Halloween Festivities Slideshow

We had lots of fun this Halloween, from trunk or treat to trick or treat, carving pumpkins, and movies in the yard. Here are a few shots of our kids and friends having a good time.
There are some shots of us carving pumpkins with friends. We had fun doing that and Austin's pumpkin was a cool wolf howling at the moon, but it didn't last long. We put the pumpkins out on our porch that night and you'll notice the shot of the morning after. The deer had his wolf head for dinner.
He wasn't happy about that at all!

Cameron pretty much LOVED Halloween. He is a candy-a-holic and thought it was so awesome to have people handing it to him so freely! Brooke and Austin were great at looking out for him and they had fun trick or treating all together.

We had a blast at our friends Halloween party and ended the night at their house watching a movie out side in the front yard. It was projected up on their garage door. It was a great time for everyone!

Wildcatter Ranch

John and I had lots fun at this ranch for our anniversary. We were so grateful that my mom was able to come and stay with our kids while we got a way for a couple of days. We had fun shooting guns, riding horses, and going to the spa, of course. It was a nice trip!

Don't we look like real TEXANS???

Halloween fun at school!

Austin and Brooke both enjoyed some Halloween fun at school this year. They had storybook character dress up day on Halloween. The kids dressed as a character from a book and brought the book in to share with the class.

Brooke was Belle, from Beauty and the Beast, and yes, we have the book. :-)

Austin was a fisherman from Moby Dick. He had just finished reading that book and really enjoyed. it. We put these tattoos on his face of a mustache and beard and wow were they difficult to get off of his skin!

You'd have thought they were permanent! Cute though! Austin's class got to carve pumpkins and count the seeds the day before Halloween, which they enjoyed. John and I were both there to help with that project. It's fun when Daddy can make it up to the school. Brooke's class had lots of fun playing games and doing Halloween activities at different centers. She had fun doing that too and I had fun helping. It was a great school day!

Happy Fall to you!

Cameron has experienced several falls himself this week. He's turning out to be a pretty tough kid. Yesterday he climbed the stairs while I was in the shower and John had walked into another room. Once at the top, he was thrilled to find one of Brooke's flip flops. He didn't realize that trying to sit at the top of the stairs and fumble with a flip flop was a bad idea for a baby and down he tumbled. He fell all the way down, banging and screaming as we fell. John came running just in time to cushion his final landing from the tile. I ran in just after that, because I heard all the commotion. What a trooper, Cameron made it out bumped and scared but was smiling again after a few minutes of snuggling.

Today he celebrated fall again! The new skill of walking sometimes fails him and he falls down fairly often. He's always quick to hop back up and keep at it. The falling doesn't seem to phase Cameron, usually. Today was the exception. As he toddled along in the hallway, he lost his balance and tripped. He fell and hit his face right on the tile. In doing so, his new top teeth bit right into his bottom lip and almost cut right through it. He was instantly bleeding all over the place and was very upset. It was a little scary. Austin and Brooke both got really upset as well, just seeing Cameron bleeding and screaming. It was sweet that they were so worried about him. As it turns out, a few minutes of Mama snuggling and a little clean up were all it took to put a smile back on his face. (and some Motrin, of course.) His lip stopped bleeding and the cut seems to already be healing up. He'll have a fat lip and cut there for a little while, to be sure, but it could have been much worse. I'm so glad our little buddy is such a tough little guy and that he wasn't hurt too badly with these couple of falls. It's still easy to put a smile back on his face.

What more could we ask for?

Field Trip

Brooke had lots of fun on her first Kindergarten field trip last week! We went to a place called Crowe's nest farm where the kids got to go on a hay ride, see all sorts of animals, have a picnic and pick out a pumpkin. Cameron and I joined Brooke and her class for the fun. It was a nice day for everybody. Brooke was so big riding on the bus.

It just so happened that I passed the bus on the road during a time of slow moving traffic. I had the pleasure of seeing my little Brookie's face out the window waving at me and blowing me kisses. It was so cute!