Building a gingerbread house

Visit with Santa

October so far

Gabe, Gracie and Hopey coloring at our kitchen table

Gabe and Gracie

I actually took this picture upside down and then turned it.  I probably should have cropped it in, because I really like his face here

Me and Gabe out playing in the rain.  This is the the first time we've had this much rain in at least 6 months.  Gabe had a big time.

No caption needed.

Gabe as we see him about 50% of the time - tumbling on the couch

Can you see why we enrolled him in gymnastics?

Yesterday (Saturday)

 We had a very busy Saturday.  We started off by going to Calloway's nursery for a free kids day that they were having.  Gabe was able to have some popcorn, bounce in a bounce house, decorate a small pumpkin and a small pot with grass in it.  There was also this fun lizard just hanging out.  Gabe didn't want to hold it, but he did pet it.

 The above picture is out of order.  At the end of the day, we went to Target and Gabe used his money to buy a new Chuggington train.  We also went to Best Buy and Nathan and I were able to get a new, much needed camera.  However, all these shots were taken with my camera phone.  I tried to get Gabe to look at the camera and smile all day, and he refused.  But when we left target, he insisted I take his picture with his new train. 

 After we went to Calloways, we went north to a mall parking lot, where a non profit was putting on a fundraiser.  It was called Touch a Truck and they had all sorts of cars and trucks that the kids could get in and see and find out about. 

 They had 4 firetrucks old and new.  The firemen and women were very nice and helpful.

 Daddy's favorite vehicle of the day. 

 One of Gabe's favorite's (dump truck).  One of the volunteers asked him what his favorite was, and he said "all the red ones".  (Red is his favorite color)

Playing with his trucks on the way home.  =)  (and making a silly face on purpose)

Feeding the ducks; Gabe's favorite part of the whole trip.

The Oklahoma City Memorial.  This was probably a little over a mile away, so we caught a free trolley to get there.  After we were on, the driver said it was his last trip of the day and he wasn't going back to bricktown!  As you can see, the sun was starting to set.  So we got a little exercise as we hustled back to our hotel.

The chairs representing the people who died in the attack.

Walking back

Feeding more ducks.

Statues depicting the Oklahoma Land Race.  They are "hero" size meaning 1 and 1/2 times normal size.  When finished, there will be 46 statues (some kind of record for bronze statues).  They are on both sides of the canal.

Oklahoma City Redhawks.  Light crowd for labor day.

At the game

Picture of the canal, very similar to San Antonio for those that have been.

"River taxi's", the same ones they use in San Antonio

Oklahoma City Zoo.  This is a picture of the two adult elephants and the baby elephant "Maylee".  Gabe LOVED that there was a baby there.  We got some toy elephants and he has been talking somewhat nonstop about Maylee since then.

A thirsty bear.  =)

We did not go swimming.

Various activities in September

Gabe's first gymnastics class.

Getting ready to do a forward roll

His favorite animals (on the golf course)

Zebra

Go-karting with daddy.  Gabe covered his ears the entire time.

Playing mini-golf on a trip with the youth group.

Does he look like a pro?