The weather has been lovely and we’ve been enjoying our time together outside as much as possible. Hank has had a few play dates and picnics with some friends at a few parks and we’ve also gone to a few fall festivals over the past week. Last weekend, we had our nephew, Michael, over for a sleepover. He and Hank had a great time watching, “Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and eating pizza and popcorn. After Hank went to bed, Tyler and I took turns playing, “Batman the Brave and the Bold” on the Wii with Michael. At one point (after I’d punched out several evil gorillas and robots), Michael declared, “Wow! – I will never underestimate a female gamer again!”. And my first Facebook wall post was born…
boys night in
We took Michael and Hank to a fall festival put on by our church and they had a blast! It was a lovely surprise having some of the horses from Northwind Farm there. Northwind Farm is a non profit organization that has therapeutic activities with miniature horses for various clients. I was told they do a lot of work with autistic people and children’s grief therapy. How cool is that? Hank and Michael really enjoyed getting to brush some of the horses. The boys consumed all sorts of fabulous junk food, cotton candy, popcorn, snow cones and of course, candy. Hank didn’t want to try the cotton candy, but he did have his first lollipop and his first snow cone at the festival and he approved of both of them. Michael had fun in the bounce house (Hank was more interested in the games and the band so he didn’t visit the bounce house for his age group) and on the cakewalk. We took a relaxing hayride part way through the festival, it was all a really fun time!
Hank is ready to put some treats in his bag
A few days, prior to that, I took Hank to a fall festival put on by the parks and recreation department in conjunction with the library. It was an Old MacDonald’s Farm theme and was super cute. Hank enjoyed playing the games and going on a hayride with some of his pals. Hank really enjoyed doing the bowling and throwing games. Maybe we’ll have to take him to the bowling alley sometime… Hank had a special dinner with his Grandma and Grandpa last week to celebrate his birthday (they weren’t available to come to his party so we celebrated with them later). Hank ate all the icing off his cupcake and then asked Grandpa for his. Hank went to the doctor for his 2 year check up and the doctor said all is well. He seemed very impressed with Hank, but I think that may have more to do with the fact that Hank said, “Hi Dr. Travis!” when he came in the room and shook his hand when it was time to say goodbye than his weight (26 lb, 8 oz) or height (34 3/4 inches) or anything like that. It was very cute and it always makes us proud when Hank chooses to use his good manners. We’ve played at various parks with friends over the past week or so and that’s been so fun, watching the kids play together and discover their worlds.
Hank gives Cody a hug
On Saturday night, Tyler and Hank took a special trip to Arlington to catch part of the World Series. Hank hung out with his GG while Tyler and his dad (Hank’s Grandad) went to a Cowboys and a Rangers game in the same day. While the Rangers didn’t win the World Series, Tyler and his dad had a wonderful time and it was so cool for them to be there for the final game in the series and to see the Giants first World Series win for San Francisco. Pretty cool. I’m sure we’ll put some photos from that adventure up later, but for now, here are some photos from various park outings and fall festivals. Enjoy!
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