Fall Festivities

October has always been my favorite month of the year and fall my favorite season. Maybe it's my New Hampshire roots and the memory of leaves changing color and the smell in the air. California definitely has a more mild version of fall but it remains my favorite time of year! The colors, the weather and all the Halloween festivities!

This season did not start as expected with Paige making her first trip to the ER. She was climbing her toybox and fell backwards onto her shelf splitting her scalp open.


She had to have three staples to close the laceration. It was definitely a heart stopping moment for us and one I will not soon forget! But if anything it made everything sweeter because it was a reminder of how life can change in an instant. Our children are such precious gifts from God and we need to never take their health and livelihood for granted!


After the horror of that day we did a pajama day with comfort food!

I remember my mom letting us lick the batter off the beater while baking!


My kids definitely enjoyed it too!



The finished product!

I love her crazy faces!

Paige was back to normal almost immediately and ready to get into some more trouble!

Time for carving pumpkins!

I was surprised Paige was much more into it then Reed.

He just wanted to use the tools to carve the furniture!

Paige decided to sample the pumpkins!

Checking out the finished product.

The one on the right is supposed to be ghosts....

Saying goodnight to his new friends!

Time for the Pumpkin Patch!

Reed LOVED watching the cars race!

Paige just wanted to run around.

Family pic

Nana and Papa

Paige and Nana waving

Last year we took Reed to the tractor ride and he started crying as soon as the engine started. This time he actually drove it all by himself! He is so fearful of everything this was a really big step for him!

He switched to a smaller, easier to handle vehicle!

We were all cheering for him so this is his embarrassed face!

We keep trying for a family pic with everyone looking and smiling at the same time. Hasn't happened yet!

Playing in the pumpkin patch

Found something more her size!

Reed just wanted to run all over the field

Next stop, the petting zoo!

I love fall with the family! Can't wait until Halloween!

Playtime with Reed

Reed has been on a nap strike for over a week. I must admit I find it hard to fill those additional three hours with him that he used to spend napping! Today my house was clean, dishes and laundry done and Paige was napping. I was bored and so was Reed! Today at Little Lambs (Moms Group) the thing that struck me that I needed to work on was more playtime with the kids. So I got out this tent someone had given us and we pretended to go camping in the backyard! Amazing how easy it is to entertain kids! Sometimes I overthink it and try to think of something really creative or special to do but it really doesn't need to be that hard! Bust out an old tent and just like that, two hours of free entertainment! We're waiting for it get dark so we can go back out with our flashlights! And how funny that I find myself looking forward to it!

Rosey cheeks from the heat


Telling me to get in!


Showing me how to zip and unzip, zip and unzip...


But wait, there's another zipper on the other side!


Night night!

Redlands Air show

I don't which is Reeds favorite; firetrucks or airplanes because he's obsessed with them both! Thanks to the Redlands Air show we got to see both! It was a little boys dream world, and, as it turns out, a little girls as well!

Paigey in the firetruck


Reeds turn!

Taking the passenger seat for a bit

I was surprised how into the air show Paige was! She kept pointing at the planes and saying "ooh, whoo, wow!"

Reed could watch them all day

I heard "airplane" about 8000 times that day!

I think Paige wanted a ride!

Saying "hi-eeee" for the camera.

Paige tried to get under the caution tape about ten times!

Sitting in a helicopter

And a small plane!

Thanks Redlands air show for some cheap entertainment!