Orange Treats, Pumpkins and Trick-or-Treating!!!

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Well another super fun Halloween has come and gone! Our boys truly enjoyed the whole weekend...we made orange rice krispie treats AND orange sugar cookies, carved pumpkins to specification of the examples they drew for us, went to the annual Halloweenie fest around the corner for hotdogs, friends (we found a Luigi for Matt and a Minnie for Luke!!!) and a Halloween parade and topped off our night with Trick-or Treating:)

Luke was NOT a fan of pumpkin goo but the other two had a grand ole time in it!!! My personal favorite pictures show that my boys have some learning left to do as I think they believe there is a buried treasure in the bottom of pumpkins:) They were all sooo proud of their costumes, Luke and Brian even sat still in the "makeup" chair so they could look the part:) Matt was beyond thrilled to find out that he had quite the popular outfit this year as he saw a few other Mario's on his journeys! Little man LOVED running up to all the houses to beg for candy and only dropped his entire bag once!!!

Everyone was in their beds dreaming of the fun they had by 8pm so Mommy is a happy camper too:)

Luke's 1'st Official School Halloween Party:)

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Luke had the time of his life today...he got to go to school dressed as his hero, Mickey! My little man joined the big kids club today and had his very first costume parade and Halloween party at preschool. He waved like Miss America the entire parade and proudly sported his costume, leggings and all:) We spent the rest of the morning doing Halloween rotations which included games, crafts, snacks and LOTS of fun! Luke really likes Emi, a little girl in his class and spent the better part of his day posing for pictures with her:) All of the fun wore him out...he came home and took a 3.5 hour nap!!!

Brian's 1'st Grade Performance

Brian was the STAR tonight in our house...he had his 1'st grade performance and sang his little heart out. He turned and smiled at my camera half the time which even made it more precious:) We videotaped it, especially for Gaga & Papa since they were M.I.A. for an excellent reason...Miss Molly is arriving tomorrow-we can hardly wait!!!! Enjoy the video...you can thank Luke for the choppiness (he wouldn't stop yanking my arm!!!)

A lazy Sunday...

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After a crazy Saturday with four baseball games in three hours, we thought we'd spend Sunday just playing with the kids. What a fun day we had...after some morning goofing around and haircuts, we headed downtown in the perfect 75 degree weather for some outside fun! The Austin Botanical Gardens is one of my favorite places...it is this peaceful, hidden, beautiful place with hundreds of different paths leading to various areas such as the butterfly gardens, the rose gardens, the Japanese Tea Garden and many more (not to mention completely free!!!). The boys love just being able to run around, climb rocks, go under waterfalls and see fish, butterflies, birds, flowers, statues, plants, trees and even dinosaurs! After almost two hours of exploring, we headed across the street for a train ride circling the entire park. The boys love climbing aboard this little train and the fifteen minute ride completed our day of fun...almost:)

We had so much fun just being outside and enjoying our family time that we completed our evening at our favorite restaurant, Freddie's Place... a true Austin style hangout complete with picnic tables, live music, a fun playground and the best part being that it's all fenced in so the kids can just run around while waiting for the food to arrive!!! I truly can't think of a more perfect way to spend my Sunday than just being outside with my four best guys!!!

Halloween Fest at Six Flags

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With Halloween quickly approaching, we decided it was time for Six Flag's Halloween fest and this year we were lucky enough to have Gaga & Papa join us for the fun! Since we have season passes. we get to go frequently and enjoy the fun but this time was EXTRA special and the most fun ever as...Luke FINALLY made the 36inch cutoff!!! (with a hat on, but nonetheless he MADE it!!!) He was beyond thrilled to get to ride on the rides his brothers go on (the only exception being the BIG coasters) and had the best time being a big boy at Six Flags...he even put his hands up on the Wiggle coaster:)

There was lots of fun to be had besides Luke getting on the rides! The highlights of the day were...a dance party with all of the Looney Toons characters, discovering Gaga has a secret "darts" talent which resulted in her winning three basketballs for the boys, getting Trick-or-Treat bags from Scooby & Scrappy and the boys refusing to sit with Craig on the kiddie flying swings which resulted in him getting asked to get off (like a pedophile!!) since he had no children:)

Paging Dr. Moose...

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Matt's current dream is to be a vet with Brian, own their own ranch that houses their vet office with a lake in the middle separating them and employ Luke as the kennel help:) Craig, me and my parents have all been assigned jobs as well and will all apparently live on this giant commune together with them!!! This whole week in Kindergarten has been centered on community helpers ending with a parade today around the whole school. Matt dressed up as a vet and proudly marched around the school with his class waving to the big kids like he was Miss America:) It was adorable to see and really fun to hear all of the other grades cheering for them in the halls as they walked by!!!

After the parade, lunch was an all school picnic and burger cookout which Luke and I got to enjoy twice...once with Brian and once with Matt! A fun end to a busy week...oh wait, that's right, we have THREE baseball games tomorrow!!!