Pumpkin Carving

 

I have to admit….

I LOVE PUMPKINS!!!

I have white ones, bluish/gray ones, traditional orange ones, fake ones, real ones, painted ones…  See?  I can’t wait for October when I start filling our home and porches with pumpkins! 

As much as I love to admire them around our home, I love seeing these sweet fellas carving pumpkins.  We dug into the orange pumpkins that sit on the front porch Wednesday night. 

Reid usually cautiously approaches new things and slimy pumpkin parts would be no exception except his teachers at school carved a class pumpkin that day as well.  He had a preview to this fun activity so that helped when convincing him to just dive in with both hands!

 

The big brothers cracked my up with their carving.  Spencer meticulously carved his jack-o-lantern complete with a dimple on one side of the mouth just like he himself has.

Briggs, on the other hand, went after his pumpkin stabbing it to add “hair” and a “beard”.  He also thought it needed a mole beside the nose just like “Nana Bug’s boo boo” (Reid points out my mom’s mole as her boo boo every time he sees her).

It was a great afternoon…

  

 

Unfortunately, I became ill Thursday night and Reid started running a fever and feeling bad on Friday.  So, no trick or treating for us on Halloween, which also means I missed out on pictures and costumes!  So, we’ve decided to dress anyway and at least ring Nana Bug and GrandDadE’s doorbell tomorrow.  Pictures to follow.

Preschool Begins

The day finally came and Reid started school!!!  Wow.  It’s weird to be able to say that our baby boy is in school now. I know most say that the years fly by and in the blink of an eye you’re on to the next chapter.  However, there are times when time feels as though it’s moving more slowly with our Reid.  It seems that he’s been a “baby” for a long time.  Maybe that is because he walked later, talked later (which we are still working on), or maybe it’s that his life has been so involved.  Involved with extra appointments, procedures, and worry.  But this life is beautiful and we are celebrating this time and excited for our “big boy” beginning school! 

To the next chapter…

Mom and Dad pumped last Tuesday morning.  Reid a little unsure.  Oh, and it was “Silly Sock Day” at school so I rocked some of the boys’ baseball socks!

Reid Is THREE!!!

Our sweet boy turned three on Saturday.  We celebrated with friends and family Saturday evening in our home.  When I began thinking about this party and the theme, I originally thought about going with a theme tied to his favorite book, Brown Bear Brown Bear.  But the boy likes BIG trucks and he cannot lie! So, in the end it was a big truck theme that took over.

 

  I used my nanny’s pound cake recipe again to whip up a birthday cake.  I love that this pound cake is becoming a tradition in our home!  I usually make my mama’s buttercream icing but this time we needed chocolate buttercream and some crushed cookies to create “dirt” for our trucks!  It was yummy and we had plenty leftover even though I cut huge pieces!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much to our wonderful friends and family for celebrating our guy with us!  Reid begins preschool tomorrow!!! So, this mama is signing off to get everything ready for my little guy’s big day!

Celebrating Papa Charlie

My father-in-law passed away two weeks ago.  Sunday we gathered together to celebrate the life of our “Papa Charlie”.  It was really wonderful seeing so many people come together that haven’t seen each other in quite some time.  Papa Charlie loved his children and grandchildren.  While Reid may be too young to remember him, I’m sure there will be plenty of stories shared.

A few moments from the day…