Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Weekend Recap

Happy Halloween!! Before we kick off our Halloween festivities I wanted to recap our weekend. We enjoyed lots of our yearly Halloween traditions and had such a great few days. It was just what we needed and the perfect combination of rest and fun. ☺

Friday right after school the boys got to paint their pumpkins. This tradition started a few years ago and is definitely a favorite. It's so simple but they LOVE it. So mama loves it too!


And here are the final DRY products of the boys' mini pumpkins.

Garrison went with a GA theme, Austin went with a bright and colorful theme, and Layton went with a layered theme. Haha. He had soo much paint on his. It finally dried. ☺

Later that night after supper, we finally carved our pumpkin! Garrison was a huge help as always, Austin was pretty grossed out as always, and Layton was a curious, semi-involved observer as always. Hahaha!


I love their faces! Cleaning out the pumpkin is always the most exciting. And grossest. Ha! 

Layton and Austin both used the spoon....

But as you can tell from Austin's faces in each picture, it was fine by him to watch. And me. ☺

Daddy and the boys decided they wanted a Georgia G this year instead of a traditional jack o lantern, so while daddy was hard at work attempting his toughest design yet, the boys watched Spookley. Perfect for pumpkin carving night.

The finished product!

We were really proud of our G. (But I want to go back to a traditional jack o lantern next year... our poor G has already started to cave. #blessit)

Then on Saturday we celebrated our favorite 2 year old at her 2nd birthday party!

It was the sweetest, cutest party. 

The theme was shoes and it was PERFECT for Piper Caroline! Baby Girl is all about some shoes. Everything turned out so cute and fitting for the birthday girl.

Her cake was precious!! And soo good!!



We had lunch together and then laughed so hard watching her open her presents. She loved every single one!







After opening lots of presents, it was time for cake. She was getting sleepy but still so excited. 




She beamed when everyone started singing to her. #cutestbirthdaygirlever



We had so much fun celebrating with her at her party! 

We came home from Piper's party and crashed for a bit before getting ready to head out and celebrate Papa's birthday. We cheered on our Bulldogs and then went out to eat with the whole fam. I'm pretty sure Piper thought we were all singing to her again. ☺

We had such a great Saturday. #actionshot Thank you Lord for the blessing of family. 

Sunday was super cold! We went to church, bought groceries, ate lunch, took a quick nap, and then watched Garrison play soccer. It was a full one but we loved the cold weather! Of course it's warming up this week but hopefully Fall will be back to stay!

We are super excited about enjoying our Halloween traditions tonight! Fun, sweet, yummy, and a tad wild. ☺

Happy Halloween!!

Friday, October 27, 2017

Friday Favorites: Fall Fun Edition

This week has been tiring but full of Fall fun. We are doing all things Fall and Halloween related at school which is the best (so are the boys in their classes!) and we're gearing up for Halloween big time. The countdown is on and the excitement is growing. Layton Thomas is especially excited and ready. ☺

Here's a little look at my faves from the past week or so...

*My classroom now has a brand new rug!! We love it! It's colorful, bright, fun, and new. YAY!!

*I was also gifted with a ton of wish list items from my Pick a Trojan sponsor! It felt a little like Christmas getting all of these goodies! ☺ Having someone purchase a few necessities for your classroom is soooo appreciated by teachers. I love my sponsor and I love my goodies!

*The boys received some Happy Halloween cards in the mail from Granna and Papa this week and were thrilled. They even made a funny thank you video for them. Haha. Piggy bank money and Halloween cards are definitely love languages! (Don't you love Austin's ghost hanging from the mantle? Hahaha. He wanted it displayed somewhere and I'm pretty sure the ghost will make it into our Fall/Halloween decor bins that we pull out every year. ☺)

*We had cancelled soccer practices on Monday night (#happydance #yayforanightoff) so we got in a game night! We had a fun and laid back evening together. 

*Austin came home one day with this little hand print bat and sentences and this was an instant favorite. He is getting better with his writing and really taking off with reading. I'm super proud of my Kindergartner! 

*Speaking of my favorite Kindergartner, Austin was Student of the Month for September but had to miss the luncheon because he'd just gotten out of the hospital a few days before. So he got to participate in October's lunch. We had a great time celebrating with our sweet student. 

*I'm pretty sure this little man had his favorite day of school EVER this week. The firefighters came to his school and brought their firetruck and their mascot Spot! It made his school year. ☺ He told us all about it and had the best time. 

*My para and I dressed alike one day this week and didn't even plan it. We were on the field practicing for Field Day when we thought to have our picture taken.☺ #twinning 

*We took the boys to our Fall Festival at church this week and they had a blast. I didn't take many pictures at all because I was tired and didn't really think about it once we got started with all the games and keeping up with all 3 of them but it was really fun and I'm glad we made the effort to go.

*Layton loved riding the cow train even though you can't tell from this picture. Haha. 

*Garrison rode with Piper and Baby Girl was beside herself with joy. 

#sweetcousins #allthehearteyes

*It was a fun night for everybody. (Austin rode the train at a different time.) And we had a packed house full of friends and strangers alike. Our Children and Youth Minsters do a great job with it.

*I want to print this picture asap! ☺ #meltme

*Yesterday morning I read this devotion during my quiet time and it was just for me and timed perfectly. I was a little stressed going into the day and had a lot of school related things happening and coming up that were bothering me and God used this to speak directly and specifically to me. Oh how He loves me! 

It's been a crazy 2 weeks since Fall Break. Mama is spent. But hopefully this weekend will bring some rejuvenation! We are planning for lots of fun like pumpkin carving, birthday parties, soccer games and hopefully we can squeeze in some extra rest too! Happy Friday!!