Dinosaur in training and fun fair

As some of you know, I'm venturing into using a sewing machine AND a pattern this month to try to make Trevor a dinosaur costume. So if everything works out he better still like dinosaurs, not grow too much in the next month, and wear the costume happily. If it doesn't work out, he'll have to develop a new interest in blue mummies, or maybe ghosts...

Here's some pictures of dinosaur practice.



































Here's some pictures from the family fun fair. The boyscout area was definately the coolest with the 'big tent' and rocket making booths.

Day in "Hach-happy"

We went to Tehachapi earlier today--partly to visit somewhere that you might need a jacket and partly to go apple picking. Tehachapi is a town maybe an hour or so away, but a little higher elevation--one of their claims to fame is that they have four seasons... and technically they do... it only takes minimal snow to pass off as a winter season around here.

Here's a video of Trevor apple picking. He thought it was pretty dang fun and ended up picking about five pounds or so. I think I'm expected to make pie this afternoon. And maybe apple cake later in the week. And maybe apple crisp. And maybe apple sauce. We have a lot of apples now. I was trying to get him to say "Tehachapi" because he says it pretty dang cute, as in the title.
































Two apples!



















Trying out the goods.

While we were out there we went to the Harvest Fair and Oktoberfest events going on downtown. It worked out good because the fair was at a park with exciting play equipment and the Oktoberfest area was next to some train tracks so Trevor got to see a real train. One of the funniest things was watching him with this person in a chicken suit. Usually he finds these kind of things to be very suspicious and does not want much to do with them. But today after he was the chicken suited person, he hopped out of his chair, telling me "I be right back" and then went on to follow the chicken (at least 4-5 feet behind) all around the area. When the chicken would wave to others, he'd wave too. If the chicken stopped and turned around, he'd stop and wait to see what was next. I think he'd make a top notch chicken suit guy assistant.















Picking apples and trailing chickens is pretty hard work, so he's asleep now. And I suppose it's time for me to go make something out of apples.

Grandma and Grandpa came to Town

And it was pretty exciting. He took no time to remember that they are good at following directions and playing all sorts of games. They brought him a 'bug gun' to try out--it's pretty much this little vacuum gun that sucks the bugs up into a plastic compartment with a magnifying glass. He was able to catch some of the dumber slower bugs with it, but doesn't seem to have any interest in examining them quite yet. So for now the gun is more fun to use on hair, noses, elbows, hands, etc. instead of the bugs.
























It was close enough to Grandpa Steve's birthday for him to request a surprise party. So Grandma and Trevor made a cake and we had some people over for spaghetti (grandpa and Trev's favorite). Trevor helped Grandma pick out some presents for Grandpa and it turned out that some wont fit in his suitcase... so Trevor was gracious enough to hold on to them for him.

























You might have noticed the matching shirts--they've had them for a while now but when Grandpa Steve wore it this time Trevor was truly in awe that they had the same outfits. Instead of Trevor wearing a 'grandpa shirt', he pointed out that grandpa's is "like Trevor's shirt!".