It looks like October has finally brought us a little reprieve from the Texas heat! Of course it is still a little warm to be called fall in my book, but the mornings are perfect and the afternoons are perfect for going to the park and playing outside. In shorts, of course, but still -- it's progress!
We have been busy! It's always crazy to me how busy our fall seems to be -- it's just such a great time of year to take advantage of all kinds of fun stuff around town. And then we threw in a surprise trip to Nebraska -- fun!
October always brings lots of festivals and fun stuff to town around here. About five minutes from our house there was a small art festival that we went and checked out one weekend. It was pretty neat -- and the highlight for all the kids there was definitely this art car. Will was fascinated -- he would have stayed there all night. He is always so observant and he kept finding little things that Todd and I hadn't see until he pointed them out.
Thanks to having very generous people in our lives, we were able to make a surprise trip to Omaha the first part of October. It was a super quick trip, but we managed to fit in some fun. Of course Will's fun started as soon as we hit the airport -- he loved the bus that takes you from the parking lot to the plane. Now we know what to do on a rainy day...we'll just pay to park and drive back and forth from the airport. :) Then he got to ride in his own seat on the plane for the 1st time -- which he loved almost as much as the bus. He was a perfect traveler -- he truly loves everything about the experience, so he makes it easy on us. Of course we're driving at Thanksgiving -- we'll see if all of us have such a good attitude after that trip!
The highlight of the trip was probably our trip to Vala's pumpkin patch -- an Omaha tradition. None of us had ever been, but we figured that Will would like it so we went and checked it out. Will was so excited to go with "AJ, Grandma, and Nick!" and I don't think the experience disappointed.
One of his favorite exhibits was the bunnies -- he kept asking Grandma to take him back to see them again. And again...
Then we watched the pig races. In my mom's defense, I did cut all the other people that were also breaking the rules out of the picture - but I still thought it was funny that they we right next to the sign. :)
And of course there was a train -- which was a huge highlight for a little guy who loves dinosaurs and trains pretty much equally these days. When you got off the train you got to play in all kinds of kid-sized train stuff, including this pumpkin train -- so cute!
There was also the storybook area for the little people so Will of course had to check out all the ins and outs of those too.
AJ and Will checking out the Ernie pumpkin. Will was really perplexed when he saw that Ernie was flat.
And for all the farmers -- here's Will on the tractor. I loved this one -- he looks like he's taking it so seriously!
And we can't forget the fun we had at AJ and Grandpa's house! Jess bought Will this tackle dummy -- and I'm not sure who was more excited to get it out. :) Will wasn't quite sure what to think about it at first, but once he got the hang of it, he loved it! I'm sure it Will be the favorite toy waiting for him when he gets back to AJ's house!
So much fun in such a short weekend. It was so great to see everyone but it made us even more anxious to get back and spend more time at Thanksgiving. We should be there pretty much the whole week -- so those of you around Omaha, make sure to come see us!
So back to life in Houston...and the fun isn't over -- the Big Texas train show was in town! It's a model train expo that comes through town. Both Will and his friend Elyse are really into trains, so we thought they would have a good time -- and they did! There was tons of model trains to watch go "chug chug" and "choo choo" -- and they really were pretty amazing. Will also scored a pretty nice Thomas train table. :)
Here's Will ready for his day -- he insisted on wearing his conductor hat to go to the train show. He was definitely not the only little boy with that idea there.
Will and Elyse checking out one of the trains...check out Elyse's hat!
This weekend it's the Sam Houston football game and trunk treats...the October fun isn't over yet!
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