Halloween 2016

Halloween 2016 is in the books! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Halloween! And the best part is that my love is starting to rub off on Davis! We had fun decorating the house this year--we started a Halloween village and I think it will be fun over the years to add a little piece here and there. 

Davis informed me in August that he would like to be a ninja. We went to the Halloween Spirit shop right when it opened in August and he picked out his costume. Jason just happened to be out of town so we had to FaceTime in Daddy to make sure that he approved of the Ninja costume. Davis thought it was awesome and was so excited to get to carry around swords with his costume. 

 I had a lot of joy getting the two of them dressed. It took me back to my childhood when I would get in from school on Halloween and rush my parents through dinner so we could get out and trick or treat.

 My porch:

I figure this will be the last year that I can pick Carter's costume for her sadly. She looks and acts so much like her buddy Ryan that Ryan's mom and I decided that they needed to be a couple costume--Pebbles and Bam Bam it was! I have always made her costumes but this year I actually purchased it (what a huge stress relief) and when it came in I was in love. It was precious on her!

 "Hey Davis! Pose like a Ninja for mommy"

 The back of the darling costume:

 We had friends meeting up with us to go trick or treating. We really hadn't talked about what the boys were going to be--both boys were over joyed when they realized they were both ninjas!

 Our crew! This is my favorite night of the year in our neighborhood. Everyone meets up for a group picture before the kids all scatter. The big kids usually take off--and this year Davis was with them! I was in the back with Carter and Ryan bringing up the rear!

 Somebody snuck a kiss:

 And Bam Bam was NOT happy about it!

 The ninjas "dabbing" when I asked for a photo:

 We have started hiring a food truck for Halloween night. This has worked out perfectly and it allows us to not worry about trying to feed the kiddos before we head out to trick or treat.

Driving Carter to school on halloween she informed me that she wanted to be a cat--so I told her she could be a cat next year. I will be curious to see if she sticks with that or comes up with something totally new. This was the first year that Carter really "got" trick or treating. She LOVED it--she really got into saying trick or treat and she really loved the fact that she got candy as a result.

Davis enjoyed playing swords and football in the front yard with the big kids when we were done trick or treating. Even though it was a bummer to have it on a Monday night--it really ended up being a non-issue. We let the kids play and stay up late and just all pretended it was a Friday! It was worth the slow moving Tuesday for the blast everyone had Monday night.

Fall

My favorite time of year has come and is going WAY.TO.FAST. I LOVE FALL! There just seems to be a lot of fun things going on! 

A little round up! 

Davis and Davin got a treat when their buddy Ryan joined them for lunch one day!

 I had a good time going with Davis to his school's open house. I got to see some of the work he is doing and he showed off his desk (messy, messy) and all the fun stations in his classroom.

 We continued to really enjoy our time with our dinner club. The kids always have a total ball and the grown ups enjoy some time of our kids all being entertained!

 I surprised Davis one lunch hour and joined him for lunch. He always gets to pick a buddy to sit with and Jude seems to always be his pick! I think it's because Jude is an even bigger class clown than Davis so he always cracks Davis up!

 Davis started music lessons this fall. He is in class with his two buds and he seems to be really loving it.

I pulled out these towels one night and they were a huge hit. They are now the most requested item after bath--of course they both fight over the shark towel. 

 We got to baby-sit baby Jack so that Aunt Lo and Uncle Bub could go to a football game. This is Carter's very favorite past time. Between baby Jack and baby Mallory, Carter is in baby heaven. She follows Jack around and wants to either hold him or hug him.

 Davis got to go with Uncle Bubbi to the game and thought it was so cool that he could go on the field.

 We headed out to Houston Oaks County Club with a few other families to enjoy the first weekend of "Fall" weather. It was AMAZING. It is such a beautiful club and the amenities were top notch. They have a huge lake for paddle boarding and canoeing. They had a great pool and a treehouse with a/c and a working restroom!

 The best part of the day was heading out to this beautiful setting to hear songwriters play George Strait, Brad Paisley, etc. These songwriters are the ones that actually wrote the hits so it was a great experience to be able to hear the back stories and inspiration behind some of country music's biggest hits. We could have sat out there all night listening to some of the most talented individuals I have ever heard...

 We enjoyed celebrating RyRy's third birthday! He had a super cute Dallas Cowboy's themed birthday party--so Carter of course had to wear her cheer uniform!

 Davis and his buddy Palmer enjoyed a U of H game on a (WARM) Saturday afternoon...

 Grandad joined us for dinner at one of the school spirit nights!

 We had a total ball at the school's auction! This year's theme was not my favorite (finding nautical wear in October was a little difficult) but it ended up being really cute and of course the company was a blast!

 Davis had fun dressing up for book character day (what a pain). Dragons Love Tacos! When I become president of the world I am going to ban character dress up days. Especially because Davis despises it--he wants to be in his under armor and having to don a costume messes with his routine!

 Fall festival was a little earlier this year but we were lucky that baby Jack was able to join us!