Trucks

Having a terrible time, obviously.

Bulldozer with Dad.

"Move it, Bub!"

The "Bubble Guy"

Jack was a big fan of the bubble guy.

Despite us trying not to encourage any gender stereotypes, Jack loves trucks and construction equipment.  He talks about them often, enjoys books about them, and car rides are often spent looking for trucks or backhoes or bulldozers.  

You may remember back in the Spring we went to our first Touch A Truck event.  The Topsfield Fair had one of their own in the arena back in October.  Of course we had to go.  Jack seemed to enjoy it much more than the one last Spring.  He wanted to see just about every truck and piece of equipment.

Jack's latest declaration is, "I want to drive a [trash, oil, cement, etc.] truck!"


- S.

Pumpkin Patch

Jack was really into pumpkins this year.  He talked about them a lot.  And the giant blow up pumpkins in front of our neighbor's house were a huge source of interest.  Still is a big topic of conversation actually, at least once per day, despite the "big pumpkin" being gone for nearly two weeks now.  

We had to make a trip to the pumpkin patch a few weeks back (which is the same farm where we pick apples, and the same farm where we might get our Christmas tree this year).  I think Jack was a little overwhelmed with all the choices, but picked a few good ones which are still on the front steps.

- S.

Raker

Work...

and play.

Jack is really into raking leaves this year.  He is also into kicking small, naturally occuring leaf piles when we go for walks, and of course jumping in big piles of leaves.

This was the first of two separate raking/jumping sessions.  We may be in for a third this weekend.

- S.

Pooh and Tigger

We weren't sure how Halloween would go.  When presented with some costume ideas, Jack quickly discarded options such as a monkey or a spaceman.  He wanted to be "Pooh bear."  And so it was.  

Jack tried on his costume once prior to Halloween and it lasted less than five minutes.  We talked about Halloween the day before and the day of and he said he didn't want to wear his costume.  That is, until Derrick got home and put on his borrowed tiger costume.  The Pooh costume went right on and Tigger and Pooh were off on their first trick or treat adventure.

Jack seemed to get the concept pretty quickly and managed to surpass our expectation of only visiting the few immediate neighbor's houses and visited every house on the street.  It was a slight struggle to get him to come back in.  But he then enjoyed giving out candy and seeing other kids in costumes.

- S.