Halloween 2017

We had another great Halloween!  This year, Kate decided she wanted to be an alien and Mason went through a ninja, Optimus Prime and Batman costumes from Costco and each time there was a problem with the costume - too tight, too big or too small.  After he refused to wear the Batman costume to the school party, I realized before trunk-or-treat at church that Sunday afternoon that his batman costume was entirely too small.  Mom fail.  So we frantically ran up to Walmart and dug through all the costumes to find a ninja costume - thank goodness!

Since Halloween was on a Tuesday night this year, the weekend before was packed with Halloween events.  Mason's school costume parade and class party was that Friday morning. 

 Mason's class

 My little batman.  I'm sure other parents looked at him and thought "Poor little boy.  His parent's didn't love him enough to bring his costume". Haha.

 The only picture I have of Mason in his Batman costume.  He had clothes on underneath it so I thought that was the reason it felt tight.  Oops!

On Sunday evening, it was Timberlane's annual Trunk-or-Treat event!  My parents work hard to host this each year and it seems to get better and better each time!

 Group picture before we left! 

 So glad Camden and Cooper came!  They didn't trick-or-treat with us this year so we missed seeing them on Halloween night.

 Group picture of some of the kids.  We missed several since they were still getting costumes on.

 Audrey (aka Moana, the newest Disney Princess) and Kate, the Space Alien.

 Ninja Mason and Kaz, aka Flash

 Mason and Sawyer (aka Maui from Moana)

 We had a great time!

On Halloween (Tuesday), my office participated in the agency's trick or treat event.  Our theme this year was Seussville and the coordinators did a fantastic job decorating the conference room.  Each part of the room was a reflection of one of Dr. Seuss' books.   

 The Lorax

 Horton Hears a Who!

 Oh the Places You Will Go

 The Grinch

 Thing 1 and Thing 2 from The Cat in the Hat

 One of the guys in my office even dressed up like the Grinch!

 After my work event, we stopped by Nanny's house and Mimi and Papa's house to show off the kid's costumes.  Then we went to my parent's house to trick-or-treat with friends!  We had several families decide not to join us this year so it ended up being us, the Stewarts and several families from my office (the Bruners, the Colonnas and the Richardsons).

 Most of the kids...at least the ones I could get to stand still.  

Front: James, Kate, Izzy, Mason, Levi 

Back: CJ, Bre-Ana and Millie.

Our little ninja and alien.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch Pictures

It was miserably hot this year when we took pumpkin pictures with Mrs. Betsy but the kids smiled anyway and pretended it was fall.  Ha!  This was one of the easiest mini sessions we have ever had - probably because Kate and Mason are pros by now!

Happy Fall!

Mason is Five!

Mason is now five years old!  We celebrated his birthday a little early this year because he wanted to see the Lego Ninjago movie with his friends.  Since the move came out at the end of September, we decided to have his party the first weekend in October to ensure the movie would still be playing.  

We booked the party room at Governor's Square Theater and had a great time watching the movie and then eating cake and opening presents afterwards. It was a little more stressful than I anticipated but we all had a great time!

The invitation:

 The birthday boy!

 Gigi and Granddaddy with the birthday boy.

 Levi and Mason.

 Camden, Mason and Ruby.

 From left to right: Kaz, Addison, Camden, Gavin, Mason, Aaron, Rhiannon, Connor, Sawyer, Levi and Landon.

 The cookie cake!

 Mason had a wonderful time and we are so thankful for all of his wonderful friends!

 Rhiannon and Mason.

 Kaz and Mason.

Family picture!

On the Thursday night of Mason's actual birthday, we celebrated with our annual family birthday dinner at Red Elephant (Mason's pick).  We had a wonderful time and the kids enjoyed playing in the game room.  It was dark when we finished dinner and everyone started to leave quickly so we didn't get a group picture but that's ok!  

Happy 5th Bithday, Mason! 

Boosterthon Fun!

This was the first year I have attended Boosterthon, the big fundraiser at Roberts!  Daddy has gone the past two years but since he had recently started a new position at DOT, we decided it would be better for me to go.  Mason and I had a great time cheering on Kate and she was once again one of the first ones to finish 35 laps.  I think this girl has a future on a cross country or track team.

 Ready to cheer on Kate!

It was hot that morning but thankfully Kate's class was the first group at 8:45am.  They put a lot of work into Boosterthon - there were tents set up with water bottles and clappers called the "VIP" section for family/friends.  Each of the classes had made signs and ran through the big blowup tunnel when their class was called.  

All done!

 35 laps - check!

Mrs. Vinson's 2nd Grade class!