Fall Back: Halloween

Your second Halloween was awesome! Such a difference one year makes...you've grown from a cute little monkey into a fine young pirate!




In fact, your whole family turned into a clan of pirates!


This was also your first year to really go trick-or-treating. Uncle BJ and Aunt Kari joined Brady (a dashing Mickey Mouse), Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Michelle for trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.

At first you were a bit iffy about the whole thing, but then we gave you your second lollipop of all time and then you were a full blown sucker for Halloween for the rest of the sticky, sticky evening.



You held up your pumpkin bucket for candy, waved thank you and bye bye to our nice neighbors and ate dutifully ate your lollipop for all 90 minutes of trick-or-treating.



Your Mom, Uncles and I managed to eat the rest of your loot over the next weeks. Perhaps next year you'll be able to eat one or two more pieces of your own candy!

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrren't you glad you were a pirate for your second Halloween?

Fall Back: State Fair

My oh my- how time flies when you're having fun!

Our Octobers and Novembers are always fun and busy, and this one has been no exception.

So: Flash back. A few weeks ago, your Aunt April, Uncle Taff, Autumn and Addison came up to Dallas for our second annual pilgrimage to the Texas State Fair.


It's amazing how much has changed in one mere year. Last year you were hardly old enough to really know you were at the State Fair, let alone have fun.

And the year before that (your semi-first State Fair), you were just there for the food.

But this year, you had a blast.

You rode one (1) ride with your Daddy!
(this was actually a bit traumatic for both of us...but at the end you still loved me and you didn't hurl, so it was a success)

Your cousins went on a few more:


You finally took a nap in the car exhibit (after we changed your diaper near a 2012 model).

You and your cousins went to the Petting Zoo and had so much fun feeding goats, lambs, and cows and looking at Kangaroos, Emus, Ostriches, Pigs and more. This was a perfect time for you to show off your animal sounds and your animal-feeding abilities.





It's almost as if we are training you to work on a farm. Which is good, since you, Addison and Autumn also got to spend some time working on a pretend farm. You were very good at watering the fake plants and planting your seeds. You milked a fake cow and threw a fake egg. You did not ride the tractor.


All in all, though, the best thing about the weekend wasn't the Fair or the food or the fried goodness (mmm...corny dogs): it was the family.


You got some good quality cuddles with your Aunt and Uncle (and Mimi and Pops too) and had a general blast playing with Autumn and Addison. Crazy family fun!



You and Autumn even actually wrestling! It was a sight to see. But don't worry, as always, you fought fair.