Fall Festival & Other Fall Activities

Our neighborhood had their fall festival this past weekend.  We got the kids dressed up in their costumes and went to have some fun!

 Daddy and the kiddos checking out the fire engine

 Jack was so excited to see the fire truck (and talked about it for the next couple days)!

 Jack dressed as an airplane this year.

 Amelia dressed as a pumpkin in a tutu - the perfect 1st Halloween costume.

 Jack decorated a pumpkin with stickers and markers.

 The end result - pretty cute!

 For dinner they passed out pizza and hot dogs.

 Resting after walking in the costume contest parade.

 Another favorite part for Jack...the basketball man on stilts.

 Last night we went to Krogers Kids Night Out.  Kids could come dressed up and then play games and get candy.  Amelia hung out in the shopping cart and watched all the fun.

 Nurf gun game

 Bow & Arrow

 Cake walk (and win a Little Debbies snack)

 And here is the proof that he enjoyed his time doing some pre trick-or-treating...a smiling chocolate covered face in the car on the ride home.

 Last night we also went out on the front porch to carve our pumpkin.  The boys carved...

 ...and the girls sat on the swing.  Unfortunately by this point Amelia wasn't feeling very well with a low grade fever, poor thing.

 Team work

 Pretending to eat the pumpkin guts!

 Awake now and joining in the fun.

 The finished product

Another successful year of Jack-O-Lantern carving.

To end off the evening we watched the Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin movie.

The Last Couple Months in Phone Pictures...

 We took a trip to have "Pepa hamburger fries" as Jack likes to say.

 Amelia's first visit to a splash pad in a friends neighborhood

 Playing at the big Prosper playground

 The first cooler evening we had here we took a walk with Mom-mom and Pepa to the local Subway for dinner.  So fun that we are getting more things close by to be able to walk to.

 Jack's hair cut

 Jack's favorite thing to look at when we go to costco is this Christmas music box with dancing figurines.  With that price tag I think we will just be visiting it at the store.

 Jack went to his first building day at Home Depot.  He got this cute little orange apron and built this airplane.

 We went with his buddy Zach.

 Swing time at the park

 We had a fall get together at Griffins house.  So silly to me that Jack is at the big boy table.  Yes, he is almost 3 years old, but it is still hard for me to believe that he is that big!

 4 generations

 Eliana & Amelia

 We went to McKinney trade days. It was the perfect fall day to do some shopping outdoors.

 Early one Saturday morning we went to the Hemophilia Walk in support of 2 of my brothers, Aaron and Alex with Hemophilia.  Amelia was a real sport and stayed all bundled up in the stroller...until the walk began then I carried her for about 2 miles straight.

 Me and my hubby!

 Jack enjoyed eating snacks at the race.  Can you tell with that messy face?

 Me and my walking buddy.

 Jack and Zach had a movie night at our house. We got pizza, ate popcorn, and watched Toy Story.

 This girl still loves the outdoors!

 Check out these shades! He is stylin' during this wagon ride.

 Throwing pinecone balls into the water...his favorite part of our walks.

 This is what I call pinecone balls (not really sure what they are but he loves them.)

 Jack also loves throwing leaves into this little stream then watching them float away.  His whole body gets into throwing things (as you can tell in this picture).

And Amelia is such a sport and just goes along for the ride and stays as happy as can be.

I Love Fall

 Jack had his first taste of egg nog this year and loves it! I found this mini mug and he loves to drink his egg nog out of there.  He thinks its like daddy's coffee.  If you find him asking for eggs, he doesn't actually want eggs (he doesn't like eggs). He wants egg nog.  Glad to have someone to enjoy my carton of egg nog with me each fall now.

 We had a wet rainy fall week last week.  The temperature was perfect to put on rain boots, get out the umbrella and play in the rain.

 Amelia has quite the collection of Halloween & fall themed clothes and not quite enough time to wear them all. This is one of my favorites so far!

 Lookin' at the rain...

 Playin' with the pumpkin...

 Tryin' to escape...

 We made orange pumpkin shaped rice krispie treats.  Jack was a great cooking helper... as always.

I LOVE this time of year! And I love having such a precious family to enjoy it with!