Thanksgiving trip to Knoxville

We had a wonderful week in Knoxville last week for Thanksgiving. Owen had a great time with James, Aunt Laura & Uncle Rick, Aunt Ju-Ju, and Mimi & Poppy. He took to calling the original Poppy "Poppy 2" and enjoyed several meals with him. And there were a lot of train-related activities, including the big thrill Owen had talked about for weeks - riding on an actual coal-powered steam train.

Owen also ran in his first race, the Little Gobbler 200 yard dash, part of the Knoxville Track Club's Autumnfest event. He got a blue ribbon and a donut after the finish and seemed to enjoy it and talked about it for a couple days.

(the vast majority of pics shown here are courtesy of Duffy a.k.a. Poppy)

Painted Face

Owen had his face pained one day last week at daycare. Just thought it was very cute.

October Flew By!

October was a great month. Great weather meant lots of time outside, a fun visit to the pumpkin patch that had a little train, and a few other outings.

Owen participated in his first pumpkin carving. And come Halloween, he was far more into trick-or-treating than last year. He had no fear going up to peoples' doors, and once he realized he was getting candy just by saying "trick or treat" that was it...it was "one more house, Dada" about 10 more times.

Here are some pics from the month.