Playing catch up

I have definitely been slacking on the blog updates.  We have just been busy over here.  So here is a catch up from the remainder of October.

One of Ethan's favorite things to do is empty out mom and dad's closets. This time it was moms. He took almost every pair of shoes I own and put them on display in the bathroom, and wore each pair out. He even tried out my wedges.

Later that night I found this.

We have had fun teaching him all kinds of different things.  He has learned how to play tug of war with Turk. He thinks this is just the funniest thing ever. He has learned the art of the mustache and he can now answer the popular question "What does the fox say?"

He loves to watch himself on the phone.

We also had a little fun celebrating Halloween. Early in the week we had a playgroup party in Ft. Worth. There was no getting him in his actual costume so I had to make do with something a little more regular clothes like. A construction worker fits him anyway.

On Halloween we did a little trick or treating in our new neighborhood with Grandma, while Dad, Grandpa, and Uncle Mike stayed at the house to hand out candy. We FINALLY snuck his Sully costume on him during a routine diaper change. Once we got it on he was fine with it. We did find it was little short.  Oh well. It took a couple of houses to get the hang of what was going on. Once he did he seemed to really like it. He was definitely hopped up on the excitement at bed time.

Looks like he is skipping a  couple of holidays and going straight to waiting for Santa.

We had a very busy October and it doesn't look like the rest of the year is slowing down.

It's time for fall

It's finally feeling like fall in North Texas.  It is time for boots, sweaters, and taco soup.  I think I started decorating the first day of October. That also means that it is time for visiting the pumpkin patch. Ethan and I went with playgroup a couple of weeks ago.  It was the perfect day for it.  The kids were able to walk around and look at the very large pumpkins.  We found some familiar faces too.  And the moms did our best to capture some fun moments.

We spent a good 15 minutes talking to the Guppies.

We had a great time walking around checking everything out before having lunch.

And last week we made an attempt to take some pre-Halloween pictures of Ethan and Macy.  It did not go well.  Ethan wouldn't put his costume on and someone was upset at all times. Maybe once Halloween gets here next week we will have talked him into putting on the Sully costume that he asked me for.

At least they are both looking in the same direction

This was before I bribed him with fruit snacks

Sweet little Cinderella

We have also been enjoying the cooler weather by getting outside as much as possible.  He is always so busy, moving from one place to another.  It definitely makes me appreciate those calm, quiet moments that are few and far between.  

So much concentration

Picking flowers for mom

We are really enjoying our October.  We celebrated Robert's 30th birthday last weekend.  Of course I forgot to take pictures.  There is a lot more fun to come.  

Shamu fly!

I may be a little late with this.  Almost a month ago we had a little family vacation to see Shamu at Sea World, San Antonio. We left early on Friday morning to head south.  We packed a lot of new activities for Ethan to do in the car on the way there.  He was an angel for the entire drive.  He played with his flashcards, his trucks, he colored, and he napped.  We made it almost the entire drive with no Bubble Guppies.  We stopped for lunch for the boys at McDonald's so the boys could play.

Peek-a-boo, Mommy

We made it into San Antonio mid-afternoon.  Once we stretched our legs a little bit in the room we went to the pool.  This was a big hit. We had the whole pool to ourselves. It was a bit chilly for me to stay in too long (I am a weenie when it comes to pool water).  My guys had a great time though throwing Ethan's cars and balls from the pool to the fountain.

After the pool we made it out to the Riverwalk for dinner. After dinner we walked around for a little bit. We introduced Ethan to our favorite bear at the Chocolate Factory. He was instantly in love.

Hugs for the big bear

Saturday was the BIG day.  We went to go meet Shamu. He seemed to really enjoy watching the show. The rest of the day he kept saying "Shamu fly!" We watched the Shamu performance, saw some penguins, played with the dolphins- who came and kissed my hand - and ended our day with playing in the splashpad and meeting some friends from Sesame Street.

He was excited but leery to meet Cookie Monster at first

Dad calmed him enough to ask for a high five

And mom calmed him enough for a picture

We had a hard time getting him to leave.

I think he had a great day!

Glad the 30 minute search for that cup was worth it.

Sunday we decided to go home a day early since someone was still tired from a big day the day before and not getting enough sleep.  So we packed it up and drove home.  Ethan slept about half the way home.

Pretty wiped out after a busy weekend

It was a great way to end the summer!