Halloween!

Our front door with decorations

Mommy and Livee

Jason, black spiderman, and the pumpkin

Our little pumpkin

Dave was off today because he switched with someone. Yay! We started off kind of slow, but picked up as the day went on. We made it to Chick-Fil-A around 2 and hung out for around an hour and a half. We came back through downtown Villa Rica and stopped to trick-or-treat at a few of the local businesses. It was only an hour into it and most of them had run out of candy, so we gave up about halfway through. We then went to Publix and let Hayden trick-or-treat and get a cookie (cause he hadn't had enough sugar already today) and picked up some diapers with my handy dandy baby club coupon. Then we came home and had dinner and Dave and Hayden headed out to trick or treat on our street. We have a TON of trick-or-treaters, but most of them don't show up until later so you can't be deceived into giving out too much candy too early, as I was last year. We did run out, but not until 9 this year. I'm just glad we got rid of most of it. I have eaten way too much of it this week! Anyway, Dave and Hayden stayed out for about an hour and a half while Livee and I held down the fort- well, she snoozed in her swing while I gave out candy. Overall, we had a great Halloween. Can't wait until next year when Livee is big enough to trick-or-treat!

A Little Late

The only picture of Livee from the pumpkin patch last weekend.

Fall Party!

Pumpkin creation

Class table with goodies



Owl cupcake

Hayden's Fall Party was today at preschool. They had quite the spread, but were of course too excited to eat most of it. All of the parents were quite a distraction. We got to meet all of his little friends and chat with his teachers. They think he is hilarious, just like we do. He got a goodie bag and had lots of crafts from this week to bring home. I am loving his preschool this year and we think his teachers are awesome! It has made such a difference to find one that is truly involved with the kids and has a structured day for them. Hayden has already learned so much and we look forward to the rest of the year. We took Livee with us, of course, and everyone thought she was precious and tiny. It was her naptime, but the little nosy britches had to wake up and watch every single thing that the kiddies were doing! The most exciting thing about today was that Hayden finally got to bring home the classroom mascot, a stuffed turtle named Tommy. Every child gets a turn bringing Tommy home for a weekend. When you have him you take pictures and write a little book about your adventure to take back to school and share on Monday. Hayden has been waiting to take him home since the beginning of school, so he was thrilled to get his name drawn. It should be a fun Halloween. Now I have to go make a costume for a stuffed turtle. Any suggestions?

Just thought this was funny

Sweet smiley face :)

Polar Express in Calera!

Got our tickets this morning for the Polar Express in Calera, Alabama! Hayden is obsessed with the movie and the book, so I can't wait for this!!!

Pumpkin Patch

On the hayride

Dave was off yesterday because he had switched with someone last Monday, so at around 11, we headed out to the Pumpkin Patch. First off, let me say that going from 1 to 2 kids has made my brain even more scattered. I really didn't think it would be that cold yesterday, but fortunately Dave said that he was chilly in the garage and I did go back in and get Hayden's heavy winter coat and an extra coat for me. Also, I had the camera in my hand, but somehow it didn't make it into the bag, so we took pictures with Dave's iphone. Maybe I'll have it together one of these days. Also, it turned out they only take cash or check, neither of which we had, so Dave had to go to the gas station ATM to get money. Anyway, we went to Carlton Farms in Rockmart, which is about 30 minutes from here. It is a working farm, and you can purchase beef, chicken, pork, eggs, cheese, pet's milk (unpasteurized), and other goods from them. We stopped at McDonald's before we went to the pumpkin patch, so that we would have plenty of energy for the corn maze, hayride, hay jump, haymaze, animal barn and picking out our pumpkin. We had a ton of fun, although I wasn't sure we were going to make it out of the corn maze! I think we were in there for 30 or 45 minutes. I couldn't imagine doing it at night or (yikes!) doing the haunted corn maze. I would never make it out of that one.

The hay jump

Feeding the cows on the hayride. They backed up into the pasture and the heffers swarmed.

Inside the corn maze

In front of the corn maze

Chicken- bak bak bak

They already had some calves this year and were expecting more in the next few months.

Ready for Winter Weather