Life Lately: Part 2

This post is not in order.

We have pictures of Thanksgiving...

...which we celebrated with the Farmers. 

In October, Jude got to see Sesame Street Live with his bud Ava.

 I'll admit, Cookie Monster and Elmo were pretty entertaining in person.

I also forgot to mention Halloween in my last post. So, here it is. Maddox had a fun Halloween parade at school and he bravely got up on the stage and announced that he was Spiderman.

Debby joined the fun and kept Jude happy with candy.

The Therrells came for a visit; then, a couple weeks ago we went to SC and did an early Christmas visit. (pictures still to come). 

Maddox had a patriotic parade at school in honor of Election Day. He was cute, as usual. 

Then of course we did trick or treat around the neighborhood Halloween night.

The Therrells were here to join us and we had a blast collecting candy and ringing doorbells. 

Maddox was obviously Spiderman and Jude was his favorite character: Curious George whom he calls "Georgie."

In October, Yani came to the fair with us because Andrew was gone on TDY. She was a great "baby daddy" fill-in and she rode all the scary rides with my suddenly fearless child, Maddox. They even rode the swinging pirate ship! Even I'm too chicken for that. 

(They are in the middle up above.)

When Andrew came back, we went to the Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival. It is actually not about hairdos. 

We tried some yummy food, listened to music and the boys rode a few rides. 

Unfortunately, Jude came down with salmonella the following day so that was the end of our fun for a while.

Andrew about lost it on the kiddie coaster. Proof. 

 Who knew roasted corn was so so so delicious???

Jude hated the spinning tea cups and Maddox enjoyed the torture.

It's funny seeing Jude with a paci in these pictures. As of a week, he is paci-free and we are working hard to get him to fall asleep in his big boy bed.

Things are changing fast!

In other news, we are all ready for Christmas and can't wait!

Merry Christmas to all our family and friends, here and there! We love y'all. 

Life Lately: Part 1

I'm still around.

It's been a busy, fun and cold few weeks! 

It's true. It does get cold in Florida.

I've stayed warm, thanks to my mini peacoat and big cups of hot chocolate topped with marshmallows (half a bag seems to be the perfect amount).

Life has been good lately (except for a little asthma attack).

I love school and I have four best friends there: EJ, Jonah, Emmett, and Eisley.

Halloween was a blast. I was Spiderman and Jude was Curious George. I racked up on so much candy that I still have a stash under my bed. It was a special night because Mimi and Pa were here visiting and they came along for the big trick or treat.

Now it's time to switch gears and get ready for Thanksgiving, which is also the day we'll put up the tree and start the Christmas countdown!

Then we're headed to Carolina for a couple weeks of awesome vacation.

Take a look at life lately! I'd say it looks pretty darn happy.

Stay tuned for Halloween pics, our patriotic parade, the fair, and the Mullet Festival. I'm not posting these pictures in order - sorry, I'm only four! And I don't like math very much anyway.

Catching up 5 weeks is a lot of work!

-Maddox

Fall is in the air

Cooler weather means pants, more playtime outside, and caramel apple suckers.

It also means more "spooky" has been added to the neighborhood.

Meet the man next door. 

Jude has to check on him every time we're outside. He pokes him, kicks at him, yells at him, then laughs.

I told him he is just a "pretend man."

In fact, he's just a pine straw man.

We have a smaller, less spookier version of the pine straw man.

Today I took him for a jump in the trampoline.

And then Jude vanished.

We found him UNDER the trampoline, giggling.

No matter how sick he is, he always finds a way to get into mischief. 

 I like this time of year. But, I'm not a big fan of pumpkin things. Mom and I made pumpkin rice crispy treats today and I just "kind of" liked them. Jude didn't mind the pumpkin though. He gobbled up two bars after his nap and still wanted more.

And everybody knows a cooler day calls for more coffee (or...just more coffee creamer). 

-Maddox

Pumpkins, Cats, Spiders...It's October!

October is SPOOKY! 

Are you afraid of cats and spiders?

Then don't come into our neighborhood. 

Because the biggest cat and spider I've ever seen are lurking right down the street. And I heard from Mom that their eyes glow at night!

Now, that is the stuff nightmares are made of.

Jude is afraid of Mom's owl and black crow, so I KNOW he is freaked out by the big black cat.

Yesterday, we took a little trip to a non-spooky place: the pumpkin patch in Niceville!

We stared at them, sat on them, smelled them, and Jude tried to throw them. He called them "balls!" but I know better. They are pumpkins! And they come in orange mostly, but also in white and green and something that looks like warts.

We met up with Yani there and then later that night she and Mom painted all the pumpkins. 

Well, except mine.

I'm going to get some sticky eyeballs and turn mine into a silly pumpkin.

(The big mama!)

Like I said, Jude hates crows. He fusses at this one, at the one below, and even at the poor owl. 

And we also found out he hates scarecrows.

Too bad he isn't as brave as me (except when it comes to the man dressed up like a dolphin at Gulfarium).

I have a lot to teach that kid!

-Maddox