Be Silly, Be Honest, Be Kind. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Jackson's (and my parents!) visit!

I was so thrilled that my parents were coming back up to visit and bringing Jackson with them.   I missed that little guy and that was the first time I went 3 months without seeing him.  I'm REALLY looking forward to getting home and seeing Gracee.  (and everyone else!  ;) )

 Running off energy during a rainy day!

 It worked!  :)
 This picture was to make his dad jealous.





 She loved Stuart.  



 This girl loves, loves basketball.  



 Mason's favorite game!


I tried to get more of Jackson, but he was running around doing his own thing.  

 We picked the coldest day to head to the ocean.  :)  Jackson's 1st time!
 He wants to come back for his birthday so he can swim!  



 The horses were so neat!











 Dead Jellyfish



 Cheering on K-State on the East coast!


 Pink ice cream for the pink lover



 Mason fell asleep chewing on his water gun.  Tough life!

 We made a detour to NYC
This little sweetie slept good once they left.  So much fun!


School Pumpkin Patch!

On Wednesday, Maddy and I got to go on a field trip with Mason to the pumpkin patch!  Maddy had asked to go back a few times since we went as a family, so she was so excited to get to go again.  Mason was excited because he got to ride the bus.  (Why does the bus excite kids so much?)  Since the night before Maddy hurt her foot and couldn't walk, I dug the single stroller out and away we went.  Which, by the way, I have to point out that having a 38 pound non walker is NO fun.  AT ALL.

It was so fun to see Mason with all of his friends who were also excited to see Mason's mom and Mason's sister.  ;)  I love the mentality of little kids.

Here are a few pics........




 Mason's class.  I think there were a few missing!
 Mason didn't want to have his picture taken.  Playing in the play area was more fun!

Monday, November 7, 2011

Happy Halloween!

We had so much tonight Trick or Treating!  It just gets better every year, seriously.  So much more fun than actually doing it ourselves.   I was a little worried this afternoon, it started raining and then went from a rain to a downpour which continued for the next two hours.  The rain let up right as we were venturing out, but then started again while we were out.  To be honest, it was actually a lot of fun walking and playing in the rain.  Maddy didn't miss a single water puddle.  ;)

I asked Mason when we got home if he had fun and he said "so very much fun, but it was really kinda scary."  HA.  I had to laugh.  Our last house we went to had a yelling skeleton on the door and it scared both of the kids, but not so bad that they didn't go up and get candy.  Mason is still talking about the "monster"

I couldn't get enough of how they said "Trick or Treat"  it was so adorable.  Maddy would also say "good bye pumpkins, good bye black cat, goodbye scary monster" to each of the decorations at eeevvvveerrrryyyy house.

After we got home, the kids warmed up in the bathtub.  As Chris was answering the door to greet little trick or treaters, Mason ran around the corner full fledged, stark naked and right up to the door of a handful of kids and parents....that was a greeting I'm sure they won't forget!

Here are some pictures of our Halloween festivities including pumpkin carving!






 I'm glad I took pictures the night before
 Maddy and her Minnie "baby" pumpkin

Yummy!  Warm, Fresh Krispie Kreme donuts!

 Ready to go!  

 Mason was excited because he got a new spiderman raincoat!  I guess the rain was good for something!
 And I realize just now that we didn't put on her mask.....at all.  oops!