Friday, November 2, 2018

Halloween Highlights

Happy Friday!!  Hope you've had a good week.  We had a really fun time celebrating Halloween with friends, at school, at the museum, at church and at home.  It was a fun couple of weeks to kick off the holiday season.

We ate pumpkin food.  I added some fun toppings to a frozen Freschetta pizza and my family loved it.  I keep one in our freezer at all times for a SUPER easy dinner that costs around $5.


Olive had Red Ribbon Week at school and wore a clover dress for her team day.

Fletcher learned all about bats and owls at his Science class.  He loved these owl binoculars.

The trees in our neighborhood are so gorgeous right now!!

We got a surprise delivery of fancy cupcakes from a local bakery.  They were all delish.

Our best sibling costumes to date.

We went to the Fall Fest at our country club with some friends.  We ate spooky food, went on a hayride and made smores.  


It's been fun to get out and walk/run during the days.  The cooler weather has been great!

We went to the Fall Festival at Olive's school.  It was so much fun to see her school, meet her teachers and see how many friends she's making.  She ran into tons of kids from her class and she happily greeted them by name. She was eager to give us the tour and show off some of her work that was on display.


Fun fact about me: I cannot stand carbonated drinks.  Can't drink them.  Never have.  I just hate those fizzy bubbles.  Looks like both of my kids agree with me.  Both tried fizzy drinks and about barfed.  

We trunk or treated at church.  It was fun to put all of our unicorn stuff on display and enjoy the beautiful day.  Kevin and I took turns doing stuff with the kids while the other one passed out candy.  


When you suddenly realize you're twinning with your mom and that's not cool.

Just kidding.  Olive said pictures are just better when you make silly faces :)

We went on a hayride.  Funny thing happened... a low branch snatched the unicorn horn right off my head!!  We had to swing back around and have someone reach out to save my horn from the tree.


Our backyard.

We had friends over to play and decorate cupcakes.

We picked up sticks, played outside and kept finding caterpillars everywhere.

Olive made this Halloween art... "It's me and you, Mom.  We're both witches on a polka-dot broom because we love polka-dots."

I planned a fun Halloween party for Olive's class and my friends really came through.  Aren't these pumpkin face cuties so cute!?!

Olive was SO HAPPY to have me at school with her and it was good to be back in the classroom for a couple of hours.  We both had the best time.  Her teacher was super appreciative and she told me later that her friends loved the party.  #momwin

We trick or treated on the 30th and the weather was gorgeous.  Short sleeves and no jackets for everyone.  The kids got tons of candy and it was fun to say hello to neighbors.  We ran into a bunch of kids from Olive's class so she was really excited to see friends.

Fletcher refused to have anything to do with a stroller this year.  Superman was super offended by that suggestion.  He walked most of the way and ate his weight in chocolate.

We carved one pumpkin on the 31st and got it done right before trick or treaters arrived thanks to Kevin's quick carving. 


That was a fun couple of weeks of Halloween memories!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!


Linking up with My Glittery Heart

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Real Life Fall Photo Shoot

Happy November!!  It's crazy to think how quickly October flew by.  I'm looking forward to my birthday in a couple of weeks, focusing on Thanksgiving and being thankful this time of year and preparing for the holidays that fill the rest of the year. 

Have you ever wished you could just freeze time??

I've been trying harder lately to savor the moments.  To enjoy the sweet, quirky, cute things about my kids at this moment in time.  Our backyard was looking extra gorgeous this week with all of the red leaves falling so we went outside for a quick photo shoot.  I dusted off my real camera (which still had pictures from last winter on it) and took pictures for 10-15 minutes.  I didn't fix their hair or change their clothes.  Just started snapping real life pictures.

I love that I captured real smiles, tiny teeth, bandaids, scratches, socks and crocs and messy hair.

This is us.

Olive:
Age: 5.5
only wants to wear dresses
floral is her favorite pattern
makes art all day long
2 clips in her hair every day
socks are no longer the enemy
thinks any kind of potty joke is hilarious
eager to try new foods
LOVES learning
notices everything
eager to learn to dribble a basketball
asks questions ALL day long
loves to sing
amazing at remembering people's names
swaps about/without "Don't leave about me!"


Fletcher:
Age 2.5
loves construction sites
loves any emergency vehicle
loves his mama
loves people
sings all day long
if he really likes you he will call you his BBF (you know like BFF:)
foodie
so messy
tiny tornado
always jumping
super strong and wants to do everything the big kids do
fast bike rider
asks to have snuggle parties
loves to learn
says "Dat's just what I do!" when I question him about doing something wrong



One kid being loving.  One kid saying no thank you.









My blue eyed boy.



I know it won't be long before Olive's dream of having wiggly teeth comes true.  I'm soaking in the goodness of tiny teeth before her big teeth come in and change her smile.



Cool tricks on the swings thanks to kindergarten.

These two have the best time together.  BFFs most of the time.







Who knew that I'd be thrilled to see my kids wearing socks and crocs one day?  I'm just happy that her feet are warm and that she can put on her own shoes.

Sun setting in our backyard.





What are your favorite things about your kids RIGHT NOW?