To Do Box

To Do:

-Laundry

-Kids

It's nice to have everything in one place for organization sake!

Halloween!!!!

Alex's preschool teacher, Ms. Laura, painted faces on Thursday.

My kids showing off my friend, Amanda's designer halloween shirts.

Meow!

AHoy Mate!!!

Gido was a Benihenna (sp?) Chef

Mackenzie loved Grandma's pumpkin that lit up and laughed.

Cousins!!!!

We had an awesome Halloween. For me Halloween isn't about evil monsters or scary ghosts. It is about the joy I see in my kids eyes as they get dressed up and go trick or treating. And that's exactly what happened this year. Alex was the most excited. He was thrilled about the whole experience, especially when he tried to stuff candy in his mouth constantly. At the end of the night he was sad b/c he thought Halloween was over and his candy would be gone. He was happy to learn that his candy would be waiting for him in his pumpkin at the top of the fridge to be rationed out at dessert times. But, I mean come on, who can eat that much candy? Mackenzie could care less about the whole night. Gabby had the trick-or-treat thing down by now, but she was still very into it. We also carved the pumpkin that we picked at Dewberry. Other than being a little grossed out, Alex and Gabby enjoyed watching a plain ol' pumpkin turn into a real Jack O' Lantern. Halloween was definately the family day we wanted it to be and now I just gotta put away the decorations....ugh. Out with the old and in with the new... Thanksgiving!!!!

My Little Pumpkins

It went a little fast than I expected!

Little buds!

Cole and Abbey joined us at the farm!

I love Alex's pose in this pic.

We took a family trip to Dewberry farms a couple of weekends ago. It was such a treat. If you've never been, I highly recommend this family adventure. It has become a tradition every year. This was Mackenzie's first year, and that made it even more special. There was so much to do there. This year was a little cooler than past years, which made is seem really autumn. The kids had a blast jumping on the hay piles, riding the corn ride, jumping on the bubbles, picking out pumpkins, visiting the farm animals and playing on all of the various play equipment.

We picked out three pumpkins and we plan on carving the large this weekend to get ready for Halloween. I love this time of year. We have really been looking forward to all the holidays this year to spend as a family.

Happy Birthday Gabby!!!!

After school on Friday.

After her "makeover" at Sweet n Sassy

Rainforest Cafe

We have had such a wild and crazy weekend in the celebration of Gabby's 6th birthday. She is officially 6-years-old! Friday night Gabby had over some friends for a Hawaiian themed Slumber Party. The girls had a blast. It really brought back memories of the slumber party days. Then Saturday, her real birthday, after her friends went home, we took her to Chuck E Cheese for lunch. Then after, she was surprised by a trip to Sweet n Sassy to get her hair, makeup and nails done. Afterwards, she got to pick out a dress and a new pair of shoes to wear out to dinner at her restaurant of choice, Rainforest Cafe. There, she opened the rest of her presents with all of our family present. It was quite a birthday celebration! But she is such a sweet girl who loves surprises and she deserves it! I got a kick out of when I asked her if she had a great birthday to which she replied, "No...it was AWESOME!!!"