Pumpkin Patch

What a beautiful day yesterday. We spent the morning walking on the Greenway (oh how I'm gonna miss it when we move). We literally walk down to the Greenway every weekend. Yesterday, the boys rode their bikes and Austin and I enjoyed the leaves falling, the amazingly beautiful weather and watching our little boys chase each other on their bikes. After long naps by all parties, we headed over to the pumpkin patch to pick out some pumpkins to carve. We ended the night with our annual Halloween tradition of carving pumpkins, making pumpkin face pizzas and watching the Charlie Brown pumpkin movie...although it was unavailable last night so we substituted with The Little Rascals (Braden's choice). All in all, a wonderful, family filled Saturday.

Loving the pumpkins -
Family shot -
Fall cuteness -
Oh my goodness, why is it so hard to get a brother's photo -
Love these boys -
Austin and Braden carving the pumpkin -
Asher, my little artist spent his whole night excited about the fact that the markers were out and that he could color something besides a coloring book -

Making the pumpkin pizzas...I cannot promise that the cheese wasn't just a wee bit slobbery before it went on the pizza...let's just say, there was A LOT of tasting going on -
The finished product -

Halloween Party...

The boys had a Halloween Parade and party at school today and it was so fun watching them parade around in their little costumes. Braden has changed his mind multiple times about what costume he wanted to wear...first it was police man, then it was Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates and then finally it was Peter Pan. We finally settled on a pirate costume, although if you ask him, he will tell you he is Peter Pan. Sweet Asher just wants to do whatever his big brother is doing so he said he wanted to be a pirate when I asked him. Here are some pictures of my sweet boys in their costumes.

Buccaneer Braden -
Braden showing me that he has just spotted Asher in his pirate costume -
This picture makes me laugh...Asher is such a little man -
Asher, showing his undergarments and his belly button on the church stage -
Pirate brothers -
The four of us -
Happy Halloween!!!!!

Asher's First Haircut...

Asher got his first haircut (well professional haircut that is) a few weeks ago and here are some pictures from that day. He did really well and was such a big boy. I was totally prepared for some tears because when I took Braden here many moons ago to get his first haircut there were oh so many tears from him. Asher just hopped right up in his chair and sat down...he is definitely a fearless little boy. Braden at that age (and still is) just a bit more cautious and conservative when it comes to trying new things.

Not so sure about this whole thing, but looking very brave -
Chilled out -
And this guy got his haircut too, but was all smiles this time-
I found this picture of Braden from his first haircut in this exact same chair three years ago...he was so traumatized by the whole event...can't believe how much he has changed his looks in three short years -


Post haircut smiles -
Oh wait and have I mentioned that we got a new puppy? I'll have to save that for another post. His name is Hank and he is a mess, but my boys love him...and hate him. He is forever chewing on their toys and on their fingers and toes. More on that later...