HH Success

It finally felt like Fall, the wind was slight, the food was going and hot, the volunteers were friendly, the games were fun, the inflatables were big, the trunk-or-treat lines went on forever, the entertainment was good, the tent of characters was a great addition, the bucket of candy was overflowing, the costumes were unique, and one Firefighter came home and hit the pillow and was out in less than 2 minutes!!

Overall, I'd have to say that Hallelujah Harvest was a HUGE success!!

Grayson had a blast playing the games. He played each one at least 2 times!!

The Jumping Place

It's raining cats and dogs, it's Thursday, you're exhausted, what do you do? You go to Kangaroo Jac's!! We love this place. Grayson even had his birthday party here in April! There were 6 other children there this morning so it made it easier for Grayson to play without feeling smothered. We picked up a neighbor friend, Katy, and off we went. It's too bad they don't have just a traditional moonwalk jump for jumping becasue that is Grayson's favorite thing. It took him a while to get warmed back up to the bigger inflatables, but with Katy's help, he was off. And bonus for Mommy, with a friend there, I didn't have to don my socks and play too! I got to read and do some puzzles at the table and of course take pictures!!

Picking Pumpkins and Hayrides

Sorry everyone-I have been in sort of a funk lately. The last thing on my mind is blogging, although I havebeen taking the pictures! So, here's to Sue's encouragement. I have read almost everyone's blog to catch up, although you may not notice comments. Have you ever tried to catch up on everyone's blog and do comments too when you've been away for even a few days!!! Can we OVERWHELMING!!!

Well, I will start with the most recent and if I get a chance to go back I will. This weekend we ended up being in town so we took advantage of a Fall favorite-a trip to hunt Club Farms!! We love everything about being there. They even had more stuff this year in the way of inflatables that were all set up in the petting farm area. And for one price, there was unlimited hayrides and inflatalbe fun, and of course the petting farm. But of course, other than picking out his very own pumpkins, what did Grayosn love to do the most??!! Run, jump, and slide in the huge hay pile.

What a great afternoon we all had together at Hunt Club.

Let's Go...Mountaineers!!

So this is for Papa: Grayson loves his WV hat!! He wears it a lot, I'm sure to be just like his Daddy who almost every day has a ball cap on. This Monday was no different as we headed off for our ususal walk to the Library. Let's go...WVU Mountaineers!!

Finger/hand painting

SO Heidi---I let him finally go at it and just didn't look until clean-up was necessary!! Grayson's first fingerpainting actually turned out great! He didn't have paint all over the place, but the concept of painting with fingers escaped him. All of the colors on the plate had been mixed, and handprints replaced anything else that may have once been on the sheet of paper! So we ended up with a masterpiece of handprints in a kaleidescope of colors. He did a great job and was soooo proud to show Daddy!

The Park by the Water

I don't even know the name of the park and i didn't know how to get there...I only knew that it looked calming and always empty. We drive by often and see it from the Bypass. A playground, a lake, a little beach, and a path. Well when Heidi suggested a playdate, I got directions and Grayson and I headed out to this park in Chesapekae.

Heidi, Sue, and Katy were all there with the kids. We had a great visit and all of our families brought something home from nature. Katy and Sue stuck gigantic sticks in their cars/vans, we had a bucket full of rocks, and Heidi's stroller was full of pine cones!! Thanks for the invite to the "scary-by-yourself" park!!

From a Child

Suse blogged about encouragement just when you need it most a couple of weeks ago, and today Trevor and my encouragement came from our 3 year old. Trevor was talking about this day and said he needed to go to Pilot, a company he has done work for. Grayson heard this from the kitchen adn came running asking Daddy why he was going to talk to the pilots and could he come! Trevor explained that he was going to talk to a company called Pilot because they owed him some money for work he did. Grayson proceeded to run into his room and empty his piggy bank and bring it back into the Office and lay it all, jingling, on the desk. He looked up at Daddy and said, "Don't worry Daddy, you can have all my money!" Enough to melt your heart right?!

Who doesn't love the warm hues of Fall?!

I didn't grow up in a house that got all decked out for the seasons, but Trevor did. I have caught the bug and over the years, have collected quite a household of Fall decor. I try to do it on a day when Trevor is going to be gone so I can surprise him with a decorated house. He sooo loves this time of year!!

Yummy-and another tongue!

Natalie-this one is for you! You're always commenting on the tongues that Grayson and I seem to like to stick out of our mouths. So when we were in Sedona, Grayson and I climbed up and took a "lick" of this little girl's delicious ice cream cone!

Using New Words

Grayson has had a cold so he's been taking small doses of cough medicine at night and a nasal decongestant during the day. The other night at bedtime I hurried off to get the medicine and when I got back he began to drink. He stopped halfway through, wrinkled his nose, and said, "Eeewww, I like the other medicine better, can I have it instead? This is gross!" It just tickled Trevor and I. We love to hear his vocabulary expanding adn hear his grown-up speech!!

Thinkin' of You!

Heidi-This one's for you!! Trevor was like-what are you taking a picture of that for? I shared with him your mouse story! So here it is...the picture tells it all!! Enjoy!