Just some pics...

I love hat and jacket weather and it works out because Josh loves hats!

Josh has one speed-fast-which is slightly dangerous for stairs.

I love to zoom in on this face!

He is kindly explaining exactly where he wants to go.

The best one of the day!

Horses..err...Mules

So for the last few weeks Kevin and I've been riding the horses (actually they are mules, but don't they look like horses? Plus cousin Owen can't say mules yet but he loves to say orse) every Wednesday before church.  Josh has a great time walking through the pasture and loves to sit in the saddle with his dad.  He gets really upset if you try make him dismount but Pa bribes him with four wheeler rides which always does the trick.  I keep forgetting my camera but I remembered it when we went out today just to visit.  I know the mules aren't very close in the pictures but I was the only adult out there and they aren't too fond of a little toddler running up to them!  So we kept a safe distance while Josh was loose!

First Love

Josh LOVES bananas!  I'm pretty sure all kids his age love bananas but he really LOVES them.  Last Sunday we went to pick him up from Sunday school when his teachers informed us he ate three bananas.  Actually, they only gave him two (which were supposed to be shared among the entire class of 5 students) however, later they found him under the table with a third banana eating through the peel.  Suzanne said she felt so bad for him she just had to let him eat it!  The ones we should feel bad for are the other kiddos who didn't get any banana that day!

Football

We took Josh to his first football game a few weeks back. Actually Kevin's been begging me to take him to an Aggie game but I wasn't sure the little man could make it four and half hours in the stands -he is such a busy boy- So to prep him for the big event we took him to our cousin Harley's middle school game on Thursday night. He enjoyed the people and even spotted the ball every once in a while but as I predicted he did NOT want to stay in my lap (even with food to bride him). Here are some pics from that game. Isn't he cute with his hat on!




Saturday came and I was very prepared to leave at half time and walk around campus with him-which would actually be fun, its been so long since I've been on campus.  For added support we brought Pa along who is excellent at entertaining Josh and spoiling him with all kinds of unhealthy food.  We were on the third deck so there was plenty to see and amazingly enough Josh made it through the ENTIRE game.  Seriously this is huge...he won't sit still for 5 minutes!  Only once did Pa take him down to find a snow cone.  He even took an hour nap in the midst of the chaos.  We had a great time and even though the Aggies lost (I'll leave out the final score) it was a big victory for our son!

Baking Buddies

Josh has turned into a fantastic baking buddy and over the past few weeks we have made many yummy cookies, breads, and breakfast goodies.  He is great at keeping his hands out of the bowl and always enjoys cleaning up the spoons (pre-eggs).  I'm amazed at how long he will sit still on the counter and "help" me bake.  The pictures below are from today when we had the spices out.  I guess I forgot that the food coloring was in the spice bowl and Josh quickly found the green...  It was a great lesson in identifying his tongue which he'll proudly stick out now on demand!

I guess now would be prime time to show off the new haircut too.  I'll reluctantly take the blame for scalping my son, but it definitely wasn't done on purpose.  I think he has less hair now than on the day he was born!  

I love this time of year and now that Josh is old enough to partake in the festivities, it has been a lot of fun!  Last night we went to our friends house to help them pass out candy.  I thought about taking Josh around and collecting candy on his behalf, but we all know that Josh won't end up eating it and I have NO self discipline at all.  He had a great time wearing his dinosaur costume and watching the other kids all dressed up.

We carved a pumpkin on Monday night and I thought Josh would love pulling the yucky insides out.  Well, he doesn't like to have dirt or anything else on his hands so I should have known that he wouldn't be interested in the pumpkin goop at all.  He did however, enjoy chewing on the extra pumpkin pieces.  

We've had the best time with all the pumpkin puree.  The last week we've had banana pumpkin muffins, apple pumpkin pancakes, and cinnamon french toast.  Any other recipe suggestions, I'd love to hear them!