Mama's 83rd birthday!!!

Mimi and Mama just left to head back to Texas.  Mama turns 83 next Sunday, but we celebrated early by taking her to breakfast this morning.  We all made happy plates and had a great time enjoying the cool morning by sitting outside.   It was perfect!  Theo was entertained by cars passing by and people-watching.  He's such a voyeur.  

Pumpkin patch = terrorizing Theo

We took the kids to Ms. Heather's pumpkin patch at the suggestion of a friend (we really did love it Frances and thank you for telling me about it!!) this evening. It was right before dinner, but the shade and cool temperature were worth the risk.  Well, I had forgotten that Theo's MDO teachers told me that he was terrified of pumpkins!!  They tried to take a cute picture of him standing near one and said they couldn't get him near them.  Ooops.  So, the second I sat him down in the patch, he started to scream.  So much for the cute picture I hoped to get!  Jack had a blast there and that made the whole trip worth it.  He milked a pretend cow, petted animals at the petting farm, pumping water from a well, sat in a wagon, got his face painted, sat on a giant chicken, and picked out his own pumpkin!!  Theo stuck his hand in a pony's mouth and seemed to really like him, even though I was more than grossed out when he immediately stuck him thumb in his mouth.  Eww.  Mimi and Mama had a good time watching Jack have fun and holding Theo.  Maybe Theo will overcome his irrational fear of harmless pumpkins by next year??!

Family effort

We're having a pumpkin painting party tomorrow and I made a bunch of cupcakes for the occasion.  Jack loves to put the liners in the cupcake tins for me.  Here is Mama handing them to him and then the final result.  Jack gets to do a lot of cooking at school and really relishes in helping when he can.

Just like old times

Now that we have a functioning backyard again, we've spent a lot of time outdoors and enjoying this nice Fall weather.  I put Theo in the gravel box for the first time in months (really ever since he started grabbing the gravel and trying to eat it) and he hated it.  Totally a texture thing, much like babies at the beach with the sand.  He crawled right over to me and begged to be picked up!

So, we passed the time by having him ride around in Jack's old tricycles.  That was fun, but a little too big!  Then we pulled out his present from Rochelle and it was just right.  Jack wasn't too sure about him on his old trikes anyway.....

10,000

I just glanced at the ticker and this blog has gotten 10,000 views since I put the counter up this spring.  Even now that it's private!  Yea Jack and Theo!!

Blocks

Theo loves the bucket of blocks and gets into them most every day.  Makes a mess and then moves on to the next thing.  Still no walking yet.  Yep, he's 13 months and will be 13 1/2 months soon.  He gets into plenty of mischief by crawling........

Weds. night dinner

Most every Wednesday, I meet my friend Jennifer and her boys (husband included) at our church for dinner.  It's a staple in our week and Jack loves to play with his friends, Tank and Luke.  Baby Kyle is the most well-behaved at the table right now.  Theo just sits in a highchair and socializes.