Halloween 2010

This year I was alone during Halloween while Jason dressed up as a Ranger fan at the World Series. Jenna was an 80's girl with full on crimped hair in a scrunchy. While she was getting ready there were a lot of questions of why and all I had was because it was the fad back then.





Jackson was Wolverine complete with claws. We thought that we would have him kick a soccer ball as an inside joke but decided against it.





We started well before dark but surprisingly it takes forever to walk the neighborhood. We had a blast though! Happy Halloween everyone!

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

Last Friday we went to the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown at Bass Pro. The store had masks to color, free pictures with the Peanuts Gang and trick-or-treating around the store. Which is more challenging than it sounds. We then treated ourselves to dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. It didn't hurt that both the kids were free.

Heroes

This month the third graders performed at the PTA meeting. The theme was Heroes. She got to hold the Pacific sign for "God Bless the USA" song. Very cute program.



Afterwards Jackson wanted to show us his artwork. One of his drawings was selected to go on the Art bulletin board and was the first one shown on the morning announcements. As you can see this is a self-portrait and he even drew his backpack on his drawing.



Our family project was to color and decorate a pumpkin as a family. So Jenna colored, Jason glue the pom poms on and I helped with the stickers. Of course, my son with the mathematical mind (shocker since I loved math as it caters to my type A personality) had to have everything in a pattern.

Last Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday I met my sister and her girls for one last trip to the Pumpkin Patch. I had hopes that with the promise of rewards that my kiddos would smile for some pictures. Well, trying to get four of them to all look at the camera and smile at the same time is somewhat challenging. I am sure that my sister has better pictures because her camera had super fast sport speed.

Rylee, Jenna and Reese


All 4 Cousins


Reese, Jenna and Jackson


Jackson and Yoda


I saw these cute felt masks in the dollar section of Target and thought the kids would like them....


One tired kid of the Pumpkin Patch


Hay jumping

Fall Weekend

This morning we were able to head to The Pumpkin Patch with Grandma and Papa. While it was dusty and crowded, the kids had a good time.

Saturday of Games

We started bright and early on Saturday and headed to the State Fair. We met up with our friends Steve and Jenny to head to the Baylor / Tech game. Jason and I even wore green to support the Bears.



Before we headed into the game we were able to go through the Tom Landry exhibit. The exhibit is a prelude to the Super Bowl in Arlington in February.





We had to head a little early to get Jason to the Rangers game.



Unfortantely both the Bears and the Rangers lost. Other than a little more sun than we wanted we had a great time.

The Pumpkin Patch

One of my favorite family traditions is visiting The Pumpkin Patch. We have done it every year since Jenna was born. We always try to go the first Friday the Patch is open. It is normally a wonderful day, it isn't very crowded and we get the first selection of the pumpkins. This year it happen to be opening day. It was fun watching the tractors unload and lay out the pumpkins.

Every year we take this photo and I guess it hit me how grown up Jenna is really becoming. My little girl is starting to disappear and a beautiful young lady is appearing.



Jackson is really starting to have a little growth spurt. It is always harder to tell with him because of his body build.



They humored me and allowed multiple pictures some even without the standard camera smile.




Some years I don't care what pumpkin we get but today I felt like traditional round. So we hunted for round with no ickies on the side. We finally found it!


Then we headed for the perfect little pumpkin before we headed to the Fall Festival at the kids' daycare.


One last hay climb before we head out!


I love Fall and can't wait for the Fall weather to arrive! Happy October everyone!