Gymboree Pumpkin Patch Party

It's been almost a year now since we stopped going to Gymboree, but Oliver still talks about it. He loved that place (and so did I), so when I received an e-mail about their upcoming Pumpkin Patch party for ages 0-5, I couldn't pass it up. We all had a great time!

leading the costume parade with Ms. Julia

cute video of him in the costume parade

loving the little jack-o-lanterns

playing ring the pumpkin

dancing on the noisy plank bridge

painting a jack-o-lantern

he was so, so, so interested in what was going on in the other room (parachute time), that he just couldn't help but join in...freeze Oliver!

we finally convinced him to leave the painting for later, and here we are at parachute time

love this picture Clayton captured!

under the parachute

video of Oliver dancing to Cotton Eye Joe

in the boat with Daddy

our family picture

after the party...dinner at Royal Chopstix

Getting ready for Halloween

with SPOOKY, SCARY faces...

spooky, scary decorations...

and darling little guys making cookies...

Not at all Mary Poppins...

...but still practically perfect in every way!

Oliver's three year old doctor's appointment went very well. From the mouth of his doctor, he's perfect! :)

Weight: 28.6 lbs 25th percentile

Height: 38.5 in 50th percentile

Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch

We decided to go to a Pumpkin Patch the weekend before Halloween. We opted for a free one with activities, and if you were looking for huge crowds, tons of bees, construction with backed up traffic and strange people, then this was your place on the Saturday before Halloween. Aside from the aforementioned negatives, we actually managed to have a great time as a family although we didn't pick out a pumpkin (we ended up getting those a lot cheaper at the grocery store).

Oliver lovers tractors, but was disappointed with this one because it had no steering wheel

He took Daddy and this little girl for a ride in this truck (with steering wheel) instead

Jumping in a bounce house

This video shows him jumping in the bounce house; unfortunately, this was the end of the happiness in the bounce house. Two other little boys knocked into him at the same time and he didn't know how to react. Needless to say he got out quickly after that.

This is the side of independence that scares me so badly. He just started walking away, not a care in the world that his Daddy nor I were close by.

posing for the camera

hold me Daddy, hold me

the tractor that gave us a hay ride

Oliver uses his thumb and forefinger to pinch your skin when he is nervous. He was pinching at the beginning of the hay ride, but he quickly got into it.

after the ride, happy as can be

Barrel train ride: cost $8 (ridiculous) A little guy so happy: priceless! While we were on the barrel train ride, we spied an old tractor that Oliver was totally excited about when I told him he could sit on it.

This may have been the most fun he had all day!

look at that smile!

our family picture on the tractor

Oliver checking out the scarecrow behind him

And finally, Oliver with some pumpkins!

Fall Leaves

Grammy & Gramps last day here

On Grammy & Gramps last day here we tried to pack in some fun activities.

First on Oliver's list was cake for breakfast

Yummy!

Next, my cousin Robynn had brought over a project, so Oliver worked on that with Grammy. Too cute, thanks Robynn & Grammy!

And voila, a cute pumpkin that he finished all by himself! He loved working on this with Grammy and kept asking her if she had any more projects for him.

Next, one of Oliver's favorite things: basketball in an empty space

Oliver & Gramps played like this for almost two hours...Oliver had so much fun!

This video is hilarious and is actually about twice as long, but I had size limitations for upload, so I had to cut it in half...still cute! I love seeing the two of them playing together!

To finish off the week, my parents wanted to take us out to dinner. We went to Abuelo's (Grandpa in Spanish) for Mexican food and it was soooo good! I was attempting to get Oliver to smile for pictures.

Oliver & Grammy before dinner

I love this picture Clayton captured for us!

Thanks so much for coming to visit Grammy & Gramps! We loved spending time with you! Can't wait to see you at Christmas!