Yoda at the Carnival

Last year Tigger went to Highland's fall carnival and last night Yoda went. And we also had fun with Cici, Emi, and her friend Christian who all came from Abilene to join us.

The sponge toss was set up in my classroom - when the class I sponsor (the 8th graders) chose sponge toss I was unaware that because of construction all the booths would be set up in classrooms, but it turned out to be less of a mess than I pictured, so it all worked out okay.

Cici and Yoda watching the sponge toss (which consists of people paying to throw wet, whipped cream, or shaving cream at 8th graders) - it was a huge hit!

Milo met up with his friend Jolenn and she helped him play all the little kid games.

So many people kind of overwhelmed little Yoda.

Observing the craziness in Momma's classroom.

Selling chances for a $50 Academy giftcard.

Daddy and Milo left before the play, but the rest of us stayed to play bingo and cakewalk. Christian won a red velvet cake and Cici won a pumpkin full of cookies. So this morning Milo had cake for breakfast. At first he was fine using a fork, and then he discovered it was faster to shovel it in with his hand. Good thing Milo likes cake as we enter Birthday Season around here.

Pumpkin Patch

We took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch this Saturday and got a few cute pictures before the camera battery died. Milo was a good sport, even though he was just coming off of strep throat and hadn't had a nap all day.

Through Daddy's Eyes

Since I got an iphone (thank you Travis!!) I've been taking pictures on that and posting them on facebook instead of updating the blog, but Travis has been taking pictures on his camera so this post will be pictures that he's taken the past few weeks.

I can't believe Milo is almost 2! He's changing so much every day - he's starting to talk a lot more and he loves to help us, whether we're cleaning or cooking, he just wants to do what we do.

Travis has been making brownies as a fundraiser for the Ceramics field trip, and Milo's been a big help with that.

Eating a cookie and playing the drums.

I love how excited he gets when he plays the drums, and how expressive his face is. It really shows off his personality.

The thing I'll definitely remember most about Milo at this age is his animal noises. When you ask him what a bird says, he squints his eyes in a certain way and says "tweet tweet tweet" really softly and just melts my heart. And according to Milo, dogs don't say "ruff ruff" ... when you ask him what a dog says he pants real hard. You can tell he's been around dogs a lot!

Football + Fair = Fun Weekend!

The amount of fun Milo had this weekend was measured best by how late he slept in the next day. Friday night he went to the Highland football game and Saturday morning he slept in till after 9. Saturday night he went to the West Texas Fair and Sunday morning he slept in till almost 11.

He had fun cheering on the Hornets! He was watching, and clapping, and dancing with the cheerleaders. He high-fived everyone around us when we made a touchdown. And then he got invited to play the drums. The only thing he didn't enjoy was Sporty, the mascot. He's not too sure about a giant hornet trying to high five him!

Saturday morning, sneaky boy made a mess in his room...

Then off to the fair! Aunt Emi did his hair just for the occasion.

We went to the petting zoo first.



We had some dinner.

Milo's favorite part of the fair was the train....he learned to say "Toot toot!" He can't wait until next year when he can ride it all by himself, but this year he had fun riding it with Daddy first, then Cici.

Then he and Daddy went on the obstacle course. He wasn't too sure at first, but then he had fun climbing.

Milo played a couple games and won a giraffe!

Toward the end of the night he was getting sleepy, but he still had fun sharing a turkey leg with Emi.

Milo thoroughly enjoyed his first trip to the fair and can't wait to go again next year!

What a smile!

Milo has had a lot to smile about the past few days - and while he's been way too busy to sit and pose for a picture, I've gotten some fun "in the moment" pictures.

On Friday, we watched Jolenn before the Highland football game since her mom had gate duty. I have never seen Milo show off so much. They had fun dancing, jumping, playing catch, playing with playdough, playing catch with playdough.

Then we went to the game and Milo stuffed his face with french fries and ran around a lot.

Yesterday was a relaxing rainy day at home and Milo decided to play peek-a-boo with his "pack-pack."

It was this outfit with his jeans and tennis shoes that made us realize yesterday that our baby is really a little boy now.

A boy and his kitty

Milo loves all his pets, but especially Tater (his kitty). And kudos to Tater for being so patient with a curious little boy.

Dancing in the rain

Last night we were planning to go to the Highland football game, but just before we started getting ready to go it started pouring down rain. So Milo got to play in the rain instead. He had so much fun - he was just laughing and running and jumping.

Still pictures weren't quite catching the mood, so Travis switched to video. Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzptLbJsF5g to see it!

Now time for photo catch up - first, from last weekend, two little monkeys eating bananas.

And from last month, checking out the headlines.