Harvest Festival

BATMAN!!!

Jake and his good buddy, Mario (aka Kyle)

The princesses

Strawberry shortcake (aka Ella)

Batman takes a break from being a superhero to play trains

Jake's cute little class

My little spider

Ha! Walker wouldn't hold Jake's hand, so Jake just grabbed one of Walker's other arms! :)

Over it already, and Halloween is just beginning!

fake smile x 2

Jake's preschool class had a Harvest Festival (aka Halloween party) today and invited the parents to attend. After the kids ate lunch, we helped them with some crafts and then they got to decorate a sugar cookie and eat it. So much fun! Of course, all I was thinking about was what poor Walker would eat at these types of parties since he's allergic to eggs and can't eat cookies. :(

It was a school day for Walker, too, but his class didn't have a party since the kids are too little to understand. He did dress up, though, and got to come in to Jake's class towards the end of the party.

I should have some more pictures up over the next few days from trick or treating, so check back soon! Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving

Painting the white pumpkin.
Jake wanted to make it look like "Earth."

Walker was responsible for the orange and yellow parts. :)

The almost finished product.

Carving the orange pumpkin with Ryan.

Someone stole my camera and snapped a few pictures without me knowing. ;)

The little ones enjoyed a game of hide and seek while the big boys carved the pumpkin.

Boo!

Does anyone know where Kaitlyn is?

There she is!

Hometown Fair

Jake's first ride!
Since Walker wasn't big enough to ride, Jake had to ride by himself. I thought for sure that he'd chicken out, but he was such a big boy!

Poor Walker was too little to participate in most of the fair stuff. :(

Fake smile + head lock= the best picture of the boys that I could get.

This was the only thing Walker could get on, and he had a blast! I literally had to pull him out kicking and screaming.

Our sweet neighbors offered to take Jake on this ride since I had to stay back with Walker, and again, I thought Jake would chicken out once he got near it...

...but once again, he proved me wrong and LOVED IT!

Yes, these are totally my children! You can't get enough free snowcones, popcorn, and hotdogs!

Jake was super excited to see Ryan Madden!

More of my silly boy on the inflatables.

Our neighborhood hosted a "hometown fair" for the residents this past weekend, and we had so much fun!! This was the first "fair" that either of my boys have been to, and while it was just a scaled-down version of a real fair, they thought it was the best thing ever! Considering that the hometown fair was completely free (rides and food), was void of typical "fair workers," and didn't have long lines- it beats the Perry Fair any day. ;)

Here's a cute story- there was 1 booth that was age appropriate for Jake to try to win a prize...it was called the "duck pond." It was basically a little kiddie pool with floating rubber ducks in it; you got 3 chances to pick up a duck with a star marked on. The more ducks with stars you picked up, the better the prize you got. Well, Jake got up there and picked up 3 ducks...no stars. The look on his face was devastating. I even asked the girl, "doesn't he at least get a consolation prize?" No bueno. :( I just told Jake that we'd try again. Well, about an hour later, we tried again; this time, I cheated and watched the kid in front of us for which ducks had stars. Sad, I know, but I was not going to let my child have his heart broken again over some cheap fair prize. Anyways, sure enough, he picked up the first duck....no star. He picked up the second duck...no star. He looked up at the fair worker with these sad puppy dug eyes, and I did it....I said, "Jake, pick this duck right here." Sure enough...STAR! He was so proud of that 10 cent ruler that she gave him! Hahaha!

Family Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Tractor race!

Listening to the band.

...and leaving the band.

King of the mountain!

King of the face-plant into the hay.

"What about this one, Mom?"

Jake shows Walker how it's done.

Snow cones to wrap up a fun-filled day.

Since UAB played last Thursday night (AND BEAT UCF!!), Tyson actually got Saturday off. This is the first Saturday we've had him home since the end of July, so we totally took advantage of the day and headed for the pumpkin patch.

Jake couldn't understand why we were going to the pumpkin patch again so soon, though, so I told him it because Daddy and Walker didn't get to go and Walker needed to pick out his own pumpkin for Halloween. Well, Jake being the sweet big brother he is, was all about "helping" Walker pick out his pumpkin. Too sweet.

I love, love, love family days like this. They are few and far between during football season, but that just makes them that much more special. :)