October was fantastic! Hank continued to enjoy school, violin and playing with his friends and cousins. The weather in Texas is always interesting and we ended up having rather summer-like weather for a good part of the month. Hank was especially pleased about this as it meant he got to enjoy some time playing in splash pads and visiting parks after school. So much fun!
Tyler and Sarah went on a winery tour with Sarah’s parents (Hank’s Grandma and Grandpa) and had a blast visiting various vineyards, tasting lots of wine and going to the famous OktoberFest in Fredericksburg. It was a lovely time and we purchased lots of delicoious wine.
Hank’s GG and Grandad (Tyler’s parents) came for a visit in October – twice! They came while Tyler and Sarah went to Fredericksburg and Hank had some early birthday fun with them, and then they came again later in the month with Hank’s cousins, Ainsley and Dalton for Hank’s birthday party (more on that in another post coming soon). As always, we had a great time visiting with them.
Our friend, Heather, came into town this month and we had a great time visiting TechShop with her. Hank was fascinated by the 3D printer and announced that we need to get one for our house so he can “make anything I want to!”. And he had a blast learning about electricity and decided he wanted to experiment with conductivity for his science fair project. Hank also began basketball this month and he absolutely loved it!
Lots of friends and family with birthdays in October so we had fun celebrating. Halloween was also this month. Hank decided he wanted to be a black widow spider so we worked together as a family to make his costume, which he loved! One of his friends, Ethan, had a Halloween-themed birthday party and Hank was thrilled to get to wear his Halloween costume more than once. He also decided he should have a pinata at his party since so many of his pals had them at thiers and they provided lots and lots of fun. At Ethan’s party, after all the children had several swings at the pinata, the hosts asked Tyler to help move things along so everyone could enjoy the candy. What can we say, pinatas are fun!
Hank visited Dr. Travis for his 6 year check up (!) and all is well – he’s healthy! Can you believe he’s alreayd 6 years old?! We took so many photos at his party that it will have its own entry next time we update the blog. For now, hHere are some photos of some of our other October fun in no particular order.
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