi (sp?) fish, cats and dogs that kept us entertained.

 He stared at this Dia de los Muertos decoration for a while

This chicken let him pet her, then attacked him!

 

We also went ahead and carved our own hemi this week because it was starting to get a little soft on the top and I knew the deer had their eyes on it! I needed to get the seeds out while they were still good, (Brant doesn't love them toasted like I do. Jeffrey wanted to like them and I think he will, but after trying, we decided it was a choke hazard!) We used Brant's great idea of cookie cutters and a mallet this year!

 

 

 My texted picture letting me know Jeffrey is doing just fine in the nursery during my Bible study...Whew! Not terribly happy, but not crying.

 We visited the Book Fair at the church school after Bible study. The 8th grade boys in the class that came in during that time were so sweet to Jeffrey. I don't know who thought the other was cooler! They were so cute. Cynthia gave Jeffrey a book and Gigi bought several for our collection!

Grayson and Jeffrey playing at the park before dinner

Daddy is 40!

     Happy, happy birthday to Brant! We love you so, so much and are so happy YOU were born 40 years ago!

     The day began with breakfast tacos, presents and cards. We went for a walk to the park. The birthday boy went to Bass Pro for a piece of a project he's been working on while J took a nap. Gram and Lolly came to visit and took us to lunch, then we celebrated with cheesecake and coffee! It was a good day.

 

 

     It was a big birthday, but Brant just wanted to go hunting and have some down time. He went hunting with Grandpa on Saturday. We'll have dinner with friends on Friday night!

October in Our World

     That's my little cowboy on our way to the season's first costume party! We had a very successful toddler book club. Ashley made a delicious Zuppa soup and sandwiches for the kids. All the moms brought yummy sides to share. I read "Leaves," a cute story about a bear in his first year and taught 5 Little Pumpkins finger rhyme and Gray Squirrel song. The kids explored and compared gourds, pumpkins, leaves (from our park), pinecones (from Colorado,) and huge acorns (from Gigi's backyard.)
     Jeffrey is putting words together like "Dadda work," for Daddy's at work and "Car car, bye bye" for Let's go! Or Gram "Bye bye, car car," when Gram leaves." The absolutely cutest thing is that he has gotten the sign for thank you and blowing kisses mixed up. So, when we I ask him to tell someone thank you, he blows them a kiss. It's adorable. For example, when we leave the library, I tell him to say thank you and he blows a kiss. When I give him what he's asked for, he'll blow me a kiss or if his hands are full, he'll just say, "Muahh," like he's blowing me a kiss. So funny.

J getting used to his new boots and using them as a tunnel for his cars

 

Hello, pardner, walking into Gigi's house like he just got off a horse.

We had a great October birthday celebration for Jen, Brant and Mark at Gigi's house. Deep dish pizza and ice cream pie! Both Jen and Brant's 40th!!!!

Mom took Jeffrey and I to the San Antonio Art Museum for the Baby Art Crawl. We learned all about the museum and had a good play.

The next week, we took the kids to the Botanical Gardens to see their Lego exhibit.

 We continue to walk to our park for breakfast many days of the week!

 Polar Bear, or "Pa Ba" is the newest lovie. He still has Lambie, "Mimi" and the sock Monkey, "Ahh Oooh"

 Wrestling with Daddy

 

 More of my little cowboy!

 Lost a boot on the sidewalk, still getting used to them and sometimes kicking them off!

 

 

 

My little "Hemi" in the bathtub