Halloween 2010

This Halloween was a big success.  Missy had the annual Halloween party in her back yard.  Dinner was great and all of the festive deserts were a hit.

Connie came to spend the evening with the kids.  She loved seeing them all dressed up.

Tucker was “Baby Joe” aka Little Joe from Bonanza.  He watches this show every night and just loves Little Joe.  I found a pattern for the vest and chaps and surprised myself at my sewing prowess.  HA.

  

Tuck decided that Mommy should be Big Hoss.  Daddy thought that was pretty funny.  I did dress in my vest, boots and a borrowed cowboy hat.  Humbug Daddy wouldn’t even dress up; not even to play along and wear the Hi My Name Is Ben Cartwright name badge.  He’s such a party pooper.

Giddy-up horsey.

We swept the party with prizes.  Tuck received Most Original and Kora was Best Costume, mainly cuz she’s just so darn cute.

Kora was just starting to cruise pretty good.  We put her in this cute little giraffe costume.

Isn’t the tail just the cutest?

We made the grandparent rounds in Crawfordsville and Linden.  The kids made out like bandits.

Next year, we have decided that the grandparents will be invited to Missy’s and we will make the Main Street rounds.  It was so hard this year to pull Tuck away from all of his friends and to load and unload them all evening.  We may regret this decision next year after experiencing the crowds but we will try it once.  Maybe next year they will be Mickey and Minnie, or Chip and Dale or Green Eggs and Ham.  Who knows what Mommy will come up with……

Farmer Tuck

My friend Dave, from work, was cutting beans in a field not far from our house and invited Tuck to come ride in the combine with him.

   

I took Dave some leftovers in payment and he took us on a couple of rounds.  When Dave asked him if he liked the combine or the horse riding better he waffled, still unsure of his preferences of farmer or cowboy.  I think he still has time to decide. 

He got to ride in the semi and honk the horn in it too.

We went by this field a week later and Tuck recognized it and called it “My bean field”

Horseback Riding

My friend from work gave us a standing invitation to come out and ride horses.  We finally took him up on the invitation and Tuck loved it.

He wore his hat and his boots.  Boots were always the rule when I was growing up.  It didn’t matter what else you had on but you had to wear boots when you were with the horses.  I even pulled my boots out of the back of the closet and dusted them off for the evening.

Chris was so good about telling Tuck how to approach the horse, where to brush, where to stand, how to throw the saddle up, etc.

Before we got Sierra ready, Tuck was trying to give another horse some grass.  We were trying to warn him to hold his fingers out flat but he couldn’t hold onto the grass if he did that.  Needless to say the horse bit his finger.  Or as Tuck told us: “That horsey eat me!” There was a little blood, a few tears but all in all no lasting effects.  Tuck only made about half a loop around the corral before he told us “Me done”. We kept him up there for one more round.  It was hardly worth saddling up the horse but Chris was so patient and this day was such a hit with Tuck.  He talks about it still.  My good little cowboy. And Kora was having a ball just watching.  Is this not the sweetest smile?!

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