Trick or Treat 2015

Roar watch out there is a dinosaur on the loose. Will thought his costume was so cool and he really enjoyed staying in character.

 Elsa, Army man and a dinosaur.

The kids had fun trick or treating this year, the weather we nice and not too cold. We stayed up late and ate too much candy :)

 Before we went trick or treating, we went to a church festival at Lily’s preschool. They had a trunk or treat area too. It was fun for Lily to see her school friends and teachers. The bounce house and hot dogs were a good way to entertain us while we waited until dark to trick or treat.

Enjoying the jack-o-lantern all lit up while munching on candy.

Staples

In October one afternoon I was trying to get everyone ready for a bike ride. Will fell off a kids rocking chair in the living room. I was in the bedrooms looking for shoes.  I came out and calmed him down. 10 minutes later once we were almost ready to go, I sit Will down in my lap to put his shoes on and I see a bunch a blood in his hair! I called Bobby and we headed up to his office. On the way to the office I doubted if Will needed stitches and if I was dragging my kids up there for nothing. I had to bribe/ slash force Will into the car. He kept running away, he remembered the stitches he got 2 months ago and did not want to get them again.

 Well 4 staples latter and Will was as good as new. I am glad I trusted my instinct. Once Will’s head got cleaned off I could see more of the gash.

Since it was right before Halloween we joked that Will wanted to be Frankinstine for Halloween. I am ready for a break from the head injuries!

Jack-o-lantern

 In October Andrew lost one of his top front teeth. He was so excited, I was up on his bed one night for at least 30 min. wiggling and pulling on the tooth. Andrew managed to yank it out that night. He was super excited.

 I joked with him that we has turning into a jack-o-lantern with so many missing teeth.

 A rare moment to see Will still and looking at a book. Such a sweet moment.

 Andrew wanted a picture of Will wearing his camp hat. Ok!

We were at Walmart one day and the kids wanted to buy a pumpkin. I forgot that when we go to the pumpkin patch we come home with 4 pumpkins. So we bought this giant one a Walmart and then 2 days latter went to the pumpkin patch and came home with 4 more! We ended up only carving the big massive pumpkin.

 All 3 kids were eager to help at first.

We were surprised that there weren’t an extra large amount of seeds in our huge pumpkin.

 

In the end Will was the kid who stayed with me and helped me carve the whole pumpkin. The others lost interest and went to go play.

Pumpkin Patch 2015

We loaded up the van one Saturday morning and headed to the pumpkin patch. The kids had so much fun.

 They are too excited to take a picture at the front gate.

 This was our second time to go to this pumpkin patch.

 My little pumpkins had fun and remembered all of the games and fun stuff from last year.

 Riding the "train"

 Anytime it is remotely loud Will covers his ears. He had fun on the train but kept his ears covered most of the time.

 So many pumpkins to pick! Will had to pick up several to find the perfect one.

 Andrew enjoyed the pony ride again this year.

 Lily was so brave. She rode the pony! Last year she would not ride the pony or get near a single animal. She rode the pony and petted some goats!

 This guy had a blast and was not scared.

 When she smiles I can’t stop taking her picture!

Fun times, we ate lunch and then mom and dad came home and took naps we were tired!

Acorn Hunting

Tuesday mornings are sweet mornings that Will and I get to play just the 2 of us. He is so different, calmer and more obedient when it is just the 2 of us. One morning we went on a bike ride and Will would stop and stuff his pockets full of acorns. We ended up acorn hunting. He thought this was the coolest thing ever and we sent pictures to Bobby to show him the treasure Will had found.

Acorns= treasure

Will was so proud and showed off his treasure so well that Andrew and Lily wanted to go acorn hunting too. Latter that night after dinner we went hunting and the fun hunting game turned into a big competition! Oh well

Sweet Lily showing off a house she had made one morning.

First Grade Recitation

 In October Andrew had recitation at school.  His class did a rap type song about all the number combinations that make 10. Andrew was the number 0, he was so excited to get to wear the green sunglasses.

A few of the kids in his class, rapping and dancing.

September fun

 It must be a instinct in boys to dig when they see dirt.

 Will’s new interest in digging and trucks helped ease us into the first grade homeschool.

 Those curls!

 I love this adorable little guy. The whole month of September Will had dirt on his hands and face all the time. I kinda gave up on trying to keep him clean.

 The YMCA pool is closed but we are still swimming in the backyard.

 My future olympic swimmer??

 I love when I capture my kids being creative and playing outside. Here they are creating a club house to hang out in. They lined up random yard stuff to make a wall. This entertained them for a hour or so for several days.