Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Eric had a great time yesterday being with his Daddy. He knows his memory verse "Unto thee O God, do we give thanks". This first picture is part of the costume he would have worn if he hadn't been sick for his Gymboree program. The second is of him running through a pile of leaves today. He thought that was big fun.

Halloween

I know I am very overdue for a post. We have been sick for a couple of weeks. But, I wanted to tell you about our fun, fun Halloween. On the Thursday before Halloween, we went to Gymboree for their party. They did a good job, and Eric had lots of fun. This is the thing he still talks about the most from Halloween. On Saturday we did Trick or Treat St with Abbie. On Sunday night we did Boo at the Zoo with Daddy. On Halloween night we went to the Candy Factory. That is a huge thing one church around here was doing. Eric had a blast, and this is the second thing that he still talks a lot about. Then we went to Trunk or Treat at our church. Then we went to a carnival at the church where I exercise. Then we trick or treated at 2 of our neighbors. I feel like we definitely got good use out of his costume! And I loved spreading it out over multiple days. I like making the holidays last as long as possible. I also had fun making bat and jack-o-lantern pancakes for the 2 of us.

Yeah, he caught it!

Fishing for prizes at Gymboree

Eric and Abbie

He got so much candy at the zoo, that he could barely lift his pumpkin.

Daddy and Eric at the zoo.

Blasting off.

So excited about entering the candy factory.

Trunk or treating with Jackson.

To infinity and beyond

I thought you might like to see Eric's costume - which he LOVES! He wants to dress up in it every day. He is Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story for Halloween.

The pictures above and below are from our homeschool

this past Friday. The boys played trick or treat and got a treat for

every folder game that they did. They loved it. Eric loves

this new folder game I made of the pumpkin patch.

Here are the goggles I got to go with his costume. They light up.

He loves them and wears them even more often than the

costume.

Breakfast with Giraffes

What a blast! We went to the zoo today with Abbie, Tracie, and baby Aubrie for breakfast with the giraffes. Eric loved feeding them, although he was a little overwhelmed at first by their very long, sandpapery tongues.

Homeschool fun

Last Friday Eric and I started doing a combined homeschool with his friend Nate. We are covering transportation and safety right now. (ask Eric sometime about the traffic light safety poem) The boys are having lots of fun. Today was our 2nd day of this unit. Tammy (Nate's mom) had made the boys each a personalized apron. She is very creative. The boys made sugar cookies and decorated them with red or green sugar (stop and go). They also made their own grilled cheese sandwiches. Eric had a blast doing this! I got so many great pictures, but here are a few.

Pumpkin patch

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday with Caleb and Shelby. Eric had a very good time. Here are just a few of the many pictures I took.

Isn't he adorable!

I love these sweet expressions of joy!

They all rode in these little tractors pulled behind a large tractor. That was big fun.




Robert and I both commented on how big he looked to us in this picture. Not a little baby anymore....

Breakfast with the Elephants

Eric's favorite animals at the zoo are the elephants. I love taking him to the breakfasts where he can interact with an animal. We went on Saturday with Tabitha and Aaron. Abbie was also there with her daddy. We got to pet their trunks and pat their heads. Eric really enjoyed that. He has been talking about it ever since. We also walked around and saw other animals at the zoo.