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BOO!

October 30, 2015

We’re ready for Halloween!! Earlier this week, we went up to The Club for pumpkin carving and face painting. It was chaotic as always but plenty of fun too!

With a little Starburst bribe, I was able to get the kids onto the porch for a picture….

halloween

and even managed to get this! All looking the same way! Hooray!

pumpkins

My tiger and my shark had fun at The Club….

halloween

and I even managed to carve a tiger Jack O’Lantern – with ears! – that Maxwell thought was awesome. Go me!

halloween

We also listened to the Ghostbusters song on repeat last night and the boys think it’s pretty cool. We’re ready for Halloween and we ain’t afraid of no ghosts!!! BOO!

Halloween season is busy! Busy but fun! We went up to Boo at the Zoo on Saturday night. We (meaning I) decided it would be best to save our real Halloween costumes for the main event so I had two little Spidermen with me.

spidermen

This one was killing me with his big muscles. The cutest.

spiderman

I even decided to go along with the spider theme a bit!

boo at the zoo

I also talked GJ into going with me and we sure were glad to have her along for the ride!

boo at the zoo

We left Daddo and Robert at home with Samantha to watch football. Robert kept trying to tell us Samantha REALLY wanted to go to the zoo but, we didn’t bite. 😉

boo zoo

We got to the zoo around 4:30. They weren’t supposed to let people in until 5:00 but we got on in around 4:45 so I was glad we got there early. We bought our tickets online in advance and that saved a lot of time too!

boo zoo

I can see how everything would be even neater later at night when it is dark, but we enjoyed being the early birds! The boys got their fortune told, rode the train, went down the inter tube slide (even spence!), went on the hay ride, trick-or-treated in the hay maze and finally rode the carousel!

boo zoo

Thanks to GJ, the boys even came home with some loot from the gift shop. That’s what grandmothers are for, right?! 🙂

zoo

We were home by 7:00 and honestly had a great time. Realizing I had somehow dropped my driver’s license at the zoo that night? Not so great. But, I called the next morning and someone had found it and turned it in. Hooray! I’d say we’ll go back to Boo at the Zoo again next year.

On Sunday, after soccer, we drove out to our church’s Fall Festival. The kids got to decorate a pumpkin and get a little face paint. They had a bluegrass band and you could make s’mores.

fall festival

Maxwell got his marshmallow a little charred!

fall festival

It was a fine time. I think the kids enjoyed it but I’m not sure if we’ll make the effort next year.

fall festival

Halloween fun all around!

more birthday fun

October 27, 2015

More birthday fun – just not our birthdays! On Friday we all got to go celebrate Sally’s 3rd birthday! She had a cute train that took the kids down to the end of the cul-de-sac where they picked out a pumpkin to decorate back at Sally’s house.

sally party

Spencey was waaaaay into decorating his pumpkin! He sat there forever and was quite proud of his finished product!

sally party

It was a beautiful (and hot!) afternoon to hang out with friends…

saly party

sally party

babies

The boys got cool glitter tattoos (which are still on 4 days later!) and Samantha ate some goldfish (her first!) off the ground. Awesome.

sally party

These next pictures make me laugh. Spencer and Max were standing next to each other while Sally blew out her candle. Go from left to right and see how Spencer checks out Max’s hat, then he decides to touch Max’s hat, and then Max sternly tells him to get his own hat! ha!

sally party

Not to worry, Spencey got his own hat and walked around the party like this for quite a bit.

party hat

He’s a funny boy.

Happy birthday Sally!

sally party

thanks for a great party!

Rest of the birthday

October 26, 2015

Happy Monday! We had a really fun weekend – fall festivities are in full swing! Today let’s wrap up Spencey’s birthday celebrations! After his party on Monday, he got to take treats to school on Tuesday. He’s been loving Starbucks cake pops lately so I just got those to send! Perfect and easy!

cake pops

He was pretty proud to go to school in his other new garbage truck shirt!

bday boy

bday spencer

He was also pretty proud of the new Lego garbage truck that Maxwell “helped” him build! 🙂

lego garbage truck

We enjoyed having company here all week and loved getting to see Susu, Daddo and GJ!

susu

daddo

visitors

Let’s do it all again soon! Who’s birthday is next?!

A Garbage Truck Birthday!

October 23, 2015

Spencer got to pick the theme of his party this year and he’s loving garbage trucks right now so that was that!

spencer bday party

We did it on a morning that school was out and kept it simple with just balloons, balls and a bounce house in the backyard. They didn’t have a garbage truck bounce house but Spencer saw the Monster Truck one and decided it would be perfect!

bounce house

spencer party

Maxwell even drew some special pictures to help decorate! 🙂

spencer 3rd party

garbage truck

Spencer was pretty excited about his blue and “geen” garbage truck party and he really loved his new shirt!

spencer party

My sweet 3 year old!

spencer party

spencer bday party

We had so many good friends and family join to celebrate Spencey! It was a beautiful fall morning and perfect for playing outside.

spencer party

The kids bounced and bounced and bounced and dug in the sand table and threw those big balls all over the yard!

spencer party

Since the party was in the morning we decided to go with doughnuts instead of a cake. I think those kids liked the doughnuts better than any cake I could have given them!

doughnut cake

Spencer blew out the candles…

bday party

spencer party

and got a doughnut for each hand! He quickly ate the icing off of both, handed the remnants to GJ, and took off to keep bouncing! No better way to celebrate being 3!!

spencer 3rd party

It was the perfect party for our perfect blonde-headed, blue eyed, happy little boy! Happy Birthday Spencey!! We love you!

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