My Little Turkey

I picked up Daniel from the sitter's the other day, and he was wearing this hat. Too cute not to share! Happy Thanksgiving!

Football Player

The week after going to the Tech game, Daniel was ready to play football. He came out of his room with a winter mitten on one hand and while holding another, asked me, "Mommy, could you help me put this glove on?" I put it on his other hand, and he said, "Now I'm like a football player!" He started running around the room, then paused and said, "Mommy, where's my helmet?" Well, we don't have a football helmet, but we do have a gladiator helmet, so we pulled that out of the closet, along with his football. He ran all over the living room in that gear. He would throw the football up and then fall on the ground "like a football player!"

TTU vs Baylor

We went to the Tech v Baylor game in October with David's family. This was Daniel's first football game! I was surprised that he made it through the whole first half without having to leave his seat. We stayed and watched the bands at half-time and then spent the rest of the game walking around and enjoying his first lemonade icee.

We had really good seats (thanks, Uncle Brian!) for all the front-row action. He loved seeing Raider Red and the Masked Rider. He was really good about putting his guns up and saying, "Go Texas Tech!" He also liked the huge TECH flags that they waved, and he made his own with a blanket and stick when he got home the next week. We even made it on national TV! That's what you get when you're in the front row and you've got a cute kid!

The game was at the state fairgrounds, so we also got to enjoy the petting zoo and a little farm they had set up for toddlers/preschoolers. The petting zoo was really cool - they had goats, cows, a giraffe, ostriches, kangaroos, zebras, all sorts of things you wouldn't normally find in a petting zoo! Daniel seemed to like the goats the best.

The farm was really cool too. He got to put on a little apron and take his basket around to work on the farm (collecting peaches, eggs, wool, etc., planting crops, milking a cow, and even driving a tractor)! At the end, he sold all of his goods to a "farmer's market" and earned a "dollar" that he used in the store to buy peanut butter crackers. This might have been the highlight of the trip!

Pumpkin Patch

I'm going to try and update some of the pics from October - oops! Here is our trip to the pumpkin patch with the Calvo's. Daniel and Riley really enjoyed it this year. Last year it was a bit windy, and they were a bit young, but this year it really was perfect! They ran around picking up as many pumpkins as they could, and then they got to pick some to take home. (Later Daniel helped me pull out the seeds and turn the pumpkin into pumpkin bread!) We also enjoyed a hay ride while we were there. Daniel thought it was pretty cool to be pulled around by a tractor, but the big hit of the day (for Daniel at least) was "driving" the John Deere tractor they had. He could have stayed on that thing all day! He doesn't look super happy in the pic, but believe me, he loved it.

I Cannot Tell a Lie

We've figured out how to get the truth out of Daniel - not that he's really trying to lie to us. He's just grumpy sometimes. When Daniel hasn't had enough sleep, he tends to say "no" to everything you ask him. David will ask him, "Did you play with your toys today?" Daniel will say, "NO, I DID NOT PLAY WITH MY TOYS TODAY!" Etc., etc.

We recently stumbled upon a truth serum though. And our new game goes something like this:

David: Did you play with your toys today?
Daniel: NO, I DID NOT PLAY WITH MY TOYS TODAY!
David: Raise your hand if you played with your toys today.
And Daniel's hand shoots into the air!

It works almost every time! Apparently he hasn't figured out how to control his arm yet and it must tell the truth at all times. I hope he keeps that up as a teenager. It could come in handy!