A Daniel Tiger Halloween

Hope y'all had a safe and fun Halloween this year! We had lots of fun. It was not hard deciding on a costume for Jackson this year. He has adored the character, Daniel Tiger, for months now. He loves the music they sing on the show, and claps his sweet little hands every time the show is on.

Here is our little "Daniel Tiger" at Daddy's work. They always love for kids to come and show off their costumes every year. Special thanks to Aimee, who made the ears and also to Maureen, who made his tiger tail. :) 

So cute!

He loved sharing his candy at Daddy's office as well. Too funny.

Here is Jackson checking out his loot. 

Friday night, we lit the jack-o-lantern that Russell and I carved for sweet J. It was so cute watching his reaction to the light inside the pumpkin.

Playing around and laughing. It's what we do best!

I love this one of my boys!

Sweet boy

Russell worked so hard for the past three weeks to build Jackson a "trolley" to fit over the wagon we have. I enjoyed painting some of the pieces, but he did most of the work. Here is our Daniel Tiger in his trolley. Ding, Ding! 

Our family with the trolley at Fall Fest. 

It was so good to see our friends, Kelsey and Abbey there too!

Fun activity to try! 

We also went to Laynette and Rusty's house to trick-or-treat and to visit for a few minutes. Laynette goes all out for Halloween, so it was fun to drop by.

Our little tiger was getting sleepy. :)

We still made time to stop by Starbucks and get a "frappula" for Halloween. Did you know they only make these Frappuccino's one day a year? 

How I love my little pumpkin. It is so bittersweet to look at these pictures. Time truly flies.

Last night, when I was putting Jackson to bed, I held him and sang, "Great is thy faithfulness," "I love you, Lord," and more. Jackson rocked back and forth and clapped his hands and gave me the biggest smile. It was the perfect reminder that no matter what you are going through, good or bad, God is faithful!! It brought tears to my eyes. Cherish every moment with your babies, kids, teens and adult children! :) It's worth it for sure!

 

If you honor your father and mother, things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth. Ephesians 6:3

October Fun

The month of October was so busy, but fun. I tried a few new things and projects with Jackson as well last month.

 We painted this pumpkin, what I call a "ghost pumpkin" with Jackson's little hands. You can see it did not turn out perfect, but that's okay. It was fun and Jackson got to try his hand at painting. :)

 I also made chicken pot pie soup with puff pastry croutons. I just cut out shapes and baked the pastry for a few minutes. And voila! You have croutons!

 I took our sweet boy to the doctor a couple of weeks ago for his 18 month check-up. He is healthy and growing for sure. Anytime we go anywhere, Jackson is so happy and friendly to everyone. People love that and can't help but smile when he greets them. :)

 Russell and I went on a date last Friday and we had lots of fun. Pei Wei opened in our area recently, so we were anxious to try it. It was very good. We also went to mini golf and acted like teenagers again. HA! Target was also a priority for our date night. :)

 Jackson "helped" me bake cookies the other day for friends. He was so proud to help me.

 He also had to taste the dough. Yummy! Oh, and the picture is totally not centered. I have a toddler who is always running. What can I say?

 

 Ta-da! Halloween cookies!

 My nephew, Logan, turned 16 on Thursday. I absolutely positively cannot believe it!!! We love him so much.

 Halloween is just fun for us. Papa Murphy's makes a special "jack-o-lantern pizza" every Halloween, so we had to get one.

It's a must to watch Hocus Pocus every year. Traditions, traditions. :)

 

So that's a couple of weeks in a nutshell. I will post more about Halloween in a day or two. Jackson looked adorable in his costume! Stay tuned!

 

Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. Psalm 95:1-2

 



A Day at Farmland

 We now have a six month old in the house!

He didn't know what to think of this wooden jack-o-lantern. :)

Saturday, we headed out to Farmland Adventures pumpkin patch. They had lots for families! The only downer was, it was SO. HOT. It did not feel like fall, but we made the best of it.

Too funny. He can't sit up on his own just yet, so he really was trying to figure out what I was doing.

Jackson riding the horse. :)

Russell and his boy!

The huge Clydesdale horse. Jackson did enjoy other animals, like cows, and llamas!

At the farm.

Jackson just sitting in the patch! He was still trying to figure everything out!

Sweet boy and his pumpkin.

There was a hay maze. I have been through corn mazes before, and this maze was what I prefer. :)

Family pic

His favorite part of the whole day was the corn box! He loved feeling the corn kernels and it was just cute and fun to see him in it. Russell and I are really enjoying fall with our sweet son. We truly try to make memories and yes, document it. :) More fall fun updates to come! :)

Have I mentioned Fall is the BEST? :)

God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:10

Pumpkins, Pumpkins!

Fall, Fall, Fall! Let me say for the 5,000th time that I LOVE FALL!

This little baby boy loves Fall too. See his lil jack-o-lantern sleeper?

As y'all know, we adore the Arkansas Razorbacks. Even though we lost on Saturday, Jackson wanted to show love for the Hogs. Woo Pig Sooie!

We went to church this morning and went to our Sunday School class social this afternoon.

Kelli planned the fun event and it was so fun. Jake and Kelli are such sweet friends of ours.

The class met for a couples pumpkin carving contest and chili cook-off.

Carving pumpkins is hard work!

Emily and Cori are so fun!

Ashley and Lucas are so cute! They are expecting their 4th baby in April! We are so excited for them! Look! Another "photo bomber!" :)

Russell is such a great pumpkin carver. He chose a Razorback design. I would have loved to help him, but it was pretty intricate and looked hard. I stick with the simple designs. :)

Kimberly and James. James is an art teacher and he also carved a Razorback pumpkin.

These are awesome Hog pumpkins!

Russell tied for third place and James got 1st place!

Everyone did a great job!

So creative!

There was so much chili. Everyone tasted each pot of chili and voted on which one was the best. It was amazing how much each one tasted so different, but tasty! :) So glad I made the recipe my mom gave me from a family friend years ago. I make it every year. It's a great recipe because it got 2nd place! :)

Our Life Group (Sunday School) class!

I love him!

Ashley and me!

It got pretty chilly outside. Fall is definitely here, y'all!

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1