Football Baby!

Football season has come and gone. It started out pretty rough, but you have to consider that these kids are 5-7 year olds and the there is a pretty steep learning curve. These guys did a really good job though. They went from the basic throw/catch practice to actually running a couple of plays in about 6 weeks. I don't know that this is the sport for Roland, but I think he had definite potential, if he applied himself. He certainly liked the concept of him chasing his friends and them chasing him, it was just that those pesky rules and that football just kept ruining the chase! We are very proud parents just the same. Congratulations Roland on your first football season!

Halloween-primitive style

We have finally come down off of our candy high long enough to blog! So many things have been going on it is hard to know where to begin. Roland took his first school field trip to a pumpkin farm. He was so excited to ride the school bus. I met him there and we had an awesome day with his classmates. The best part was that they had a huge corn filled bin for all the kids to play with, much like the one that we went to as a family. Being the forgetful person I am, I regrettably did not take the camera. He then got to take the bus back to school and then got to spend the afternoon at work with me.
This year, we decided to go as cavemen. It didn't seem like too much of a stretch from our normal selves. Maybe giving our kids something to club each other with was not such a great idea, but it seemed okay in theory. Roland kept (jokingly, I think) telling everyone he was going to club them if they didn't give him some candy.



Before Halloween, I took some of our decorations down from the attic while the boys were otherwise occupied. Maybe 30 minutes later, Duncan comes running into the kitchen scared out of his wits and totally freaking out saying, "Momma, Momma, there is a big spider in the floor and I touched it. I scared." The whole time we had the spider hanging outside, he would run over to the front window and point to the spider and tell us to look at it and repeat how scared he was. It was so funny.
The jack-o-lantern collection.


We had a short visit from MawMaw right before Halloween and she got to go with Duncan on a hayride at school. He was very excited. They love to have any family around to show off at school. Sometimes it is hard living away from everyone. This is Duncan and some of his classmates. They are all so sweet and love to hug. It really makes you feel awesome to go spend time with them.

Pumpkin pickin' the easy way.

Ms. Carla and the crew.

My Dunkin with his punkin.

A big thanks to my Mom for the pictures. Sorry none of them had you in them! We hope all of you had a fun and prosperous Halloween also. There is much more to tell, but I am pooped from the pre-birthday cupcake making, so we will save the rest for later.