his first concert 1

getting dinner at the Mexican place before the show.  needless to say he was super pumped!

awesome mittens, buddie!

he was pretty impressed when we went up to the balcony to check it out.

he loved to wave around the light up thingy during the show!

what a goofus!

oh, christmas tree

getting some of the higher spots with his step ladder.

finding just the right place for each ornament!

that tree looks great!  it looks like we've already got a present...

the star's lights look so cool on the ceiling!

sitting back, chowing down on one more cookie, taking in the beautiful lights!

family time in south bend

being silly with his favorite auntie!

building his own special creations with auntie Barbara.

he got spoiled with a special gift from grandpa: an amazon echo just for kids!  it was supposed to be for Christmas, but they foolishly left it on the kitchen counter where he spotted it...  he was super thrilled and played with it for the rest of our visit!

random ledge 78

one of our many visits to skyzone, one of ledger's favorites!

what he would look like if he had a rainbow beard...

its dress up time!  our little guy playing mama!

his three school pictures so far- preschool, kindergarten, and now first grade!

hanging out with grandpa allen, he grabbed grandpa's hat to try it on.  looks good, oliver!

ledger's beloved bedtime friend leonard was the subject of his latest illustration.

playing with the cone in the yard after school...

trying out the VR headset in the robotics lab at the library.

modifying a pencil sharpener to make his own machine that makes drawings.

halloween night 2

now for the best part: the trick or treating!

is he brave enough to handle the scary house?  oh you bet he is!

getting in there, making sure he gets some good candy!

you cant tell, but he is grinning from ear to ear in there!

organizing his loot at the end of the night!  now that's quite a haul!

halloween night 1

we had gotten to the high school event a few minutes early.  well, ledger certainly couldn't sit still for 5 minutes, so this is what trouble he found to keep him occupied!

all costumed up, he is ready for the festivities to begin!

chatting it up with some of the other kids at the event.

costume/parade

looking nice and spooky, kid!

watch out for the ol' ghost in a box!

halloween day his school always has a costume parade so the kids can show off their costumes for the year.  he was the only 'classic' ghost in his whole school!

now that's a handsome lil' ghostie!

carving the pumpkins

gettin them guts out!

not very happy about how gross that was...

drawing the face on his pumpkin before the carving.

he was very pleased with how they turned out!

'about me' poster

ledger made a special 'about me' poster for his first grade class.

gene the pumpkin man

they have a giant pumpkin that you can go in and play inside of- a ledger favorite!

yelling 'hey cows!' to all the cattle in the field next door.

our goofy pumpkin head!

he was delighted to be among all the halloween gourds!

he brought his cart around looking for just the right one!

he's now over 4 feet tall- what a big boy!

with ledger wandering the rows and rows of pumpkins looking for just the right one, diana and steal a minute or two for us to enjoy the afternoon together!

ledger really wanted to get a picture with gene this year!