The works.

Skyler has been displaying all of his "works" in his room lately.  It's growing at a rapid pace, the kid just loves school!

Wow!

Guitar!

Skyler went down to see the girls last week and got to play on Alisha's guitar!

He played it so long and so hard that he got a blister on his index finger!

Big boy vacuum.

He's graduated from the toy vacuum to the real thing!

He was vacuuming like one would mow a lawn, down, turn around, then come back.  :)

Scooting on the Parkway.

We took advantage of the (possibly) last nice weather yesterday and went for a walk on the Parkway. Skyler took his scooter along and had a great time scooting everywhere.

Using the brake.

Pushing off.

Balancing along.

Bingham Creek trail.

Since we decided to #optoutside again this year, and everyone isn't feeling 100% combined with muddy trails in the mountains, we chose a new paved trail close to home yesterday.  Bingham Creek trail is short, only 1.5 miles but it's pretty sweet!

Golf cart with a cab?!

See the Deere?

Skyler found a cocklebur. 

Look at that massive retaining wall!

A cocklebur and gloves isn't a good combo.

Mountains.

Running ahead.

Thanksgiving.

We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday.  There was even some bonus snow that made Skyler happy.

Ham it up.

His winter wear still fits!

All set and ready to enjoy.  Not shown, the aftermath!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Skyler celebrated with his class on Tuesday.  They had a "Thanksgiving Feast" that lined the entire hall of the school!

One of the many birds chef Pepe' prepared for his school.  Looks delicious!

One of the most heart warming photos ever!

Silence.

Laser boy!

We installed our Christmas lights Sunday afternoon.  One of this year's changes is the new laser projector.  Skyler was thrilled to see it for the first time.

Both he and Mommy were taking turns dancing in the laser beams.

A movie with Grandma.

We saw the movie "Trolls" yesterday and Grandma joined us.  The movie was surprisingly good!

Obligatory movie poster pic after the film.  Skyler brought Grandpa his leftover popcorn.  :)

Walking back to the car.  Skyler was SO happy!

"Who you gonna call?!"

"GHOSTBUSTERS!!"

Skyler's classmate Audree invited him to her birthday party yesterday.  It was a Ghostbuster themed party and a really incredible one at that!

Wearing his cool shades on the drive out to Stansbury Park.

Playing "marshmallow cannon" in her backyard.  Notice the backyard splash pad!

Opening the gift from Skyler.

Time to get some ghosts!  Silly string everywhere!

Audree's mom went to a lot of work, each kid got a ghostbusters pack to take home!

Silly string in his hair!

Handsome man!

All spiffed up and ready to see the dentist to have a cavity filled.

New flannel from Costco.  He was a trooper and didn't get upset at the dentist at all this morning.

Happy Fall, Y'all!

Our Capital Pear tree is quite striking this year.

Gorgeous!

Filming the action.

Skyler was so adorable filming me plow the garden last weekend.  I need to upload his videos to YouTube.

Mommy likes to use the filters on her iPhone...

Tearing out the pump track.

Or it could be titled "I've been working on the railroad"!

Using the pick axe for the first time.

He was getting the hang of it.

Tattoo boy!

Someone found a marker!

He wrote everything by himself!

Plowing the garden.

After a year hiatus due to there being a pump track, I got my wish to plow the garden yesterday.  Skyler was recording most of the action on his phone and Mommy took nearly 50 pics for me.

I started out by discing down the mustard cover crop.  There were bees still pollinating the flowers.  I left a patch just for the bees.

The disc was really working well to chop and incorporate the residue.

Time to plow!

It was some hard pulling ground.

Note the mustard in the left of the picture left for the bees.

Mommy was getting artistic with her photos.

Skyler filming me plow with his phone.

Finished! Look how nice everything laid down.

Someone wanted to sit on the tractor.

Wow.

In the classroom.

These pictures are courtesy of his school reports that we get from time to time.  He's enjoying school so much lately that he asked if he could go to school today!

Working with Otto on the hundreds board.

Coloring a Veteran's Day work.

Taking a test.

The turkey he made on Monday.

Thank you Veterans.

And a big thank you to my Father!  He enlisted in the Army during the Vietnam War!

Pheasant!

Seen while walking the dog yesterday afternoon.

He kept running ahead of us as we walked along.  Looked like a really big quail the way he ran.

What a surprise!

Auntie Tricia made a quick stop at our house last night on her way to Dallas.  It was nice to see her and enjoy some delicious tacos for "taco Tuesday".  Too bad the rest of the evening turned to shit after she left...  Sigh.  Starting the Nazi regime in 2 months...

Skyler very enthusiastically reading some "Piggy & Elephant" to Tricia.

Almost there...