Gator pop!

Mom went to a conference in New Orleans for work, and when she came back, she brought me a chocolate alligator lollipop! And some Mardi Gras beads - but did I mention the alligator lollipop?

Apples and candy buttons

On a recent trip to Lakeside farms. Mom and Dad told me that if I was a good boy, I could have a treat. Dad brought me out to the apple barn, where I picked out a few tasty-looking apples. He told me they were honeycrisp apples, his favorite. And I gotta say, they might be my favorite now, too. But then I realized something - apples are good and all, but when I hear the word treat, I'm not thinking about something natural, healthy and good for me. I'm thinking about candy. Luckily, Mom and I were on the same page, and walked away with a fun sugary treat - candy buttons! At first I wasn't so sure about the fact that sometimes the paper remained stuck to the candy, but Dad told me it was fiber and would be okay in small quantities. Dad took a photo of me holding my empty candy button sheet. Those little buttons didn't stand a chance. Here's to honeycrisp apples and candy buttons!

Happy Halloween!

As you may already know, I was Buzz Lightyear for Halloween this year. And Dad dressed up as Woody, the cowboy. It was a Toy Story holiday for sure. I got to wear the costume 3 different times at Halloween: once on Saturday at the parade at Niskayuna Town Hall (they gave out donuts and hot apple cider!); the next time at KinderCare for the school parade and party (I walked with my friend, Sophia, a.k.a. Princess Merida); and finally on Halloween night! That night, G'ma and 'Pa came over, and Aunt Jill, too (she was dressed like sorcerer Mickey Mouse!) We met up with my buddy Caleb (he was Iron Man!) next door and all went trick-or-treating down the street. I'm thinking it might be a good idea if Halloween was every day. Or at least every week.

Birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese

My friend Sophia from school invited me to her 4th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. She's very sweet and nice and we have fun playing at school and we had a lot of fun with other friends at her party. There were lots of cool games and toys there and you could win tickets when you played some of the games. At the end of the party, we could trade our tickets in for little toys and stuff. I played a car racing game, and skee ball and air hockey. It sure was fun. I think my next birthday party should be at Chuck E. Cheese.

Super fun Fall weekend: farms, trains, clowns and pumpkins.

Ready for the corn maze.

Duck races!

I had a good weekend. My friend Caleb was going to go with me to soccer and then come over to play for a while while his Mom and Dad were doing stuff for work. Unfortunately, soccer was cancelled because the field conditions were poor (from all the rain we got), but instead Mom and Dad took us to Ellm's Family Farm - the place where I had my birthday party! It was really great because even though Caleb wasn't able to make it to my party, we still got to have fun at the farm. We took a ride on the Moo Moo Choo Choo and had fun walking through the corn maze and going down the slides and riding trikes and having plastic duck races. We ate lunch there and had cider donuts for dessert.

After that, we dropped Caleb off and noticed that some guy in a yellow jumpsuit and red hair was at "Old MacDonald's." Mom and Dad brought me inside and I talked to the guy from the TV commercials. He gave me a picture of himself and wrote his name on it. Then Dad took a picture of us. Dad said his name was Ronald McDonald, then mumbled something about clowns. I think maybe Dad doesn't care too much for clowns.

Then we drove to Kingston and stayed with G'ma and G'pa M. I played with Dad's old toys and helped G'ma make dinner. Then next day we took a ride on the Catskill Mountain Railroad's Halloween train. I got to sit in the caboose and look out the back door. After our train ride, we went to Gill's Farm stand and picked (and painted) a small pumpkin, got my face painted (a little jack-o-lantern on my cheek), and watched a guy shoot a pumpkin out of a huge cannon. 

It was a busy, but fun, weekend!

Monsters!

Chalk and water painting

"Who likes apple cider donuts?"

Dad feeding the goat

Ronald's autograph

Ronald and me

Caboose

Dad, me, G'ma and G'pa at the train.

this one!

pumpkin painting

Jack-o-lantern

Carved the first jack o' lantern of the season with 'Pa and my Dad up at Grandma & 'Pa's house. I helped scoop out the guts and decided we should carve a fun/silly pumpkin - and that a carrot nose would be a good idea. This guy is going to stay up in Queensbury, where dad thinks that squirrels will eat the carrot nose for sure.

Sketching my idea for the face.

All done and on the porch.

Waiting on the bench

Not ready to go into the library just yet. Plus, it's probably the last time I'll be wearing shorts and a t-shirt this year, so I might as well enjoy it.

"Big boy LEGOs"

Look what I built with my Dad!

Goat

Party time!

Three parties, actually. One at school with friends where we had cupcakes, snacks and juice and my friends sang "happy birthday" to me. Then mom and dad brought me apple picking with G,ma n' 'Pa at Bowman Orchards. After that, we had dinner and another round of "happy birthday" before eating the cake that mom and dad made for me. It tasted good and had Toy Story characters all over it! Then, days later, we got together with more friends and family and had a super fun party at Ells Family Farm! There were fun games and slides and we got to pick our own pumpkins! Thanks everyone, for celebrating my birthday with me!

Toy Story cake. Mom baked and Dad decorated!

Buzz and Woody's friend, Jesse the Cowgirl

"Big boy LEGOs!"

High five at the Farm

Duck races!

Kyle and Jake, picking out pumpkins

Me and Aiden in the pumpkin patch

Me and Sophia in the spider web

Bullseye! Woody's trusty steed.