Gilcrease Orchard

Whilst Paul's parents were still here, we were able to meet up with Hilary & Catherine at Gilcrease Orchard. Now, I know you're all thinking, "what's an orchard doing in Las Vegas?" The answer is...catering to families with small children for an extremely short time period. Arriving about 2 weeks before Halloween, we expected to find some good pumpkins and were sorely disappointed. The few we could find were incredibly squishy, green or mangled. Regardless, we plunged on, determined to get a cute photo shoot of our adorable children and managed to find several respectable candidates for photos.





Paul managed to find a 'Thomas the Tank Engine' outline for a pumpkin, so I carved Alec his first jack 'o lantern...with a Thomas face. I guess it was all right as he kept pointing at it shouting, 'Choo choo' or 'Eh! Eh!' (his current sound for pumpkins and all things Halloween, I guess it sounds spooky to him).

The jack o' lantern shrank in on itself within 2 days (sigh)...

Time with the Grandparents

Paul's parents were able to come visit for 2 weeks, much to Alec's delight!

One funny story: Alec came downstairs and saw his grandad eating and immediately folded his arms and started jabbering away at him. Grandad said he was telling him off for not praying in front of him!

And, of course, no day in Alec's life is complete without playing 'choo choo's...

Alec actually cried and fussed in the when they got out at the airport, we'll just have to get excited about next year's trips.