Happy Birthday Will

October 29th- happy birthday to my man~ the world's BEST husband and daddy (to us:)! Will turned the big 38 on Monday (but who's counting?) We had his favorite meal for dinner, ate birthday cake, and then opened presents. Actually, Sara Kennedy and Cooper opened his presents and he just watched. I told you he was good daddy! What a fun night~ Blowing out the candles- look at Will holding Cooper's hands down
Camo cake~ anyone who knows Will knows he adores hunting and being outside
Opening Daddy's presents

Pumpkin Carving

" Hmm, what do we have here?"
Sara Kennedy diligently working on her pumpkin face design!
Cooper's 1 minute attn. span kicking in- who needs pumpkins when you have a babydoll, stroller, AND a pink hat!
Mommy and SK working on the masterpiece~
Daddy's little pumpkins!

What a busy weekend! I'm just now catching my breath. Saturday afternoon Will, the kids and I carved our pumpkin. I don't know who gets more excited about this yearly tradition- Will or the kids. He has us design our pumpkin on paper before we start carving. And you can't draw on the pumpkin with a marker it MUST be a pencil! He scoops out the seeds and lets me do the carving. We had so much fun. Although Cooper Man was not very interested in pumpkin carving.

Kitty Cats and Bears, Oh My!

Rain, Rain go away! Praise God we aren't having wild fires, though. With all the rain and cool weather this week~ we haven't gotten to go outside. I'm so thankful Sara Kennedy and Cooper play so well together. They both got new slippers this week. Cooper thought it was hilarious that big sister could slide around on the floor with her slippers. So, they've been playing run and slide. Sara Kennedy's are glittery Hello Kitty slippers and Coopers are big, scary bears~ oh my!

Play Group

We had our annual Play Group Halloween get together last night. We always ask, "Why do we torture ourselves trying to get a picture?" This year was no different. Rob Mayo was there and asked with a look of horror on his face, "Is this what playgroup is like? And y'all actually think it's fun?" It really is sheer madness when we all get together~ but we love it. Maybe it's because we used to be teachers or maybe we're our of our minds~ But it's so much fun!! It's hard to believe that 5 years ago these moms and I were teaching school and none of us had any kids, boy have things changed! Jett as (Fat Girl, that's what she calls herself in her Bat Girl costume :) and SK as a bunny (we're putting our recital costume from the Spring to good use:) Cooper is going to be a turtle~ so they're The Tortoise and The Hare
Picnic in the middle of the floor~ Swayze the pirate, Cooper the turtle, Mason the spider (he was hot in his costume- it's so cute and his talented mama, Jennifer made it), Bat Girl, and the Bunny ~ baby Stone was Robin (he's in the high chair, Sharea said he'd eat everybody's food if she let him down.
Baby Stone (Robin) getting some Pirate lovin'
Group picture~ not happening. Please look at baby Keaton (the chicken in the Bumbo chair) about to fall over backwards from her fit- by the end of the pictures she was almost upside down. When we finished Steph took her suit off and she was so hot :)
Little Miss Muffet?? Making his Daddy proud (and of course I had to take a picture to show Will)

Twinkle Toes

Sara Kennedy had Parent's Observation at Ballet class yesterday. She did so good. (All of our friends and family remember last year's episode i.e. tongue hanging out of mouth the entire time!!!) Glory be to God~ we had none of that this year:) Will didn't think he could make it, but at the last minute got to come. She was thrilled and she made us so proud!They dance to all of the old songs that sound like they're on the record player just like when I took dance when I was little. It reminds me so much of my childhood!

Here, they are being caterpillars with Ms. Heidi~ she has the patience of Job!
Our beautiful ballerina
"Gettin down"

The Corn Maze

Impossible to get a group picture of eight 4 year olds.
Good friends! I have a feeling these two will be pretty much inseparable for most of their school days!

Wow~ who knew being the mommy of a 4 year old could keep you so busy? We've been on the go, non-stop lately. Last week we went to the Corn Maze with SK's class. It was so much fun. I'm so thankful for this "season" in my life where I can be home with our kids and take part in these special times.

Yesterday we went to Rob, Jennifer, and Mason Mayo's 2nd Annual Pumpkin Patch hayride on their farm in the country. It was so much fun!! We got to visit with some of our friends, eat yummy treats, and watch the kids pick a pumpkin and some gourds. Thanks Rob and Jennifer for making this something we look forward to in the Fall!