GGYR Pumpkin Patch

Have I mentioned lately that I have the best husband ever? Well I do. Today he was a major trooper! The poor guy worked all night long and then stayed up all day with only a 2 or 3 hour nap so that we could have a fun Saturday.  I love that he is such a family man and sucker for these boys :)

This morning we woke up and headed across town to the Galloping Grace Youth Ranch Pumpkin Patch. Man that's a mouth full! There is the neat organiziation here that does this free Pumpkin patch every year. They survive off of the donations made and by the sale of the pumpkins.

They had bunnnies (Levi wouldn't stop talking to them), Turkies, goats, sheep, horses, ducks, chickens, and probably more that I can't remember

 All I could think of was, will this poor guy make it through Thanksgiving?

 Trying to bowl...

 The had real ducks watching the duck races.  Lucas could pump that water faster than any of the other kids there I swear! He had a blast with them!

 Corn pit

 What studs :)

14 months!

Where does the time fly?? Levi is 14 months already and getting to be such a big boy!

* on our home scale he was 22lbs

* Still pretty much only says Mama, Dada, Da-ee (can you tell who his favorite is), GGUs, Yeah

* Walks rarely and only when the mood strikes, otherwise still boot-scootin

* LOVES to watch Rio

* Loves to see animals, but only likes it when Gus touches him (other dogs tend to freak him out if they get close)

* Super hilarious! - especially at bedtime

* LOVES his big brother Lucas

* Gives the best hugs, kisses the air, but NEVER actually kisses your face

* likes to try and use forks, but thinks spoons are just meant for making messes

* Still takes two naps and sleeps at night - always puts himself to sleep (and has for at least 8 months) - I lay him down and walk out of the room, and usually not a peep.

* Takes a bottle in the morning still cause he doesn't really like big breakfasts and tends to wake up before Lucas anyway and I am not doing breakfast twice! (Oh and he has been waking up around 5 am - teething? - the past couple of mornings so I give him a bottle then too, to get him to sleep for another hour or two)

 What is this silly face about?

 I gave him a cookie and this is what I found

 He didn't care to eat the cookie.  Just wanted to smash the Reese's Pieces so he could dig out the innards to eat.

Notice the chocolate face? This day was too funny! I call Levi my little Brazilian boy because he loves all things Brazil.  From the music, the movies, to the FOOD.  He loves Esfihas, Pao de Queijo, Arroz e Feijao, Pudim de Leite Condensado, and SONHO DE VALSA. For a kid who isn't super into food, this is a big deal.

So this kid is in love with a Brazilian chocolate called Sonho de Valsa.  It is a favorite among my entire family so it's only fitting that he follow suit.  Anyway, I was cooking in the kitchen and could hear Levi coming to me from the family room, whining all the way.  When he got to me he was holding an empty Sonho de Valsa wrapper that he had found tucked into a couch cushion! (I hid it from him a few days earlier because he spotted it and wanted one, but it was dinner time) He gave it to me and continued to whine until I gave him a new one to eat!

KAFB Open House

Although they weren't calling it an air show, we had an "Open House" (aka mini air show) here on base. I had never been to anything like that so I convinced Brian the boys would love it and boy was I right! Notice all the outfit changes? Well we layered...a lot! It was super cold when we got there but the sun warmed things up a bit.

 Old tanks and jeeps

 Opening ceremonies - guy parachuted with the flag! The train PJ's here in KAFB so they had a lot of them going through the opening ceremonies

 Brian was such a trooper, patiently waiting in line FOREVER to walk through one of the planes that he works in everyday. It was fun for the boys and I to get a little tour of the C-130

 All bundled up

 Brian showed us the potty. Honestly if he didn't point it out I would have missed it.  Now how would you like to be a girl who has to go?

 The C-130

 Lucas got to sit in the seat and pretend to fly several helicopters

 The gatling. I think that's what it's called anyway..

 The Thunderbirds!

 Lucas wanted a picture by this plane.  Then he was too busy playing with the little airplane I had just bought him to even look at the yellow plane or the camera!

Someone had just about enough cooperating for the day

 Fire Trucks!!

 Look closely, see who's inside?

My little trooper :) He stayed happy playing with his airplane and eating cheese and cookies.

Balloon Fiesta

Once again Balloon Fiesta came and went, and we never went! It's hard to want to drag the kids out of bed so early but if we're here next year, I am so doing it!  On the last morning of the Fiesta, the balloons came to us.  We heard a loud noise outside, looked out back, and there were several balloons.  Two of those balloons passed right over our house!

Lucas' first solo prayer!

I am just a beaming Momma right now :)  For the past month Lucas has been wanting to say his own night time prayer (usually I just said one as part of our bedtime routine).  He always needed help and would just repeat what I would say for him.  Tonight he did it all by himself! I thought it was too cute not to journal

Lucas:
"Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for our blessings.
Please bless Daddy that he will be safe at work.
Please bless Tia Quelquel that she can get better.
Please bless Vovo that she can get healthy and strong.
Please bless Daddy....*quietly* Mom what's next?"

Me: "In the name.."

Lucas:
"In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."