Thanksgiving Feast

Alex had his Thanksgiving Feast at school today.  The feast started with a little program by the kids. Not much cuter than little kids singing and doing motions ;).  Alex is in the red shirt and Pilgrim hat - a little to the right of the corner. Sorry about the shaky videos - I was holding Brodie on my lap and my arm up over his head and he was doing the motions with the kids on my lap ;).   A little tricky to hold my arm still!

Here are a few of the songs:

The rest of the pumpkin pie song...

Happy Halloween

Also known as "The Best Day Ever" if you ask Alex ;).

Alex had a Halloween Party at his school.

First they walk around the church and Trick or Treat to all the church employees.

Then they go through various game stations.



This is Alex's teacher...

This is Alex's BFF at school - Wyatt...Such a sweet boy!

And finally, snack time.  Alex had to get exactly what Wyatt picked to eat.

Although I apparently I have no proof in pictures, Brodie attended the party as well.  He just followed behind Alex and was happy to watch everything going on around him.  He was not really impressed to be following behind Sully from Monsters Inc., but got comfortable with him after awhile.

At night we headed out Trick or Treating.  Of course the rain came in just as it was time to head out.  It wasn't too bad because it was a warm rain, but the wind was very gusty.  

Ready to head out....

 Brodie loved it!  He did great with all the walking.  With my leg brace we are about the same pace so it worked good ;).  After each house he would say "get more!'.

 We trick or treated with some friends for a little bit, then looped back by ourselves.  Alex led the way all night with a loud "Trick or Treat' at each door.

Trick or Treaters in action.  At the end Alex says, "Thank you for giving my baby some" ;). 

One house had a really scary set up and a guy dressed in a Jason mask handing out candy through a slit in the door.  When Alex saw the guy he backed away quickly and said "sometimes superheroes get a little scared too" ;).  

The kids never complained about the rain, they were having too much fun.  When we were done, Alex did declare that he was "soaking and wet".  

Checking out their loot!

Fall Fun

We are having gorgeous fall weather this week.  So, as always, we spend our days outside.

Some fun with leaves....

I like to call this one "payback" :)

Little imitator...

Tree Climbing....

 Bug hunting in the garden...

Phone Dump Part 1

I realized my phone is full of photos from the last couple of months - so I will slowly but surely be uploading them to the blog.....

Lawnmower rides...

Eric's company had their annual picnic at Tate Farms...

Pumpkin carving.  Brodie thought he was so big using his plastic knife to carve like Alex :)

 Trampoline static hair ;)

 Leaf jumping...

 A friend of Eric's sent us some MSU hand me down's.  Alex was THRILLED.  He wears this jersey everyday and insists that Eric put his on too when he gets home from work so they match ;).

Grandma's Visit

My mom came to visit the past week and we packed as much as we could into a week!

She arrived on Saturday and after nap we took Alex to Free Museum Day at the Space and Rocket Center.    He enjoyed looking at all the rockets and astronauts, but the kids play area and this ride were by far his favorite.  At first he did not want to go on the ride, but after playing for a little bit and watching the other kids, he decided to try it.  He LOVED it and we could not get him to do anything else.  He would just get off the ride and run to get back in line and do it again.

Video of the ride....

The rest of the week was a busy week of appointments and catching up on errands while Grandma watched the boys.  Thankfully we had great weather and we spent all of our time outside. Grandma did a lot of gardening, weeding, bug identifying, chasing, tackling, hockey, tag, trampoline jumping,  etc.!! She walked Brodie every morning to the construction site to watch the diggers and other machines.  Grandma may need a chiropractor visit after all the miles she pushed Brodie on the Cozy Coupe and scooter!

Alex always associates Grandma's visits with weeding, so before she can even bring her suitcase in the house he has her out in the garden weeding.  He found a lot of various nasty bugs in the garden!

 Pumpking carving...

Trampoline jumping!


 Leaf jumping! Nothing like jumping in the leaves when the temperatures are in the upper 80's!

 Lots of walks....

Thank You for all of your help and love.  We always love having Grandma visit and are sad to see her leave!

Field Trip!

Alex had his first field trip this week. All the 4's classes at school went to Tate Farms.  We had a lot of fun and it was cute to see him interact with his friends from school.

Hayride to the pumpkin patch was first.  So many choices!  So hard to decide!

 Perfect One!

 Getting some serious air on the jumping pillow!

 Pure joy in the corn bins!

 Huge slide!

 Big Tires!

 Petting bunnies!

A very fun morning!  Grandma was in town to watch Brodie, and Alex loved being able to do something special with just Mommy!