October Recap

We finished up football (finally!) - B had his football jamboree on a 35 degree day. Needless to say it was cut short. All in all it was a fun experience and I'm sure we'll do it again next year. 4 days a week gets to be a bit much, but luckily we have some great neighbors that we were able to carpool with :)

Of course we hit the corn maze/apple orchard. It's not really autumn without going...

The apples were amazing. I LOVE honeycrisp season...

A good friend came into town for a visit. It was good to see her. Unfortunately this was the best of our self portraits...what can I say...it was a last minute get together after a long day :)

Baby (now called Moo) turned 1. Can't believe he's already such a big guy. He's such a sweetie pie.

Needless to say, he loved the cake. I'm pretty sure that ALL babies love cake. Moo is no exception.

On a side note - Moo also had surgery on his ears. He'd had recurrent ear infections and fluid that wouldn't go away. Antibiotics weren't working and the little guy wouldn't show any signs of being ill - we'd bring him in for a regular appt and he'd have raging double ear infection.

Since the surgery, he's a completely different kid. I'll post more on that later, but yeay! for the tubes...

Monkey got a hair cut. They put product in it which delighted him to no end. Pretty dang cute.

Moo started walking all the time. And fell in love with balls.

Monkey and Moo have started to actually play together - nicely - without TOO much drama.

Phew!

And of course there was Halloween...my little "critters" had a great time. Our friend came over with their princess (FAIRY princess!) and we did a little trick-or-treating in the freezing cold.

It was obviously exhausting (note that we switched costumes...)

All in all a very busy and wonderful month. I'll try and keep you posted on what's going on a little more often!

...and then there were THE REST OF THE PICS...

Our trip was amazing (have I said that enough times lately???) Sorry - probably a little obnoxious, but it WAS really...well...you know ;)

We spent a lot of time on the water. The kids did some tubing, lots of swimming and a little fishing with the neighbor boy...

We played a lot at Nana and Bapa's house...

Baby crashed with Bapa - awwwww.....

We did a LOT of hanging out in the back yard...best place in TX...seriously...

Monkey discovered his love of measuring...

Monkey spent a lot of time in the buff...

Again, with the back yard...even Pipps had fun in the pool...

Oh, and there was the day we took out the slip n' slide...

All in all, a great trip. One we'll take again....

Thanks again Nana and Bapa - we love you guys and miss you!!!

I Left My Heart in San Antone...

Ok, so I didn't. I only left a few dollars there when I bought lunch along the Riverwalk, but what can I say...it seemed like a catchy title for this series of pics :)

Of course we went to the Alamo...I don't think you can miss it :)

Here's Pipps standing in front of a building we thought was really neat...the architecture in SA is pretty amazing...

The infamous River Walk...

Baby eating his toes...we were still at the Alamo waiting for Nana to buy souvenirs...Monkey got a coon-skin cap, the older kids picked out rocks...seriously....little tiny polished rocks. They are definitely not my real children ;0)

Even the cops at the Alamo have a swagger in their step ;) (Can I get a Yee-Haw!!!)

I wish we grew trees like this here...

The Coolest Natural Springs EVER...

Krause Springs - ever heard of it? If not, MAKE IT A DESTINATION...it's amazing.

You can read about it here

Our Safari in Texas...

One day when we were in TX, we went here.

I seriously don't think my kids have ever had such a great time. It was really cool.

We rode in a big wagon behind a tractor and with our huge bucket of feed, the animals were eating right out of our hands. It was incredible...

My Mother's Garden

I doubt that I will ever be a great gardener. My mother and I may have many things in common, but I'm pretty sure this isn't one of them. I just don't have the patience - or maybe I do - but it's put to use raising 4 kids, 3 of whom are LOUD boys :)

Anyway, I just wanted to share these. She has a wonderful back yard...it's one of the most relaxing places I've ever been...

Monkey and Ms A go "Georgia O'Keefe"