Halloween Decor

Now that we're starting to see other Halloween decorations up around the neighborhood,

the boys have been asking to put up our spiderwebs.  We used what we had,

but decided it wasn't nearly enough.

A quick run to Target and Home Depot,

and one giant Pinterest spider later, and we're in business!!

Brother Pic

Because when the skies part and the stars align and you get all three kids in one place,

 at one time, looking at the camera, you post it on the blog.

It only took me 18 tries to get them all looking and somewhat smiling.

Makes me very thankful we live in the age of digital photography.

 

Toddler Soccer

Yep...this pretty much sums up how Joe feels about soccer league.

In case you missed him, he's the one in the middle of the field with his shirt over his head.

Mini Minion

I may be biased, but this is the cutest little Minion I've ever seen.  Those teeth!! 💗

 

Smile Practice

Today is picture day at Pilgrim, so Joe is practicing his best smile.  

Poor Owen was home from school because he had a fever yesterday,
but lucky for me I get a cute picture of the two of them.

Owen's "Missing" Tooth

This afternoon after school Owen came running out of his classroom door anxious to show
me the new space in his lower row of teeth.  He doesn't have the tooth, and has no idea
where it is or when he lost it.  Thankfully the tooth fairy still honors teeth that are "missing."

Apple Picking

Yay!!  It's apple picking time!!  I look forward to this day all year!!  Not only is it super fun, but it's one of my favorite places to take pictures.  They always turn out so cute and capture our day perfectly.  So get comfortable, because as always, I took a lot.

These are just a few of my favorites.

The one low point of the day was when Miles got stung by a bee.  He was sitting on the

ground looking really cute, so I was taking pictures of him.  He grabbed an apple that was

laying beside him and started playing with it.  All of a sudden I noticed there was a bee on

the apple.  I tried to jump over and shoo it away, but he grabbed the bee before I could get

to him.  It stung him right on his thumb.  I've been stung before and know how much it hurts

so my heart broke for him.  He cried for a little while, but then calmed down.  I could tell it

was hurting him though because he was timid when he was grabbing apples and he was in

a somber mood for the rest of the morning.

Thankfully we were able to cheer him up and got a few smiles out of him.

And no trip to the apple orchard is complete without a ride on the moo choo train,

and a visit to the boys' favorite, Peter the pumpkin eating dinosaur.

Once again, the apple orchard did not disappoint.  We had a great time and in my humble opinion got some great photos that we can look back on for years to come.