Jack-o-Lanterns

We carved our pumpkins tonight. Only two of them though. The little ones are being saved to use throughout the season (and then to be shot gun targets after Thanksgiving).

Garrett participated much more than he has in the past. Daddy even let him help cut out the pieces.

Pumpkin Patch... Round 2

On Sunday Garrett had to take his new cousin to see the pumpkin patch. I think this is about as close to Tyler as he has ever been.

Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Garrett went on his second field trip. This time they got to ride the yellow school bus all the way to Medina to the Pumpkin Patch. I was so excited to take a day off and spend it just being mommy.

Getting his whole class together was like herding chickens. We never could get everyone looking the same direction.

Here is Garrett and his friend Caleb trying on hats while making scarecrows.

Automatic Pony Feeder

Well, its 7:30pm and since Bill fixed the deer feeder at about 4pm, Shasta has not left it. She is very impressed with her new automatic corn feeder. I really dont think we are going to get many deer at that pasture. Lately I have seen most of our deer down by the water trough in the catch. I guess that they drink there at night and nest into the thick trees. I have seen about 6 decent bucks. I wonder if any of them are the little twins that used to hide infront of the house.

Garrett's First Field Trip

Thursday, October 9th

Garrett went on his very first field trip with his classmates. He was so excited he finally got to ride in a yellow school bus.

The field trip was to the pet store. He really loved the fish and the birds. However he did not want to pet the soft white bunny rabbit, but he did pet the Iguana and the ferrett.... Go Figure .... Stay tuned his next field trip is to the Pumpkin Patch in a couple of weeks it should be lots of fun.

A walk with Shasta

We have been trying to be more active. I am hoping that if we eat early and do something like go for a walk that I will start feeling better. So tonight we decided to take Shasta with us. Garrett has ridden her on a few occassions, but this is the first time he went all the way down the road. Shasta wasnt particularly thrilled, but I think she was happy with the big hug she got when we came back to the house.

Fall Day of Fishing

The weather has been so beautiful lately. I think I spend a lot of time just trying to come up with reasons for us to go outside. Garrett has become obsessed with fishing. Of course, he seems to think that you go fishing at HEB, but we are working on that. (wonder what his Daddy has been telling him!)

So on Satuday we went to the Guadalupe with Granny & Daddad and Candy, Travis, & Tyler. It was Tyler first fishing trip, but I honestly dont think he was very into the fishing. Garrett on the other hand seemed to really love it. For a 3 yr old he shows a lot of patience. We were only catching little perch, but they do put up a good fight. Daddad seemed to have a knack for hitting just the right hole to catch them. So Garrett had lots of chances to reel one in. By the end of the day he was wanting to touch the fish as we caught them. He even waved goodbye to them as they swam away (to grow up into bigger fish for next time.) We need to have more days like this.