My First Field Trip

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tI had my first official field trip with preschool last week. Since we are learning about apples this month, we went to a local apple farm where we got to pick apples, take a hayride, and drink some apple cider (right after watching it being made!). Did you know that if you slice an apple in half you will see a special shape??? Do you know which shape??? :) I went with my entire class including my buddy Alex and his mom and sister. We had a great time.

Fall Kids Day at Wedels

A local garden center had a fall kids day with a small petting zoo, huge pile of sand, kid crafts, and best of all.... a REAL train table. As you could guess I did NOT want to leave the train table and it was so hard to not touch any of the kewl trains. Our firetrucks came out too and I even got to hold and spray the water hose. We went with my buddy Alex and his sister Claire (Alex is my buddy at preschool and also goes to my church). Elliot even had a good time looking at all the animals.

Myles Pledge Of Alligence

Well, I'm missing a few lines in there, ... but not too bad for only having recited it 7 times so far. :)

I Said, I WANT A JUICE BOX!

....fine, I guess I will just help myself!

Go Broncos!!!

Mumma and Daddy took me to my very first football game. We went the home opener for Western Michigan University. ....and it was SWEET! Too bad I was so tired from all of my jumping at Billys birthday party (just before the game). I think the best part of the game was not seeing Buster Bronco, the fireworks, or the band, but the passenger train that went by the stadium during the game. :)

Jungle Joes

I went to my friend Billys 4th birthday party at a place called Jungle Joes. It's a big room filled with all sorts of blow up jumpy things. Mason and I did NOT stop for nearly one and half hours!!! I even got up the courage to climb up (and slide down) the biggest slide they had. I think Mumma got a little nervous that once I actually got to the top, she should have to scale the climbing wall and come rescue me..... ha! Not this time Mumma!!!!

Elliot a Go Go

If I'm in the room, don't expect to sit down....cuz I don't! I'm still not walking (although I'm pretty sure I could if I actually tried...) but that doesn't stop me from doing whatever I want to do. One of my favorite outside toys is the Cozy Coupe (aka Fred Flintstone car), I can play for a long time just "driving" in my car. :)

Hilltop Preschool

I had my first official day of preschool today. I am going to the preschool at my church. I go Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 3 hours each day. I LOVE it!!! You shouldda seen all of those babies crying when their Mummas left.... not me.... I ran off without even saying goodbye. (Although Mumma did make me come back and give her some sugar before she left.)

This week my classroom job is to hold the flag when we Pledge Alligence, pretty kewl job, huh!? I will have a different job each week. Our first field trip is to a local apple cider mill next week, that's gonna so much fun!

A Weekend with Wes

I got to spend Labor Day weekend with my cousin Wes. Can you believe he's 6 months old already??? It was nice just being able to hang with Wes without my brother coming over and budding in! I think one day, very soon, the two of us will be best buddies. We already are pretty scrappy with one another, so the next few years should be pretty interesting! :)

Geeks

....well.... like they say, a picture says a thousand words. I can think of one good one.... GEEKS!!!

Tractor Ride

....sound familiar at all??? Those were about the first words of my mouth, and it looks like they might be the same for Elliot too! Just like me, he LOVES to go on a tractor ride, and I like it too, cuz then I get to drive (because Daddys hands are full!).

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Mmmmm.... Birthday Cake!!!

Day out with Thomas

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I think I have had the BEST day EVER.... Mumma, Daddy, Elliot, and Grammy and Grampy took me to the Day out with Thomas at the Huckleberry Railroad in Flint. Seriously, this was the kewlest thing I have seen. There were many different things to see/do like a tattoo station, train tables galore, storytelling, Sir Topham Hatt, inflatable jumers, bubbles, I could go on and on.... It was soooo hot, but that didn't slow me down. I was still so excited on the way home that I didn't even take a nap and would not be quiet! I think Elliot had a good time and was a trooper for being in the hot stroller all day.

Kalamazoo County Fair

We went to the Kalamazoo County fair one sunny (super!) hot afternoon. I just LOVE going to fairs. Elliot likes them too, but all he can really do now is people watch (and who doesn't like to people watch at a fair!?). I got to pet a piglet that was just one day old. I ate some yummy french fries and the best part....yehp.... the rides!!! I'll let you guess from the pictures below which was my favorite ride.... :)

(yehp, the train was my favorite ride)

Here Comes Trouble

Boy have I had some busy days lately.... Crawling from room to room, pulling myself up to get into anything possible, oh, and then there's the bottom drawer of the kitchen island where Mumma stores these awesome loud clangy things (aka metal lids).

I had my ear tubes put in on Aug 5 (see picture below), and so far, so good! I have been ear infection free since mid July!!!! A new record for me. I did great during my procedure, but was a bit cranky for a few hours following. But by the end of the day, I was back to my happy go lucky self.

Are You Sure We're Brothers, Mumma???

Well, here we are.... each ONE year old. I think Elliot looks totally buff in his one year picture! Elliot is now 19 pounds and 29 inches, which moves him up to the 10% percentile for weight and 25% for height. His one year check up went great and he is now pulling himself up and standing (which as you may recall, for him, is a pretty big step seeing as how he wouldn't even let his feet touch the ground a week ago!). When I turned one, I weight 18.4 pounds and was 28 inches, so I guess in that regard...we ARE brothers. :)

Elliots' One Year Pictures

...what...?? Did you expect anything less than these darling shots!?