Halloweenie Roast - rest of pics

Love the looks on their faces in this one.

Halloweenie Roast

I guess we will still call it the Halloweenie Roast, but roast weenies, we did not! We have been suffering from a drought so there is still a no burn ban which prohibited us from our usual meal of roasted hot dogs and smores. Bummer! But we did do chili and soup with homemade pimento cheese to take its place. Delicious.

We did the usual pumpkin carving which was fun, but not everyone wanted to participate in!

(Shame on you, party poopers!)

Here are just a few of the pics. I will post more later! :)

The adorable (and delicious) cupcakes that Bo made.

Day 1 of Fall Break

Last Monday was the first day of fall break. We have stayed very busy, but have been having a nice time. This is Ava's first "break" from school and she just doesn't understand why she hasn't been going to school. The first week was filled with many things like a dentist appointment, flu shots, dance class, and runny noses. This week will be more low key as far as running goes, but I have some pictures to work on (for clients) and this is the final week of the first class for my masters, so I have a HUGE project due. This coming weekend will also be our Annual Hallo-Weenie Roast (prob minus the weenies since we have had no rain!), so I will be busy preparing.

Did I mention that I really wish I had a maid to come clean my house? With these two kids, I feel like I am shoveling in the middle of a snowstorm!

Anyways, here are pics from last Monday, our first day of break...

Note the nasty nose running...

Just has to dig through everything... The dishes which are always backed up and which seem like we have 10 people living here.

Tired, fussy, and cuddled up with Pop.

Another glance at the massive junk pile that is our house! And Ava's glove balloon from the dentist (which Bradley popped and told her he didn't know what happened to it....)

The first pot of chili for the season which I thought we weren't going to get to have because the store was sold out of chili fixin's!

My Preschooler

I haven't shared much about Ava and her school year so I thought I would do a quick summary of how her school year is going.

We just finished up the first 9 weeks of school and Ava is doing very well. Her teacher was out on maternity leave for the first several weeks, but she is now back and Ava seems to be adjusting well. Here are some things from the year so far.

• For some reason Ava (and several other students) call their teacher Rhiannon instead of Mrs. Rhiannon. I have no idea why, but we have had some talks her about respect. Mrs. Rhiannon said she is having a tough year and that at least Ava knows her name! :)



• Ava already has a nemesis at school. She and another little girl just do not mesh. Her teacher says it's because they are both such strong-willed little girls.



• At parent-teacher conference, the only negative for Ava is following directions and listening. Typical...



• On her first "report card," Ava has mastered all of the skills listed (shapes, colors, certain letters, body parts) with the exception of knowing her ankle and listening to directions.



• Everyday Ava comes home with tons of papers she has worked on. Most are just random drawings of letters, people, flowers, and hearts.



• She can write her first name correctly. (with a capital and two lowercase letters)



• She loves it!
• Here she is on the first day of preschool.
  

Here she is on October 1st.

Depot Days

Here are a few pictures from Depot Days. This was the 2nd year in a row that it was a disappointing mess. We did have a good time with Courtney and Lindsey who went with us. Other than that, it was a real snooze.

Ava waving at the parade people.

Love this goat!

Ava acting silly.

Swimming in Decatur

Just popped in to show a couple of pics that I had taken in Decatur back in July and never posted. It just doesn't seem possible that we took that trip 2 months ago. These were taken at the pool in our hotel. Ava is scared of pools, but finally loosened up a little bit and got in. She did enjoy putting her feet into the hot tub. Harrison loved it and really liked floating around and being pulled around at high speeds, typical daredevil!