Halloween Celebrations

This week at Walker's school they are celebrating Halloween. All this week they will be exploring different Halloween activities. Today they carved a GIANT pumpkin. Some of his classmates were afraid, but Walker jumped right in and helped hollow out the pumpkin. I'm sure it was very messy when they pulled out the seeds. I can only imagine what they all must have looked like. I can't wait to see the pictures his teachers took today. They will also be toasting and tasting the pumpkin seeds. They are reading books, singing songs and learning finger plays all about pumpkins!!! Walker will miss the Halloween party on Friday, so he helped me last night decorate chocolate eyeball cupcakes to share with his friends today. He decorated them so well.

Last week to kick off pumpkins in his class they were each given a small pumpkin to paint. We brought his home from school today to enjoy. As you can see he was trying to launch it off the couch. He was successful, bouncing the pumpkin on the hardwoods and hitting the wall making a huge orange mark on the wall:)

We can't wait to go trick-or-treating this weekend at Moppy's house. Walker is going to be very short giraffe:) Happy Halloween Week!!

Can you say, "PUMPKINS":)

We had another wonderful weekend full of pumpkins. We went to the Fall Festival at Brookgreen Gardens on Saturday and had a really great time. Brookgreen is such a beautiful place to visit during any season. We enjoyed picking out pumpkins, admiring the scarecrow contest, face painting and the zoo. Walker loved visiting with Ms. Scarecrow and he hoped up on the hay to wave to her.

Walker enjoyed walking around and picking the flowers. Ssshhh, we tried not to let anyone see us pulling the flowers:) We also enjoyed visiting the zoo and seeing the cows, sheep, horses and birds. Brookgreen has a very small zoo and Walker loves to see the animals. Check out my two favorite boys in the entire world holding hands....soooo irresistible:)

We tried to let the nice lady paint a pumpkin on Walker's face, but he wasn't too sure. He settled for a pumpkin on his arm. He kept touching it through out the day. He didn't really understand why he couldn't pull it off.

We met up with Walker's friend JD while we were there. We found JD playing in the pumpkins. They were trying very very hard to pick up the "ball" and toss it to each other. Walker calls the pumpkins, "balls":) I thought the first picture of them looks like Walker's saying, "Alright how are we going to pick up this giant ball together?" These two boys are the cutest and they really enjoy spending time together. We can't wait to see JD and his mom again very soon.

Pumpkin Day

On Saturday we headed to Pumpkin Day at Indigo Farms. We weren't sure what to expect, but oh how much fun!! They had goats, horses, chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, ducks, pony rides, hay rides, pig racing and lots of pumpkins. Walker was in total heaven seeing and petting all of the animals. The animals were so friendly and would come right up to the fence. As we would approach the animals Walker would practice his animal noises....he was so cute. Also, he is reaching for our hands now to hold. It's so awesome to be able to hold his little hand!

Walker was not scared at all to pet the animals. He loved petting the goats and looking at the goose. Mr. Goose had a very funny personality. Walker walked around saying, "Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck". He thought Mr. Goose was hysterical.

He had a blast sliding down in the apple box. I think he would have stayed there all day if we would have let him. Two slides were set up and the little kids loved it.

They had a tee pee, a house and different animals built out of corn stalks. He had a blast running in and out of the house and the tee pee. The donkey made out of corn stalks was very cool too.

We are actually in the market to find a really large box. It's amazing how the simplest things can be so much fun. They built little forts using these large boxes and Walker had a blast climbing in and out of the box. He was literally squealing and laughing the entire time we were there. The three of us had so much fun and can't wait to go back.

"Boo Boo Report" & Ribbie

Yes, last week when I picked up Walker I found not one, but two "Boo Boo Reports" in his basket. I was shocked to find that it wasn't biting, but instead he fell down twice in a matter of 30 minutes. First time he fell off a little rocking horse and the second time he tripped, bit his tongue and bruised his chin. Poor thing, I felt so bad for him. I guess you could say he didn't have a very good morning that day:(

Ribbie had her second surgery last week. This time it was to repair and add tissue around her knee cap. After her ACL surgery her knee started to pop out of socket. The doggy orthopedic said this happens to a very small percentage of dogs after ACL surgery. The good news is her screws and plate are healing well, but she is not walking like she should be. This sets her release back a couple of weeks, but we hope to have our little girl back as soon as possible.

Walker loves to play in Ribbie's crate. Walker is helping me put clean blankets in her crate. He also loves to open the door and get in with Ribbie. It is actually very funny, especially if you could see Ribbie's face:) I will try and catch a picture of Ribbie sharing her bed with Walker:)

What's My Name?

I only have so much longer before Walker can't wear things that are mongrammed or smocked, so I'm taking full advantage of dressing Walker these days. A friend introduced me to a really cute blog. I just couldn't resist ordering Walker a few things. I wanted to show you how adorable he looks in his new shirts. They turned out so good and I can't wait to order him more.


I love the candy corn for Halloween. Candy corn is also one of Daddy's favorite things to snack on this time of year. He is just so cute, don't you think...makes you want to eat him to pieces:)

I love this applique. Daddy is addicted to golf just like his great grandparents, so I thought it would be perfect for him. Wouldn't he be so darn cute out on the course hitting balls with Daddy, Beck & Moke wearing his shirt:)

If you are interested, check out http://www.monogramminmomma.blogspot.com/.

My First Trip to the Zoo

Today we loaded up and headed to the Riverbank Zoo in Columbia. Patrick and I could hardly wait to get there. It's all we've talked about all week long. To be able to enjoy the animals through Walker's eyes and expressions today was unbelievable. The memories we made together today, I will never forget. Walker was in heaven walking around and pointing at all the animals. We could tell he was taking it all in and enjoying every animal exhibit there. I do apologize we took a lot of pictures and I had a very hard time choosing which ones I would share with you. As you will see I posted a lot of our day. I hope you enjoy!

The gorilla exhibit was amazing. They were definitely enjoying a cool Sunday morning. This BIG guy was resting right up against the glass. His hands were HUGE.

Walker loved the elephants. Elephants are one of his favorite animals. You ask him what sound an elephant makes and he will raise his arm like an elephants trunk. These big guys were very active. We were hoping for some noise, but they just walked around.

He loved the aquarium and watching all of the fish swim around. In the first picture he is doing his "fish face". He thought he was big stuff being able to stand and touch the glass.

Walker was able to pet the goats and the bunnies at the barnyard exhibit. He also got to pet one of the giraffes. They have a deck that looks out over the giraffes and he was right there just saying hi to everyone.

The monkeys were amazing. They were very very vocal and playful while we were there. We watched them swing around for about 20 minutes. Walker would not stop pointing at them. We enjoyed them so much we decided to sit down and enjoy our picnic lunch. What little boy got to eat his PB&J sandwich and banana while watching the monkeys today. Walker wasn't sure about the birds. We were feeding them nectarine out of a little plastic cup. Walker showed a little bit of fear. Check out his face.....Daddy.....okay I didn't know birds could get so close...I thought they just flew in the sky...not on your hand:)

Our last and final stop was the carousel. Walker loved riding on the fierce tiger. We had an absolute ball and can't wait to go back. I think each time will be so different as Walker continues to grow. We had a ball!!!!