Owen's Pumpkin Patch

Will had his first field trip of Kindergarten to the Owen's Pumpkin Patch. Both of the Kindergarten classes went and we went via bus - even the parents. It was a beautiful day outside so it's was a great day for the pumpkin patch.

Here's Will on the bus. He sat in the very first seat and I sat across from him with his teacher - Ms. Cole.

On the bus waiting for the other buses to get loaded so we can leave. Here's Will's class and some of the mom's on the bus. See Will and his friend in the first seat? Signing up as a chaperone meant I was assigned to Will and one other child. The little boy next to him was our Pumpkin Batch buddy. He was really sweet.

Explaining to us about rules for feeding the animals. We got there first and was one of the first classes to feed - so the animals were hungry. See the goat? He's cute and ready to eat....

Still listening for instructions.

Will's in the white jacket.

Finally - we get to feed the animals : ) Yea!
Will's in the white jacket.

Riding on the hayride. My sweet boy : )

Me and Will on the hayride. Not a real good picture - but it's hard to turn the camera around and take a photo : )

Will and a few of his friends from his class.

Will and our pumpkin batch buddy admiring the scarecrow.
Ha! Actually one of the teachers was 'gently' (insert sarcastic laugh here) telling them not to touch the scarecrow.

WGA Kindergarteners : )

Will : )

The kids had a lot of fun and it was fun .... at first. By the end - I was tired and ready to leave. Something about 44 kindergarteners all together wears you out....

Happy Pumpkin Patch!

Getting Older

Okay - let's be honest. Who is freaked out about getting Older? If you haven't reached 35 - probably not quite yet. But the minute you hit 35 - the worry comes.

I turned 36 this year and I can't even believe it. Just like I thought my 20 year old cat would live forever, I thought I would never turn 35. I thought I would be in my 20's forever. Well, turns out - forever is alot shorter than I thought.

So today after I dropped off Ben and Will at school, I started running some numbers in my head:

Hypothetically .....

If Ben gets married and has his first child at 25: my age will be 53, add 10 years and that's David's age - 63.
If Will gets married and has his first child at 25: my age will be 55, add 10 years and that's David's age - 65.

and here's the kicker....

If Andy gets married and has his first child at 25: my age will be 58, that's right .... add 10 years and David is .... 68.

If you didn't have to worry about the whole 'getting older' business, I would tell my boys to wait till they are 30 to get married and 35 to have kids. Because really - we all know in most cases, people who get married young - get a divorce and those that marry later, typically stay married. This isn't always the case - but it's been true in my research. Not to mention, you hope at 30 and 35 they have more job and life stability.

So, if Andy has his first child at age 25 - David will be almost 70. Wow! People say 70 is still young. But holy cow - really? At 70 - can you get on the floor and wrestle and play? I want he and I to be ACTIVE with our grandkids.

So - that brings me back to what age should my kids get married (pretending like I have control :) ... I am now thinking it should be young - like 22. I would have never wanted to get married that young - and it's not what I really recommend, but if they don't - I may not be around for my grandkids - much less enjoy them. And I really want grandkids.

And what if it doesn't all happen at age 25 for them??? What then? Then we are REALLY old!

I am now thinking David and I should of gotten married when we met at age 20 & 30 and had kids then. That would have been a much better scenario (age wise)......

Okay - I am done rambling ..... It's time for some changes....

William and his love for costumes!

William got the werewolf costume as his Halloween Costume and then the Rock and Roll Dead Guy (?) for letting us leave the Fair yesterday and not having to play anymore games or ride anymore rides. Blackmail you think? Oh yes!

Everyone who knows Will - knows he loves LOVES costumes. I was cooking dinner, and Will comes in and asks me for my camera. I think "Unsupervised w/my camera. Are you crazy? Uh .... no!" So I go in to see what he wants to take a picture of and this is what I find.

He had dressed his costumes and made them into people. I, tell you, my boy has got quite the imagination. He's so creative!

Ben on the bed playing his DSI and the costume people on the floor while William watches TV (not pictured).

Here's a few other pictures of Will in his costume.

Wolf wants a kiss from Daddy : )

and Wolf is very tired ... needs sleep : )

William is a blessing for sure. His personality really is a joy! I love my boy so deeply.

Boys Fair Day!

Ben and Will had Fair Day today, so David and I were excited to be able to take them while Andy was in school. We don't get much of an opportunity to spend time with just the two of them. Andy's in a different school district so his school's Fair Day is actually on Wednesday.

Since I had already taken the boys (on Sept 26) - we had done a lot of the traditional State Fair stuff already. So we just hit a few spots and mainly ate Fair food and played games : )

David & Ben eating the traditional Fletcher Corndog. Yum!

and Will being silly : )

Smile boys  : )

Will didn't want a corndog ...... well, at first! He ate most of his daddy's....

Trying to get a family photo (minus Andy : )

Me and two of my sweeeeet boys (Ben & Will)

David, Ben and I 

(Will's taking the picure. My boys love using the camera : )

David, Will & I

(photographer: Ben : )

Me & David.

Oops, David's still eating. haha!

In the carshow now....
Ben on the four-wheeler

Will on the four-wheeler



We had a great day at the Fair - as always! We all love it so much! The boys played a couple of games and rode a few rides. They each won a stuffed animal (Will a banana and Ben a blue dog). It was a fun day!

Finally .... the Tooth Fairy can come!

William has had this lose tooth for what seemed like months. However - it was only a couple of weeks. This is his 2nd tooth to lose. The first one I pulled when it got loose enough to come out. I tired to pull this one 3 or 4 times, before I was finally able to pull it out. David cringed everytime I tried to pull it out. And you know what Will did? Came back everyday for me to try and pull it. No wimps in the Wilke family .... well, accept maybe David. HA!

Bagged and ready for the Tooth Fairy.

My sweet boy with one less tooth. Smile!

State Fair of Texas

The boys and I had plans to go to the Fair with my mom and my brother (Christopher). But since my mom had just gotten out of the hospital and Christopher wasn't feeling well and David had plans w/his golf buddies - I went alone. I promised the boys I would take them, and they were so excited. I couldn't not take them.

They were so excited that the night before the Fair, they cleaned their rooms, and the living room to make me happy about taking them : )

Walking into the Fair - we stopped for a quick photo opp : )

Will, Andy and Ben 

more photo opp's ....... Will, Andy & Ben

Visiting Elsie & her calf ...

Ben & Will

Ben & Elsie

Ben, Andy & Will eating Fletcher's famous corndogs! Yummy!

Andy

Will enjoying corndog 

In the petting zoo .....

The boys trying to feed the giraffe

Will, Andy & Ben feeding the animals

Andy & Ben

Andy, Will, Ben and I : )

Watching the Kids Cowboy Round-up. I forget the name of it. But the boys love it.

They usually participate in it every year, but this year we watched.

The boys (reluctantly) w/the Ferris Wheel in the background

Big Tex Sand Box = rest time for mommy and fun for the boys

Will, Andy & Ben

Andy

Will digging a HUGE hole : )

Will, Ben and another little boy : )

Tractor Time .... Andy playing

Ben driving, Will in the back, and Andy trying to get in

Andy loved this! It's a bigger version of HIS own John Deere Tractor

Will, Andy & Ben

Ben is getting interested in Photography. He wanted to take a photo "a better one than mine" ..... I love it!

Two shots, two different perspectives

We rode the tram around the Fair to get a break and to see the Fair.

Andy was wiped out. He took a little nap.

The boys got Lemon Chill's ... Ben

Will, Andy and Ben

Ben & Andy in front of the Statue of Liberty

Photographer: Will

William.
He, of course, couldn't stand in front of it - he had to climb on it. That's my boy : )

We got to the Fair at 11am. The boys immediately started asking to stay for the parade. I wasn't going to stay that long. But as you know... time slips away - and here we are .... waiting for the Parade.

Behind us was a very big speaker - playing music VERY loudly. The boys loved it and were dancing the whole time : )

Ben played a basketball game and won a basketball. He was pretty excited!

We had a great day at the Fair! It was a beautiful day! It started out pretty cool and then got a little warmer. The perfect fall day! It was a long day for sure. I am not sure I would take the boys alone again, but I am glad we went. I left home w/three energetic boys and came home with three, very tired boys. I would say that's a successful day.