Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Still Catching Up...

From last weekend....and I'm STILL not to the trick or treating part!!

Last Friday our neighborhood had haunted houses set up at the club and hayrides going about the nieghborhood. We went up with a ton of friends and had dinner before the festivities. It was a mad house!

One room had a little winding tunnel for the little kids. It wasn't scary, just dark with lights. Very cute.

The hayride is something we have done every year. It has never been scary, just a fun little ride that usually last about 20 minutes.

This year I guess they decided to change it up a bit. Let's just say we went off the beaten path to the undeveloped part of the neighborhood, saw a coffin, from which a man jumped out with a chainsaw!! And that was just the beginning!!! Maddox pulled his little hood over his eyes and never looked up again. I (the horrible mother that I am) could not stop laughing. I could not believe my little ones were being exposed to the craziness!! Cruz thought it was great!!! Next year we'll be sure to check ahead and make sure its not a haunted hayride!!After the haunted hayride the kids felt really "grown up" and decided they were brave enough to go into the 'big kid' haunted house on the other side of the club. (We warned the ghosts and goblins that little kids were coming through, so they toned it down).

Here is Maddox coming out telling me about all the "pretend scary stuff". He even told me about the spider webs, "they're just made of cotton, Mom!!"Saturday we headed to Fayetteville for our last time to tailgate and cheer on the Razorbacks! We will be missing the last home game! It was homecoming, which is always fun! We asked someone to take our picture on the way to the game, of course, "random guy" had to jump in. Stay tuned for next post...HALLOWEEN!!!

Monday, November 1, 2010

Tennis and Pumpkin Carving

Maddox started tennis lessons last Monday. So cute!! He loves it!! He has the same tennis instructor as I do.

Here is Maddox and his friend Nikko before lessons: Sorry about the glare, I was sitting above the courts taking photos through the glass...
Balancing balls on their rackets:


Water break!!!!

Maddox is at the top of the photo hitting the ball over:


Last Tuesday we carved pumpkins:







My kitchen was a mess! While we were carving pumpkins I was making treats for Maddox's and Cruz's school parties!!

Daddy trying to fix the pumpkins eye he accidentally cut off! Ha!


Our Pumpkins:







Oh, and remember the banners I told you about that we made with the kids hand prints? Here is the finished product:


How cute is that!!? The Santa was made out of Cruz's hand. The foot was made out of Maddox's foot!! Love it!

So what do you think....

About my new look!!!???

Can everyone see everything okay now????

Thank you to blog Designs By Sheila!!!!!


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Sunday, October 31, 2010

FYI

Blogger has not let me upload photos for THREE days...I have lots of cute things to share:(. Stay tuned!!!
Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Question For Moms of Boys:

Look, I know boys are different from girls. But sometimes I need other moms to help clarify some things for me.

I would especially live to hear from moms if more than one boy.

My boys seem to be really destructive. They rarely play with toys. They look for somehting else to get into. Especially if it's something they can tear up. And it's about to make me loose my mind! Is this just what boys like to do?

My boys are so destructive. My house is taking a toll. And if your new to my blog i have two boys, ages 2 and 3. So maybe this is normal. I just can't keep up with them!!!

I keep thinking I'm so ready for Christmas. Maybe a bunch of new toys will help keep them occupied!!



(don't let this sweetness fool you;)....)


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Monday, October 25, 2010

Our Neighborhood Halloween Carnival

Every year our neighborhood puts on a huge Halloween carnival for all the neighborhood kids. They get all dressed up in Halloween costumes, walk in a parade down to the clubhouse, and then get to enjoy games, food, face painting, bounce houses, you name it! It is a good time!!

We invited my parents to go with us this year. Cruz is the Very Hungry Caterpillar for Halloween. He was NOT HAPPY with his costume. So Grandad decided to read him the story before we left. Well, I guess it worked, because after that we was happy to put the costume on!! Here is Maddox getting all suited up in his Iron Man garb. He was so serious about it!!
What a boy. I told him to go pose by our pumpkins!!


Cruz acted like his hat weighed weighed 50 pounds!! I swear it doesn't!!





Here are the kiddos getting ready for the parade!!



The start of the parade....




Cruzy got tired of walking...




TWO Iron Men!! Maddox and Nikko!

Grandad and Cruz



They had a fire truck for the kids to play on:


Maddox asked LOTS of questions about the firetruck. He looked under it, wanted to know what every little part did. It was really cute!

My boys skipped the face painting and opted for tattoos!



Maddox picked a scary ghost:


Cruz picked a skull and cross bones. And just for the record there were lots of "cute" things to pick from. Cute pumpkins and spiders, little "Boo's"..stuff like that. My boys picked the hard core Halloween stuff!


Game time!


Pumpkin Toss:


This was a game where you were suppose to throw the sticky balls on the wall. Cruz just walked up and stuck them on. It was cute.


Cookie Decorating Station:






And the MOST obsessed with the fire truck was Cruz!!! He looked at this thing for like 30 minutes!!


He. Would. Not. Get. Out.



Seriously.

When I finally got him away, he got his Dad and Grandad to take him back. Again...and again...and again....:).
Maddox loved the bounce houses:


They had tons of candy apples. Chocolate covered ones. And a chef that sprinkled powdered sugar on top of them. Um ya. Good stuff.


More cookie fun!!

Ganmommy helping out:


Maddox with out sweet neighbor kids, Nick and Lily!!

We had a GREAT time!! Lots more Halloween fun this week! We have a Halloween playdate, hayrides, parties, and of course, Trick or Treating!!!
Oh, David took Maddox to Saturdays Razorback game...once I get the pictures from Davids phone I will share....Maddox had a great time cheering on the hogs to victory over Ole Miss!! Woo Pig!!