Halloween Parties!

Both of the boys had Halloween parties for their classes - after school.  We missed the big group picture for Harrison's but did get it for Andrew.  So cute to see all the kids in their costumes!

Harrison hanging out with the ladies!

Leaf Jumping Fun!

Front Page!

Our Harrison made front page of our local magazine...Kenilworth Life!  It is a great new magazine that hightlights the community and I submitted our block party pictures.  Little did I know Harrison would make the front cover and our family would make several other photos too inside.  A fun surprise!

Pumpkin farm fun!

We decided to do a new pumpkin farm closer to our house this year.  The weahter could not have been more perfect...a warm, sunny fall day!

This farm was a bit too crowded and over the top for Bill and I but the kids had a great time.  I love the tracker ride, corn mazes, and selecting pumpkins but could do without the rides.  Next year, may just try our tried and true one or one a little more simple.

Regardless, we came home wih some great pumpkins and some happy and tired kids!

 

ANDREW!

Andrew is learning to write his name at school and even practices at home sometimes too.  Getting a little better at it each day!

Some brave boys!

On Saturday, I took the boys over to library for a special reptile show - showing up in full gear!  The boys touched frogs, bugs and even held a snake!  Mom did not touch anything!

Boys...loving every minute of it!

3 monkeys!

So hard to get a picture of the kids together...you can see why!  My 3 monkeys!

Pictures with Mom

You may have seen a post about Moms and the lack of pictures with their kids.  I think I fall into that category unfortunately.  I always seem to be the one taking the pictures.  So, a new goal...try to take more pictures with kids!   Here is a start with Harrison!

Hibachi Fun!

Bill's work has slowed down a bit so we took advantage of having him home with us.  On Tuesday night, we took the kids to a Hibachi restaraunt.  The kids got a kick out of it.    A few pictures of the fire fun!

A little fall fun...

Last weekend in between all the rain we took the kids to a little fall fair down the road.  We ended up bringing home popcorn you could pop right off of the corn cob!  Here are the boys showing you how it works!  It was pretty good if I do say so myself.

Hoping we can get to a big pumpkin farm this weekend if the weather co-operates!

Leaf art!

The leaves are all changing and starting to fall!  Last weekend we grabbed a few neighbors and took a walk to look for leaves.  We came home and made leaf art.  I think everyone that saw us walking the neighborhood gave us a big smile!  One of my favorite times of the year!

Fire Station open house...always a fun time!

The local fire deparments host annual open houses at the fire station.  Always a fun time -- this time Caroline was able to enjoy it too.  The hightlight was shooting the fire hose of course!

With Coach

Per my other post, here is a better picture of the boys with their coach at the gym!

A big helper

Our handy man / painter was at our house helping to fix a few things. Harrison dressed up in full gear to help him! Everyone LOVES Alfonso!

Fun at the park!

With 3 little ones, I do not venture out very far by myself but we had a beautiful day the other afternoon so after naps, we headed over to one of our favorite parks...the ORANGE park...named that because the playground is orange of course.  Our new walker got to experience the park a little differently this time.   FUN times, FUN memories!

A WALKER!

So, we have a WALKER! She started taking steps before her first birthday but stopped, started and then stopped again. Then, she slowly started taking more and more steps around the house. Then last week, got even better and now --- here we are! We have a new walker in the family!

Northwestern Pre-Game!

We try to make it out to the Northwestern Pre-Game every year.  We went this past weekend...free footballs/foam fingers, face painting, balloons, games for the kids and a performance by the band.  Not LSU but the next best thing and the kids LOVE it!

Caroline gets her first haircut!

I have been thinking that Caroline could use a little trim to even out her hair so it can grow in better.  We headed over to Kidsnips on Tuesday.  She tolerated it but started to fall apart towards the end.  They put pigtails in too - so cute!  Mom will need to learn how to do that too now!

Caroline dressed for Fall!