A Day Out With Thomas

Wyatt is a huge Thomas fan. We're talking huge. He eats, sleeps, and plays all day around Thomas. So we knew as soon as Thomas came to town we had to go. Grami bought tickets months ago!! Finally this weekend arrived and Wyatt got to meet Thomas!!!!

He of course was very excited!! And said "Wow! He's Big!" when he touched Thomas. Oh and he said, "His buffers are so clean!" Lol.

Here are some pics from the event.

Thomas pulling the Grapevine Vintage Railroad cars.

Meeting Thomas

About to get on the train!

Giving Papaw kisses!

Wyatt riding on Thomas!

That's it for us for today!! Spring is here so many more adventures are on the horizon!!! Bluebonnets should be coming up soon!!

Farm Boy

Well we have made it the entire month and went to pick up Mickey and Minnie our new baby goats today!!! We decided since they are tiny to take them home in a dog kennel. Saves a lot of gas from taking the trailer!! Plus it was much easier to drive! Wyatt was so excited and he thought it was hilarious that the goats were in the back of the Tahoe. Everytime they talked he would talk back to them. Pretty cute.

Our initial introduction to Meg didn't go so well. . she kept trying to run them into the fence so we kicked her out of her pen and will let her get to know them from outside the pen for a few days before I add them all together.

Mickey and Minnie are just adorable!! They are super tame and are going to be so much fun!!!

So of course I took a lot of pictures!!!

Mickey Mouse. (was going to just be Mickey but Wyatt insists his whole name is "Mickey Mouse" and I've learned not to argue with a 2 year old.

New home. They are so tiny!!

Wyatt loves Minnie. Both the babies are very tame and didn't mind being held. It may look like he is holding on tight to her but he really wasn't!

Mickey is actually tamer than Minnie but not by much. He will actually come to you where Minnie waits for you to come to her. Wyatt was a good boy helping get them fed!

Siblings!! They are really attached to each other so I'm really glad they get to live out their lives together!! It must be hard to lose your Mommy! But they've got a built in buddy!

The peanut gallery. Sterling and Sonora were very interested in the new babies. (you can tell I just yelled at them to quit pushing on the fence because Sterling has backed away from it and Sonora is just pushing right on. Young animals of all species must have a filter in their brain for my voice. . )

Okay that's it from me!! It's becoming a regular old farm out here!! Now I just need Chickens!!

Snow in Texas!!

It's been a few days but I wanted to post some pics for those of you who haven't seen them. I copied and pasted from a forum I'm a member of. . sorry about that! It's midnight here and if I wrote much I'd be up until 1 a.m!!

Well it finally snowed. I didn't think we would get any this year then bam!! The most snow I've ever seen in my entire life fell! We got 9 inches which is a ton for this area! So of course all my pictures are of snow!

Wyatt and Daddy playing catch the snow on your tongue when it first started. . .




And being cute for Mommy's snow pictures


Not quite enough snow for snow angels yet. . just give it an hour!


Next morning it was great!! The snow was too powdery for Snow men which was sad but it was lots of fun to dig in and trudge through. . .

(the dirt at the top of that picture is the ground under our 'roof', so no snow there)





Then of course I had to take pictures of various critters in the snow.

Wyatt LOVES snow


I think the cardinals like the snow. . .


Clyde DOES NOT LIKE SNOW!


Piper LOVES Snow




The horses DO NOT LIKE SNOW!

Sterling needs a bath!! She is normally the color of the snow!! And she got a bath today, and then promptly rolled in the mud. I tell ya, it never ends around here. (oh and she broke her blanket so she was naked!)

Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo

Momma had a busy weekend! One of my best friends came up from College Station to show at the Fort Worth Stock Show and I of course went along as groom and company!! Lots of exhausting hours and it was the longest I've ever been away from Wyatt!! I dropped my boy off at Grami's on Thursday night and Daddy picked him up with Grandma to meet me at the Stock Show on Sunday!

Anyways, I had a great time and took a ton of pics. Not all of them are of Wyatt. . but I'll try and share just my favs here with ya'll and then some of Wyatt!

(for anyone interested in seeing a ton of horsey shots at the Palomino show feel free to visit my entire album in it's entirety but don't say I didn't warn you!)

Okay, here we go!

Friday night, Danna and Trigger warmed up outside the arena they were to compete in the next day. Trigger wasn't really being all that good a boy but he sure made some interesting shots possible. ..

Trigger is gorgeous! I must admit being around a show groomed horse made me feel like my kids are woolly yaks. Oh well.. . .Spring will be here before I know it!

Trigger sees the Justin arena for the first time. (I liked this one a lot)

Taken from the sky box area overhead. Danna really liked this shot. I was experimenting. There was a window in front of me with a really tight mesh pattern on it and I had to shoot through it. . . go me! Lol.

Taken on Sunday in the makeup area of the show ring. For some reason they got to show in the big arena that day so I was VERY excited to be able to take a ton of pictures!!!

Danna and Trigger in a special moment before their class.

Proof that we are in the big arena!!! This is were they hold the rodeo and when I was in High School I got to ride there a few times and it was amazing to me!! Funny how I'm still in awe of the arena today!

A really cool building at the Will Roger's complex.

Okay, now on to Wyatt!!

Wyatt helped Mommy pick stalls before Danna loaded Trigger up. . .

Then he gave Trigger some loving while Trigger finished his breakfast. Trigger had finished all his showing by this point and I'm pretty sure he was a happy boy.

Then we headed to the Midway after we said goodbye to Danna and Trigger. Daddy and Wyatt slid down the giant slide! Wyatt thought it was great!

Then my baby informed me I was "too big" to ride on the choo choo he wanted to ride on so he would "Do it by myself!" This was a very big moment for Mommy because I thought he was too young but he wasn't. He did great. Even let himself out of the seat when it was over. Sniff. My baby is growing up!!

Then my little brave man informed me that he wanted to ride on the Ferris Wheel . He also tried to inform Daddy and I that we were too big to ride with him but Mommy insisted he had to ride with Daddy. (Can you imagine!) Grandma and I decided to sit it out!

He was so proud of himself after he was done!! He came running over to see me!!! Such a cutie!!! I was proud of him too!

After that my camera and I had a bit of a falling out for a second and this cute shot was overexposed. But I'm including it anyways!

Watching the Hereford auction

Wyatt was really impressed by the Hereford auction. The West arena is famous for the fine auctions put on there. We had to sit and watch for a while. .

That's it for me! Sorry it has been so long between updates!! Life has been good and I guess I need to remember to update more!

Saying the darndest things!

Life is going very well at the moment! I haven't blogged in a while though so I thought I'd start a blog that lists the things Wyatt says that crack me up. It seems like everyday something new pops out of him and makes me wonder where he came up with it. (of course some things I KNOW the origin of. . )

Like "Oh Man!" which is from Grami
and "Shoot" which is from Papaw

Today after Greg told him "No." his reply was, "Don't talk to me like that Daddy." Which proceeded to crack me up for at least 10 minutes as it was an exact impression of me.

Yep my 2 year old has shown up and the terrible twos have ensued.

Last night as he was going to bed he cried "But I don't like going night-night!!!" Which I thought was a very well put together sentence, especially considering the duress he was under.

One day while shopping for muffins he said, "Momma! Let's get out of here, this place is crazy!!" I have no idea where that one came from.

I swear there are about 100 more that my poor brain can't recall. So I'm sure I'll be back to post some more. Such a fun age!

Normal!

Life has settled back into a normal routine. Well some-what normal routine. Wyatt and I have been out and about enjoying the area and have had some adventures we wanted to share!!

Thursday of last week Wyatt and I decided to head out and find adventure!! We decided to visit Cabelas for the first time. A lot of Moms had recommend that we visit and I can certainly see why!! There were stuffed critters everywhere!! They were set up in dioramas all over the place! Some of which were two stories high!! Wyatt kept pointing and staring every which way his eyes turned. There was a plane on the ceiling and muskox and polar bears, and moose, etc. . . . We spent two hours looking at critters. We also ate lunch at their little deli. It was very yummy and I enjoyed my lunch date. Then to wrap things up we sampled fudge! Lots and Lots of fudge!! Yummy!! I can certainly see that Cabelas might be a fun trip once a month! Can't beat free. . .



Friday we went to visit Aunt Liz at Papaw and Grami's house and were pleasantly surprised to find Aunt Susie, Tanya and Cole visiting as well. Cole and Wyatt didn't play too much together but it sure was fun watching them.

That evening Dad, Grami, Wyatt and I went to the Corn Maze and pumpkin patch. Wyatt really enjoyed it! He loves pumpkins and ran around looking at them all. He walked through the entire maze holding Daddy's hand and a flashlight. It was very cute. This was Wyatt's 3rd time at the pumpkin patch and corn maze. It is a neat tradition that I hope we continue for years to come. In fact I think we will go back another time this year because Wyatt enjoyed it so much.

October, 2005

October, 2006

October, 2007

Saturday is Little Gym day and Wyatt had invited his friend Colin to go with him!! Wyatt arrived first with Grami while I went and helped Sherri find the Gym. When Colin walked into the room Wyatt just yelled out "COLIN!!!" and was so excited! He ran and grabbed his hand and they sat in circle together. The entire class Wyatt spent looking for Colin. (Colin seemed to have a good time, he's made for that kind of class. Such a good climber.) Wyatt didn't spend any time with Miss Kerri, his teacher. The previous week he grabbed her hand 3 times and drug her with him, then this week nothing. I told her he was keeping her grounded. Can't be worshiped all the time after all.

The rest of the day we shopped and Wyatt got some good fall clothes! Then of course he rode the carousel at Grapevine Mills Mall. It's amazing to me that as soon as he drives up to that mall he yells "Horsey!!" and knows that the carousel is in there somewhere. It's not like we go to the mall very often but I guess that is just burned into his memory.

That night we went to Wyatt's first wedding. It was lovely and he behaved great. We didn't stay long because it was an outdoor event and the mosquitoes were starting to feast on my legs as usual.

Sunday Cole and his Mommy an Daddy came over to Grami and Papaw's again. Wyatt informed Grami that morning that he wanted to go to Colin's house instead but by the time Cole got there he was happy again to be at Grami's. Cole and Wyatt played great together. I guess Friday was the introduction period. I think Wyatt really wants some friends. He just followed Cole around and did everything he did. He had a great time.



This week promises to be busy as well. Today we have to run a ton of errands, tomorrow the lawn mower repairman is coming so we have to stay home. Then Wednesday the floor repair guy is coming, so another day stuck at home. But Friday we are going to the zoo one way or another!! There is a cold front coming through tonight and then another on Thursday so maybe it will actually feel like fall by Friday!!! I'm ready for cool weather!!!

Wyatt has learned to count to 8 although he usually says six twice instead of seven but I think it's quite an accomplishment considering no one has worked with him on it. It's pretty cute hearing him count things. And he is really good at identifying "two" and "three" of things. He hands me cars and can say "two cars" or "three cars" depending on how many he has in his hands. Pretty smart.

Lately we have been watching "Wyatt movies" which are home videos. Wyatt watches one from when he was not even a year old over and over and over again. He loves it. I can see why, he can see Grami and Papaw and Mommy and Daddy on TV. Not to mentions that "cute" Wyatt.

Well I'm off to watch Wyatt's first birthday. It sure beats Handy Manny!