The Pookerpatch

Monday, November 6

Boys and books

Every once and a while we go to the loft and read our special books by National Geographic

Tuesday, October 31

Our church had a fun fall festival for the kids and the boys dressed up and played all kinds of games. Zack-n-dad had fun pitching the baseball at a pitching station. Then Dad won the cake walk... Zack picked the cake he wanted...

Sammy was a kitty-cat and Zack a train engineer- Thomas' s driver to be precise.
Zack was not interested in getting his picture taken.

Cake Walk

Apparently 3 year olds don't have the same ideas of beauty that adults do... I must say it did taste good! There was nothing wrong with it's apperance, just a different caliber cake than the others that were tied up with bows, etc. There was one that looked like Ms. Bess or a contemporary put lots of time and attention . But unfortunately Zack's eye was all about this one!
It must have been the sprinkles.

Dress up

Halloween

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Sunday, October 29

Boys' life

oct playtime

You can click on this for a slideshow/photo album

Saturday, October 28

Frog

Zack walks into the kitchen while I'm cooking dinner and announces,
"Mama, you know what my frog's name is? "
You would be proud,I did not answer with a "Get that thing outta the house!"
I calmly answered, with a please Lord don't let him drop that frog in the house,
"What's that Zack? "
He looks at me with a big grin"Christa."
Me: "Did Daddy help you with the name?"
Z: yes...

Wednesday, October 25

tractor races too

Get ready, get set, GO!

Sammy, I guess that means something.

Look at that big grin! He's half way to the finish line!

See ya later Sam!

They may have won, but I figured out it's easier to carry the tractor instead of pushing it into all those holes!

Thursday, October 19

Mess

Today I left the boys at the table eating lunch to clean up a crayon mess Sammy made -Magic Eraser cleaned that mess...I came back to this mess! It seems that Zack encouraged some of this, but a a pre-nap bath cleaned this mess!
Peanut Butter only is fun to smear in your hair and face at one point in your life.

Wednesday, October 18

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin patch only to see their sign read:
"Due to the drought, the pumpkin patch is closed" We were so sad...

Thursday, October 12

Happy boys

Tonight we sleep in our own beds!

Naptime

Finally the boys slept all the way across Lousianna they woke up right before we crossed the MS River! We're getting closer!!!

Le Tourneau College

We stopped in to see my cousin, Isaac. We had a bite to eat in the cafeteria, Isaac had a "pop" quiz that he heard about through the grapevine, so after lunch(the boys discovered how yummy red Jello with whipped cream is and mommy learned how red everything gets with red jello) and a picture, Isaac needed to get a little bit of studying in... we freshened up for our treck on home and Zack wanted to see the airplanes again, and we ended up with a little tour of the aviation dept from one of the students.
It was a short, sweet visit- but we are headed home!

A long trip

This was an encouraging sign along the way.

Wednesday, October 11

We haven't forgotten "Low boy"

as Mr Karl called him.

Tractor Lessons

Mr Karl gave Zack "high Boy" some driving lessons

Chicken Feed for Tractor lessons

Capt Karl told Zack he needed a dollar to ride the tractor. So Nancy found something for him to earn a dollar doing...
Feeding the chickens.

Tuesday, October 10

Remember Me?

So what do you have to do for a diaper change around here? Throw Diapers?

No Sleep

The boys stayed awake the whole trip from Randolph to Falster Farm.. That makes for a long 7 hours!

Our last drive by the "Castle"

The Taj Mahal or the Castle as our friends call it.
Here is our last entrance to Randolf as Active Duty. It's a beautiful day, note the dark rain clouds, it rained while I got the last of stuff packed and Tim out processed on base. The boys were frustrating me since I have the house cleaned, it's raining, I'm running in and out trying to get the car packed, not trying to track mud and dirt everywhere and the boys want to follow me and do many times before it's all said and done. I gave them windex wipes to wipe all the door knobs, at one point Sammy was washing his face! NICE!

Their Rooms

The boys get a picture in their rooms before we head home. As you can see there wasn't much seperating them... Zack is in his top bunk across the hall. I was taking the picture from our room.
Look at those shining doorknobs! Good work boys!

Saturday, October 7

Music

Sam enjoyed the food, Zack enjoyed the music...

Loves to Eat

What no more Food---wait I think there is a little left on Daddy's plate
Yummy refried beans, rice and tacos!

Downtown

We had a nice time downtown today. We saw the Alamo and T enjoyed a workout pushing the stroller through the riverwalk.

Friday, October 6

Daddy's new airplane

T finished his check ride and scheduled a sim ride for Zack. He told Zack that he could fly the sim before we went home... So Zack was woken up from his nap to go with Daddy and fly his airplane.

Zack loved it!