Santa is coming....

Last night was the lighting of Bulverde Village, so we ventured to downtown Bulverde with a great group of friends. It was really neat because it had that small town feel with people everywhere. Our first stop was the Bulverde post office....

This is where Cort was able to 'scribble' a letter to Santa,



Then mail it off to him.



Let's make it sure it didn't get stuck!



Afterwards, we ventured over to an area where they were serving egg nog, spiced tea and yummy cookies. Very Christmassy feeling!



There were so many little fun Christmas activities at each of the little businesses downtown, even a little petting zoo!! (Didn't expect this, but I guess that's what you get in a small town!!) Cort loved the little goat :)



Even an area for picture taking and yes, mommy made him pose! He looks like a little monster ready to tear into the night. AND that's exactly what he did! With him are my friend's kids who served to be lifesavers to me thorughout the night. They helped me all night keeping my little gremlin corraled and boy did I need the help!



One of the areas that was set up was a field with beautiful lights, shaped as Christmas trees and other lit up Christmas decorations. Cort took off running and into the middle of the Christmas trees he went! YIKES! HELP!! Fun for him, but not so fun for mommy! When I got him out of there, his little feet were wrapped in the extension cords and he was dragging them with him. Oh Dear..I had to act fast before the pretty Christmas lighting was torn down!!



Here is the result of mommy getting after Cort and firmly letting him know that it was NOT ok to run away from me in a large crowd of people into the Christmas lighting!! I think he realized Mommy meant business!



It was now getting to the time when Santa was coming. So we ventured down to the street and patiently waited for Santa to come by on the firetruck. Cort kept saying, "Santa is coming. Santa is coming." So sweet and innocent!! I love it!



Santa arrived and I'm not quite sure Cort knew what to think about him.



Santa came and left and then off to the firetruck we went! I think this might have been the highlight of the night for Cort. He was sooooooooo excited to be able to get in the firetruck.



Big stuff in the front seat...



His smile is worth it all.....




We ended up having to tell Cort that the firetruck was going 'night, night' because he DID NOT want to leave. He finally turned around and waved to the firetruck and said 'night, night'.

Cort will be 3 on Dec. 16th. He is definitely at that fun age now that makes all the holidays just that much greater seeing his excitement!

Trick or Treat

This was Corts first year to go trick or treating and boy was he excited!! He kept telling us that he wanted to go to the Halloween Party, but really pronounced like 'potty'!! (He had a Halloween party at his school and gots lots and lots of 'cannies', so I think he was expecting the same thing.) While we were getting ready to go over to our friend's house, Cort kept saying, over and over and over, let's go to the Halloween party and let's go bye bye. AND of course, before we left, Mommy had to take some pre pics of the Halloween night! Meet Spiderman and his Mommy and Daddy =)







We were so thankful to have good friends to share this experience with. We made it to their house and off we went to the Church's Fall Festival. My good friend AA has a little girl who is 11, AA, and boy did she take Cort under her wing. It was precious!



They had an area for preschool games and Cort was in 'cannie' heaven! He was able to play many games like fishing, pin the nose on the pumpkin, and many more!



Mommy was so proud of her little man for doing such a good job at all the fun games!



After the Preschool games, we ventured over to the gym area where there were more fun activities! Mommy spotted an area that allowed her, Daddy and Cort to get their pictures taken. I'm not real sure Daddy was too excited about it, but he played along...(The things you will do for your child =))



Cort also played football. This game consisted of getting this football through a tire hole that was hanging from the ceiling. CLEARLY not a game for his age, but he REALLY wanted to do it. Boy was he persistent in getting that football through the hole. Daddy was there with him the entire time trying to help him. After SEVERAL misses, he finally made it through!! Way to go Cort!





After the Church Festival, we decided to go and do some traditional trick or treating. Thankfully AA was a trooper and was right by his side, even when he would fall trying to keep up with the big kiddos. He reminded me of Maggie off the Simpsons. He would fall with his candy running to keep up with the others and AA would be right there like Mama hen helping him. Thank you AA, you're soooo sweet!



Cort got lots and lots of 'cannies' and wore Mommy and Daddy out!! We ended up over at our friend's house where we proceeded to eat and eat. The kids started to watch a movie and fast asleep they fell, except for Cort, while the adults visited. He outlasted the older kids, that is until we got in the car to go home. Not even 2 minutes in the car and he was out. He had a great time and so did we!! Thank you to our sweet friends!

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Oh boy was our little guy excited about the 'punkin' patch!! He talked about it all day and didn't even know what it was until we got there. Sooo Funny! When we arrived he was soooo excited. He tried picking up all the pumpkins, even the big ones and wanted to take them all home with us!


Poor little fella, I'll be surprised if he wants to go back to the pumpkin patch next year considering mommy went picture happy! I did manage to get a really cute picture of him hugging a pumpkin and even with a real smile!


Overall the pumpkin patch visit was huge success. Here is a picture of the two greatest joys and loves of my life, Cort(with his cheesy smile) and his Daddy!

New to this.....

Welcome to Cort's blog! I have no idea how to "blog" but will try my best!! I thought this was just the neatest idea when I stumbled across several of my friend's blogs...so thanks friends!!

We have lots of family and friends that live quite a bit a distance away from us, so I thought this would be a great way to share Cort's busy, yet exciting life. Enjoy!