The past two years we have gone to the Hickory apple festival which is about 30 minutes from our house. They have a petting zoo and other kiddy rides which you see above. This year while at the petting zoo there was a pig in the animal mix who was eating some other animals poop. It was quite disgusting so we told Asher that is a "nasty pig because he is eating poop". We have since heard about the nasty pig who ate the poop for the past two weeks. His favorite time to remember is at bed time when we are saying his prayers. About two days after we left the festival, it was my night to put Asher to bed and he started repeating "nasty pig eat the poop!!!" and he says it very excitedly. He kept repeating it and he pet 1, 2, 3, 4 bunnies. Well, it was really only two but he counts to 4 every time. The only way to get him to stop spewing words from his memory was to say a hail mary two times that evening. Matt started saying the hail mary as part of his bed time routine and Asher started asking me to do the same. So, this evening I had to say two to get him to calm back down since it was almost time to close his eyes. We still hear about the nasty pig a few times a week mostly when someone brings up some animals of some sort or Matt eggs him on to say it again! It is quite hilarious. If I had known the pig would be such a topic I would have taken a picture.
Asher started school a little over a month ago. He goes two half days every week and asks to go to school almost every day. I am not sure what that says about hanging out with mommy more! Above are some pictures I snapped of his new backpack which we got for school. He loves it and every day before school he goes to get some items to pack in his back pack for school. Of course, he never touches them for school but it is the process. He carries in his own lunch box and back pack every day. He insists! He tells me every day when I pick him up from school that he had fun at school. I am not sure if it is just his way of talking or what but I can tell he has fun. there are no tears when I drop him off. He just says bye-bye and mommy will be back in a little while to his teachers. It was a good decision that Matt & I made to give him just a little bit of time with other kids in a little more structured environment.
Matt likes to joke that Emerson is not a "real" dog and I have to agree with him on a few accounts. Emerson loves to chase the deer in the back yard. After chasing them though, this fawn decided to come and check out the "baby" and looked as though it wanted to play. it kept getting closer long enough for me to get the camera without Emerson even noticing. You see eventually he did finally see it.
Emerson finally notices the deer encroaching upon him in the back yard.
While meandering through target, they had play doh on the shelves and I could not pass it up. I am glad I didn't b/c Asher really enjoys playing with it and we work on learning letters at the same time along with making worms and caterpillars.
I wish this were a better picture but he took it off right after I got the camera, of course! He calls it hockey but it is actually matt's old football helmet with a hockey stick. I am hopeful that the boy will love sports. He sure is all boy though!
Kisses for Lisa before bed. He loved running through the house and Lisa was his favorite accomplice during their stay. It is one of his favorite things to do when we are home. He was asking for her to "run Lisa" for a few days after they left.
Just love this picture playing with pa pa. yes, nice and calm before bedtime! Ha!
Building a fort with Pa Pa. Pa Pa and Lisa really got him more interested in the blocks building these really tall forts. We have played with them in the past but he enjoys them much more since there visit.
Working with Lisa to put together his own choo choo track.
Pa Pa was getting his belly and Asher was eating it up as you can see here.
