Happy Halloween

Again with the 2 weeks between posts...

Things are pretty status quo around here. We went to a neighborhood Halloween party this weekend, and we all had a good time. Everyone dressed up. I was a cowgirl, Jason was Johnny Cash, and the children were Mickey and Minnie Mouse. They looked very cute! Jenna allowed me to put a nose and whiskers on her face, but Jackson said it made his eyes water. He had to go sans whiskers, but was still cute. My neighbors are pretty crafty, and they built the BLACK PEARL on a trailer for a hay ride. Needless to say, all of the children loved it!

Tonight we went to a spaghetti supper at Jackson's school. It was the fall fundraiser/open house event. All of the classes "sang" for the parents. It was pretty cute. Jackson "sang" about 2 words total. He is so silly sometimes. He was very proud to show off all of his classwork to Nana, and especially liked showing us the centers that they do everyday. I will post some of the pictures from tonight soon. I am currently too lazy to go find my camera. : )

J's Update

Wow!! I have to be one of the slackest bloggers out there. Things are going well around here. The children and I are still enjoying being outside most every afternoon. The Lexington school districe decided that Columbus Day was worth celebrating yesterday so Jackson did not have school. We spent a good portion of the day at our favorite park with one of our favorite friends, Will. My children were so filthy when we got home that they needed a bath. Needless to say, a good time was had by all!

Our Daddy is working very hard these days. I know he does not get mentioned much in the blog (because this is afterall a blog about the children), but he is hard at work building things. Jackson is fascinated with the fact that his Daddy gets to go to work with diggers and dump trucks everyday. I think that it is so funny how fascinated boys are with these things! The local McDonald's was recently torn down for a "rebuild", and everytime we go to the bank (beside the jobsite) Jackson becomes entranced with the big machines. Jenna too for that matter.

We are getting ready for Halloween. The children are going to dress as Mickey and Minnie Mouse. I am pretty excited about this. I think that this is probably the last year that I will get to dress them alike or even pick out the costume. Don't you hate it when they get their own opion? This is the first year that Jackson has any sort of interest in it whatsoever so I decided to buy some decorations. Not to much, but we now have a huge light up spider web on the front porch and a fake light up Jackolantern. Both children love the spider web which seems a little ironic to me since they have my phobia of being deathly afraid of spiders. : )

Not much else going on around here. Here are some photos from our last trip to the park.

Don't you just love Jenna's hair. This is the first time it has been long enough for pig tails.

Jenna, Just one of the boys

The weather in Lexington has finally become nice enough for the children to play outside for more than 5 minutes at a time. We were outside for about 4 hours this afternoon. Jenna is really enjoying being outside with the big kids. She is, in fact, just one of the boys. Her two closest friends are Jackson, and our 5 year old neighbor Braden. In the last couple of weeks she has learned to speed down our driveway on her bike (full steam ahead), play hopscotch, do flips in the front yard, and wrestle on the trampoline. She never ceases to amaze me!