Annual Orchard Trip!

This weekend we did our annual trip to Edward's Orchard. I had a lot of fun as usual, and then on the way home, we got to stop and see Great Grandma and Great Aunt Mary before they head to warmer Texas for the winter.

First, I had to show some pictures of trying out my Thor wig. I gave Mommy some great expressions, don't you think!

 

 Mommy tortured Sam by trying to put it on him. Sorry Mommy, no little girl pictures for you!

The trip to the orchard started out pretty chilly and windy, but it got much better!

Let's go find some donuts and the play area!

Sam's all bundled up so he is fine!

The annual picture by the sign...

I was helping Sam out at lunch time. I'm such a good big brother (well, some of the time anyway!).

I rode a pony all by myself. I  went through pretty much all emotions on this 5 minute ride. I started out scared, went to sad and then happy.

Here you can kind of see that I am smiling through my little tears...

My silly bear had to pretend he was a turkey!

 My turn!

At Great-Grandma's house! Sam is trying to figure out how to open his treat bag.

Mommy tried all day to get good pictures of the two of us with our Halloween shirts. This is pretty much how all of them turned out. Neither one of us looking at the camera, and one lying down or rolling around.

The puppy!

Have a great week! I'll be back with more Halloween pictures after Wednesday!

First Trick or Treat!

I had my first trick or treat event today...the Sun Prairie Halloween Spooktacular (where you go trick or treat at the businesses). We made it for about an hour before it started raining.

Grandma, Grandpa and Great Aunt Mary were nice enough to take me and Sam this year!

Here I am as Thor!

Getting all set to go!

Sam got lots of attention at each place. He was a little bewildered by it all.

Here I am with He-Man, but everyone thought he was Thor too so we got a picture!

We had a great time and love doing this before Halloween officially comes!

Birthday Party Weekend!

Well, almost a week later, and my birthday is just finishing up! I had a great time turning 4!

Here I am with my Build A Bear house for Opie (that's what I named my bear...I'm not telling why I picked that name though).

One of my new favorite things to do is play hide and seek. I hide by myself and Mommy and Sam hide together (usually). This time Mommy hid Sam by himself in my closet! Sam was pretty happy about this. Now he just needs to work on being quiet and still when he hides (I need a little work on that too though!).

Now, on to my birthday party! Mommy got more pictures of Sam than me before the party because I was so wild and running around that she couldn't get me still enough to take a picture.

Here's half of the birthday crowd...we're getting ready to play a game.

Here's the game...pin the star on Captain America's shield. Can you tell that I was super excited for everyone to play? And I mean everyone played!

Here I am going first. This was pretty easy. I didn't quite realize that peeking from underneath the blindfold was cheating!

Uncle Jay was a little too tall for the game :)

No, no Great Aunt Mary, you are off the board!

I was trying to convince Grandma where to put hers!

Grandpa is not very close I don't think!

Opening presents! I got a Buzz Light Year and Woody! I think their sayings are pretty funny!

Sam was busy watching the Packer game and yelling at the players.

No Sam, it's not your birthday yet!

With my Super Hero Squad Dairy Queen cake!

Playing Hi Ho Cherry-o with Great Aunt Mary. I'm getting bolder with this game. At first when I won, I would whisper, "I get to say Hi Ho Cherry-o" and then I would say in a nervous voice "Hi Ho Cherry-o".This game is a hit! I even play it by myself.

I had a great birthday and enjoyed all my presents and the company! Tomorrow I go to the Doctor for my 4-year old checkup. I am anxious to see how tall I am because Mommy and Daddy say I have really grown recently!

Children's Museum and Birthdays!

Well, as I write this post, my birthday isn't over yet, but I have so many pictures that I thought I might need two posts.

 

This past weekend Mommy took Sam to the Children's Museum with Katie and Natalie since Sam had never been there and he is free for 3 more weeks :)

 

He had a great time crawling around exploring..

 

Very proud of himself and giving the cheesy smile...

Sam would have stayed in here all day!

Sam and Natalie flying the helicoptor...

The hair dryers weren't very interesting at all...the button on the chair on the otherhand was fascinating!

Natalie is very happy after a yummy lunch!

Another proud smile since he is holding the big cup all by himself!

Celebrating Uncle Jay's birthday. He blew the candles out so quickly that I was still trying to get ready and they were all blown out!

Playing together!

Ok, enough of that. Here is what we do more of...wrestling!

Frosting my cupcakes for my birthday treat at preschool (disclaimer by Mommy: these cupcakes were eaten by the family. Mommy frosted the b-day cupcakes first and then let me at it. I have a tendency to still lick the knife when I frost things)

 Sam wants to help!

At Chuck E Cheese for my birthday!

 Sam says, "let me at that pizza!"

Sam enjoying his ride with Chuck E.

I ran a horse race!

 All of us boys playing skee ball (not sure if that is how you spell it?)

Riding the roller coaster..

 Next stop is Build a Bear to build my very own Captain America Bear...

Here I am pushing the pedal for the stuffing.

Giving him an air bath...

Brushing him...

At home with the finished product...

More birthday pictures to come!