Linc turned 4!

This tiny little guy turned 4! Ethan had school, so we let him do whatever he wanted during the day. He chose his usual, watching a movie/netflix for a little while and then we met up with Mart and took the little birthday man to lunch. We ended up going to Dickies.

 Don't mind the blurry cell phone photos, for some reason it wouldn't focus all that well.

Me with my big boy!

Jade loved that they had free ice cream cones!

I had been asking Lincoln for a couple of months what he wanted his birthday cake to be. He kept switching back and forth and never made up his mind. Finally, a week before his birthday I ended up deciding to make the Sword of Omens (from Thundercats). Thundercats was Mart's all time favorite show when he was a kid and he passed that on to Lincoln. Lincoln LOVES Thundercats and Heman! He loves any form of weapon and even if there isn't one around, will make ordinary things into a weapon. We thought a sword cake would fit him perfectly.

It was my first cupcake cake, and it turned out alright. My frosting wasn't setting up right and started to melt off a bit, but it worked out okay and Lincoln seemed to really like it.

We had originally planned a lego party and were going to serve tacos (for taco tuesday!), when we switched themes, we just kept with the taco idea. It seemed to be a hit.

We love to make street tacos, and quesadillas for the birthday boy. He isn't a fan of tacos.

My nephew Jordan was able to come, and Lincoln was so excited to see him.

We just ate, hung out, played, opened gifts and had cake.

Kace and Ryan

Ber

My cousin Ryan and his wife Amanda

My mom and Jade girl

My nephews Jordan and Garrett

Lincoln is easy to please and was happy with everything. He loved having everyone there, he loved all of his presents, and I think he had a great time.

"Thunder...Thunder...Thudercats, Ho!"

Jade rocking the beard. :)

She loves balloons and was thrilled when she saw a huge bunch of them!

"That was the best party ever I had" -Lincoln


Happy birthday cute little man! It's hard to believe you are already 4 years old! You have grown so much and I'm so blessed to have you in my life.

Fall Fun

One of the many things I miss about our home in Richmond was the huge maple tree in the backyard. In the summer it pretty much covered the entire backyard with shade and in the fall, we had a bucket load of leaves to play in. (That had a minus side too ... all the clean up wasn't nearly as fun as the playing). We only have 2 very small apple trees that are still just getting established. No shade, no fun leaves, no apples really. One afternoon when we were picking Ethan up from school, we saw that all the trees at the school had dropped their leaves and there were all over the grass. We played in the leaves while waiting for Ethan to come out of the building. Jade had no shoes on, but LOVED the leaves! She was really mad when I picked her up so we could get Ethan.

Once we had Ethan, we just decided to stay and keep playing in the leaves for a while. The kids had a blast. I love the color, smell and crunch of fall leaves. I miss playing in them in our backyard. It was fun taking a break from our every day shenanigans to enjoy the fall.

I'm glad we enjoyed them when we did, because the next day, the janitor had them all cleaned up!

October 13

This was a day of randoms, like most days.

I made Jade's crown for her halloween costume. It was the first time I had attempted a lace crown, and it turned out pretty good.

Lincoln was in the process of getting in the shower or getting ready for bed, or something that required having no clothing on. In the mean time, he needed to go to the bathroom. He tends to take crazy amounts of time to wash his hands, so 10+ minutes later when we went to check on him, we found Gollum instead.

The cold started to hit. The grass was nice and crunchy when we woke up. I also have been super slacking on cutting the grass before the snow hit. The front is nice and trimmed and ready, and the back will just have to be a big shaggy all winter.

We had to make a quick run to Hobby Lobby while Ethan was at school. Linc obviously thought this was way more comfortable than walking.

I guess at some point we have to eat dinner ...

Kya trying out my crown to make sure it looks alright.

Ethan has been so much better at drawing pictures that actually look like something and make sense. He left me four on the fridge for Halloween.

I honestly can't remember what this was ... ?

Frankenstein

Pretty sure this was a witch? Or maybe a girl frankenstein?

Maybe this one was the witch... Either way, the fridge was nicely decorated for Halloween.

Lincoln stopped to make a phone call on the mini stapler. "Hello? Hello? You be here in 20 minutes, ok?" -Hangs up.

Dee and her cute girls came by to pick up my boys and take them home to paint pumpkins! Misty Lou had some gold lip gloss and was lathering up her lips so they were nice and coated.

The boys were anxiously waiting for them to get here and pick them up!

Later that night, Ethan made a bunch of ghosts and hung them from the ceiling. We definitely needed more Halloween decorations.