Halloween night

For the first time, we decided to go trick-or-treating on Halloween! We've given out candy in the past, but the boys had actually never been door to door until tonight. And...they loved it! They went right up to each house, rang the doorbell, said trick-or-treat and thank you. There was only one fall in the dark - and it was Alex! They really did have a good time both getting the candy and eating it. Happy Halloween!

Tiger tailgate

We took a brief break from all the Halloween fun to tailgate for the Tiger game. Brian has a new TV setup so we were able to watch games, play outside and eat tons of food and Halloween candy (no need to break from that!) Even though the game was terrible, the boys had a blast hanging out and cheering. Reed even found a new friend and the boys got to see a police motorcycle up close!

Office trick-or-treat

Brian's office had their annual trick-or-treat event and we dressed up the boys and headed over. They walk from office to office and get tons of candy. Some areas go all out and decorate with a theme and some just hand out candy. Since we've never actually been trick-or-treating in our neighborhood, they think the only place you can trick-or-treat is at work!

Alex's Halloween party

Friday afternoon, Alex had his kindergarten Halloween party. They got to wear their costumes, decorate cookies, play games and eat! Alex had a great time with his friends and kicked off the Halloween weekend.

Reed's Halloween party

Reed had his Halloween party and pumpkin patch at school today. They had a fun snack, a sprite/sherbet float drink and made a Halloween shaker. Then they played on the pumpkin patch/playground. It was a fun morning at school!

Jack-o-lanterns

We finally carved pumpkins tonight! Alex has been begging and begging to buy one of those little pumpkin carving kits and carve his own pumpkin. We picked up two giant pumpkins at the fall festival on Saturday so we were ready to go. They both thought the guts were "disgusting" but were very interested in picking out the design for their pumpkins. Of course, Alex picked a scary face and Reed picked a silly one! Alex and I had a great time doing his carving, and even though Reed got tired of it after about 5 minutes, Brian persevered and finished his silly pumpkin. After we finished, we lit them on the mantle and curled up on the couch to watch them glow.

Fall festival

St. Louis had a fall festival on Saturday and we were really excited to go. We ran into a bunch of Alex's friends from school, and Alex and Reed both had fun jumping in the moon bounce and riding the hayride with friends. They also played lots of games in the gym and got their faces painted. Toward the end of the time we were there, Alex found his "girlfriend" Baylor. She is in his class and they like each other a lot. Alex asked her to go on the hayride with him and she got the same face painting that he did. At one point, we even saw them holding hands!!

Football Friday

Friday night, CBHS had a huge football game against MUS. We knew it would be crowded, but we decided to go anyway. We walked all the way to the game from our house and met up with the Coles. Alex and Reed did a great job watching the game (with the help of RingPops) and we ended up staying the whole time! After halftime, we sat with the Wendts and Alex, Ava and Luke found some other kindergarten friends to play with. The kindergarteners (and Reed) ran up and down the bleachers and had a great time. And CBHS won, so it was a great night!

First field trip

Alex had his first field trip on Friday! He was super excited to ride the big yellow bus and see all the farm animals. All the kids rode the bus with the teachers and a bunch of moms carpooled from the school down to the farm.

Alex got to pick a pumpkin, take a hayride, cheer on a turtle race, ride a train, ride a horse, pet a chicken, feed a few animals and play with his friends. All of this in less than 2 hours! He had a great time and I did too!

Web work

Alex got his first web work assignment as homework today at school. They go to computer class each week and to enhance their computer skills his teacher is sending home web work (computer and internet based homework) each Wednesday. Alex was really, really excited to do it and had a great time learning about the farm online. This also prompted us to move the computer downstairs for easier access, something I've been wanting to do for a while. Now Reed is really interested, too, so we may have to come up with some web work of our own!

Fall and football

We had a full weekend of fall and football fun! On Saturday, we went to an early Tiger football game, and even though they are terrible, the boys don't know the difference. We walked up Tiger Lane (which was really cool) and had practically an entire section to ourselves at the Liberty Bowl. They had hot dogs, watched the band and Pouncer and had a blast - who cares that the "yellow team" won, right?

After the Tiger game, we joined the Coles to watch the Bulldog game. Mississippi State is Alex and Reed's second favorite team, so they were pretty excited. But when we got there, they were WAY more excited about playing with new toys and eating dinner. Which worked out great, because that meant we got to watch the game! The boys stayed up late and we all had a blast.

On Sunday, I was in a fall mood, so we cooked a big pot of chili and cornbread, made some candy corn cookies and invited the grandparents over for dinner. A great impromptu end to the weekend. I love fall!

Fall break at the lake

Alex was on fall break this weekend, so we decided to spend a few days at the lake and make a vacation out of it. Friday morning we headed into Savannah and spent the morning in the city. We saw the Tennessee River Museum where the boys learned a little about the river and the "Silver" War! Then we had a fun lunch outside and enjoyed cupcakes on Main Street. We had a blast just walking around and enjoying small town Savannah.

I always love to roast hot dogs and cook smores when we are at the lake, but the weather never seems to cooperate. This time, it was a little warm, but we went for it anyway. Brian made a great fire and the boys enjoyed cooking and eating their food outside on the sand. We spent Saturday and Sunday loving the beautiful weather and watching some great football. We had an amazing time and it was fun to get away for a little while. The trip also made us all ready for some real fall weather!