More Halloween fun

Halloween festivities continued Friday night with Jacob decorating his little pumpkin with lots of stickers. He has a knack for flirting with little old women. So, while we were at the pumpkin patch, he had flirted his way to 2 "Pumpkin Patch Visitor" stickers and a full sheet of silly face stickers for pumpkins. He was very excited to get started.









Shelby really wanted to help, but settled for just keeping her eye on him.


I'm pretty sure you are supposed to choose a face and decorate your pumpkin. However, that's not how Jacob does it. Here is the final product (which, by the way, changes daily because he likes to peel them off).



And, if course, with all of the talk about "mouth", "nose", and "eyes", it was only a matter of time until the stickers went to his face.












And then Daddy's.








Then, on Saturday, we ventured to the Harvest Festival that our new neighborhood puts on. It wasn't huge but was fun for us and Jacob (and more than our old neighborhood did).






As much as he loves farm animals now, it was difficult to convince him to go hang out behind the picture below. He really wanted to name the animals...over and over again. But we did get him as a cow and a pig. (I probably should have cropped these pictures so you can't see Randy's hat, Jacob's hands or their feet, but I forgot.)






Probably his favorite part of the festival was riding the pony. He wasn't crazy about them last time he rode them (at the Houston Rodeo), but he hung on pretty well and rode them a few times. I still have a hard time picking my favorite pictures, so you get to see a lot of them.












He also ventured into the petting zoo. He hated this last time, but was better this time. Better as in he touched a donkey. But that was about it. At one point, the goats were cornering him and Dad had to rescue him!



Then we had our most traumatic moment of the day. Let's start with earlier in the day when we attended a birthday party at an inflatable place. He finally went on the biggest slide they have (probably 20 feet tall) and LOVED it. He did it about 15 times and I even videoed it to show Randy. From the petting zoo, he was already eyeing the inflatable slide (not quite as tall). So, we went over, took his shoes off and he climbed right up. We are not sure why, but then he had a meltdown and would not slide. All he would do is lay on his stomach and cry. So, I had to go rescue him. Let me tell you....the other kids were none too thrilled to move to the side and let the pregnant woman climb to the top. Then, when I got up there, I realized coming back down the ladder thing would be too hard so I had to make Jacob slide, and I had to slide myself. I'm pretty sure pregnant women should not do that. Anyway, here is the picture right before the meltdown.



And, as any good parents would do, we got him the one thing that can cure ANY meltdown...a "coke". Really, it was a Sprite but he doesn't care. He was immediately cured.






Once he was better, he went to play with Daddy.



And even wore his sunglasses (some). He calls sunglasses "sexies" so it's hilarious when he puts them on b/c he points to his face and says "JJ's sexies".



He did bounce some in the bounce house (without having a meltdown) and even tried some of the flips the bigger kids were doing.






I recently read a blog post about Moms that don't take pictures with their kids enough and about how we really should get in the picture more. So, I'm trying to do that. We did get a few cute pictures of the two of us. (By the way, if you have not read it, google The Mom Stays in The Picture blog and grab some tissues. It's great.)






We ended the festival with more pony rides and then headed home. Like I said, it wasn't huge but it was perfect for Jacob's age and we all had fun!





~Nancy

Question...

Jacob 'mustache' you a question.



Nothing but excitement over here on a Friday night!!

~Nancy

Halloween fun...part 1

Today was our first day of Halloween celebrations (if you don't count trying on his costume at home the other night and practicing "Argh" and "Trick or Treat"). Our MOPS group was going to an assisted living facility to show off our costumes and to trick or treat. The kids loved it and the residents REALLY loved it. Here are some of the pictures of my pirate...

Marching through the halls...


Really wanting me to open his Butterfinger...


Taking a break...still has the Butterfinger!


Soooo happy about his "loot"...


See how happy...



He looks like a pilgrim here to me???


Jacob and his Bee buddy Jacqueline...


It's hard to walk to the car and dig in your candy. Don't worry, there weren't many cars around...


After that, we went to a pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin. Randy may not know it yet, but he is the designated pumpkin carver since I'm not sure I can handle the smell. So, picking the pumpkin was the least I could do. :o)

Jacob wasn't too thrilled about sitting on the bench to take pictures...


But he did like this spot! You can no longer count on "Say cheese" to get a good picture out of him. Mainly because he will say cheese and will look like he's saying cheese. Well, apparently at school this week, they worked on what a Happy Face looks like. So, I used that and got a great picture!!


Here's that "Say Cheese" face I was talking about.


He loves to point out pumpkins so he was having a field day here.


He finally found the perfect one. Don't worry...I helped him...



And, of course, he got to pick a little pumpkin. I think he made a good choice!


We are planning on going to our neighborhood Harvest Festival tomorrow. So, that will be Halloween, round 2.

Unfortunately, we had swim lessons this morning (before the assisted living trick or treating) and all played at McDonalds after trick or treating, so I didn't think about bringing his Halloween shirts. I know you are shocked, but he has a few (or 4).

I promise to still blog about how much he loves swimming and LOVES school, but I thought these pictures were just too cute!

~ Nancy

Our new house...and a cute boy, of course!

Our new house is wonderful, and I finally feel like we are all moved in. Yes, we still have a completely empty media room (actually, I think there is a cable box in there but no tv), boxes in Hannah's room and no towel racks anywhere, BUT, at least most things are unpacked and I can find them.

We wanted to do Jacob's room a lot like his last one, but can't really seem to find the time to work on it. Before he was born, Randy and I could spend hours up there painting or whatever, but we never seem to have those hours now. Oh well, life is much more fun now! So, we contacted some of the contractors that worked on this house for Westin (our builder) and got a week's worth of work done (for me and Randy) in about 3 hours. It was awesome. So, here is what Jacob's room looks like now. It should look very familiar to his old one. We did the exact same thing! Randy has not painted any murals on the wall, and he probably will but not sure when. He used to do it after I went to sleep and work for hours up there. The only problem is that Jacob is sleeping in there during that time! My thinking is that once I order Hannah's crib, Jacob can sleep in it for a while and Randy can paint. We'll see...

Anyway...here is his room.



I took more pictures, but you get the point. :o)

Mom and I also made curtains for the breakfast area and the window beside the back door. And by mom and I, I mean that I swiped the credit card and she did all of the sewing! I did help her pick the fabric, and I LOVE them. It really made the room feel cozy.






And, because all new curtains look better with a model showing them off (even a grumpy looking model)...



We also (finally) got our gate installed on our driveway. I LOVE it and love having a space where Shelby, Jacob and I can play in the afternoons. He's a big fan of sidewalk chalk, so we go out there a lot.

This is a picture from the day it got installed. Yes, there is painter's tape on the right, but that is gone now. I also realized, just now, that I need to get a picture of the whole house now. One day...


And, last, a cute little boy playing...




Next up will be a blog about school, swimming and all of the fun stuff we do everyday.
~ Nancy

Crazy kid

You say swim diaper?

Jacob says "Hat".




"Real" blog coming soon...maybe.

~Nancy

Sugar Plum Piper Julie Riley Wiltshire

Well, we hate to break the hearts of our precious nieces, but we have chosen a name other than Sugar Plum Piper Julie Riley. We hope they aren't disappointed, but from here on, we'll just call her:

Hannah Grace Wiltshire

Yep, we like to test our families and see who still reads this old blog!

~Randy, Nancy and Jacob