Even though they feel like this about taking pictures…
I make them do it anyway because they look too cute all dressed for church not to.
So, happy Monday from my totally silly yet completely dapper dudes!
See you tomorrow!
Soccer
Maxwell’s soccer game this past Sunday was rained out but I still have pictures from the week before to share! It was another great game full of hustle and heart!
Maxwell’s favorite part of the game for sure…
Standing at attention mid-field! ha!
Goooo Mean Green!
We sure are having fun this season getting to play with sweet friends like Ben and Hayes!
Here’s to my soccer star!
Halloween!
Thankfully Maxwell was feeling much better by Saturday afternoon and was ready for a fun Halloween night! Unfortunately, the weather forecast was not in our favor! We were planning to go to the parade, the neighborhood party, and then trick-or-treat. But, with the rain coming, the neighborhood moved the party up to 4:00 so we went straight there and skipped the parade. But, we obviously had to get plenty of pics on the porch first! 🙂
Piggy was ready!
and so were her chubby cheeks! 🙂
Spencey was being a little pouty at first…
But then he perked up and gave me a good lion roar to match tiger Maxwell!
We walked over to the party and it was fun – they had two bounce houses and little train to take you on a ride around the neighborhood. In hindsight, I think we might have had more fun at the parade but….live and learn. The party had a lot of “big kids” and it made it difficult for the boys to enjoy things. Here they are crammed into the train car with lots of “big kids”…they look a little overwhelmed! ha!
Still, they managed to climb and bounce and enjoy themselves for sure!
Samantha enjoyed the party from our arms! She really, really wanted to get Robert’s bottle and was almost successful a few times. She’s got a grip!
Around 5:00 it was starting to rain so we headed out to trick-or-treat before it really started to come down. Maxwell and Spencer walked up to the first house right beside the party and as soon as the lady came to open her door, her two giant dogs bolted out the door barking their heads off and scaring the boys so bad I wasn’t sure they were going to make it. Maxwell was terrified. It was scary. From them on, we had to check to make sure there were no dogs in the house before Maxwell would go up to the door! ha! He got braver as we moved along though and managed to hit up plenty of houses for lots of candy!
By 6:00 it was raining harder and we were wet and headed toward home! The boys were super excited to sort through their loot…
but I was super sad to realize I had dropped Maxwell’s mask somewhere in the last block before home. Robert went back out to try and find it that night with no luck but, the next morning, look what we found laying in someone’s yard! hooray!
It was soaking wet but totally fine!
Overall, it was a fun Halloween but, man oh man, I’m hoping for dry weather next year!
Happy Halloween!
Halloween Fun
Well, we had a fun – albeit very soggy! – Halloween! Before the rain came on Saturday, we had a fun day on Thursday with Maxwell’s Halloween parade up at school! That morning, when Maxwell put his costume on for school, Spencer wanted to get dressed up too so I threw Samantha’s hat on as well and we actually got a cute picture of all 3 dressed up!
Lions and Tigers and Pigs! Oh my!
I was really proud of Maxwell’s costume. I found the neat mask and tail on Etsy. We tried to just buy a tiger costume but…the colors didn’t match and that was not ok with Maxwell! So, I searched high and low to find an orange shirt and pants that matched and cut all those tiger stripes out of black iron-on fabric. Unfortunately, the fabric didn’t stick that great. Fortunately, GJ was in town and came to the rescue by sewing on all the black stripes. I thought he looked AWESOME and he LOVED it so it was a win-win!
Since Maxwell was a tiger, Spencey decided he wanted to be a lion! I ordered him a similar mask off of Etsy and then we found a lion costume at Target. The mask was hard for Spencer to see out of so, again thanks to GJ, he had two options for Halloween. He could either wear the custome as it came above with the face on the hood. Or, he could wear the mask with the face of the lion removed from the hood….
For Halloween, he ultimately decided not to wear the mask but I was glad I got a few pics of him in it anyway!
Rooooaaaawwwrrrr!
The parade up at school was only for the 4s and 5s and it was precious. It took all of 10 minutes but it was a pretty cute 10 minutes! 
Maxwell had the best costume, if I do say so myself! 🙂
I thought Blair’s birthday cake was pretty cute too!
Here he is getting mad at me for taking too many pictures. Typical.
After the parade I went to pick up Maxwell from his classroom and could tell right away that he didn’t feel good. By the time we got home, he was burning up with fever. A trip to the doctor on Friday morning confirmed strep. Ugh….but very easy to treat! He looked like this on Friday…
But a few doses of some pink bubble gum amoxicillin and he was no longer contagious and ready to go by Halloween! Pictures of the main event tomorrow! See you then! Boo!
BOO!
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….
and even managed to get this! All looking the same way! Hooray!
My tiger and my shark had fun at The Club….
and I even managed to carve a tiger Jack O’Lantern – with ears! – that Maxwell thought was awesome. Go me!
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!