Chunky Treat

We had an amazing time "chunky treating". Kyle really got into going door to door and getting candy. He didn't quite understand that he was not going in to visit people. He kept going in random people's houses and making himself at home. I guess it is good that we live in a small town and knew most of the people. We met up with a friend of Kyle's (Barrett) when we first started trick or treating. Kyle loves Barrett. They are almost the exact same age so they were both experiencing the same level of enjoyment and disbelief. I think they were both confused about why they were getting candy from all of these people and why everyone was dressed up in crazy uniforms. Kyle walked up to some grown man that was dressed as a Werewolf and kicked him in the leg and said, "You aren't a power ranger, I am!" We ended the night at Aunt Jean and Uncle Bobby. Kyle was entertaining them and Grandmamma. After we were pretty sure he had worked off his sugar high, we headed home.
Heath went on a scavenger hunt with the church. He went with Katelyn and Carley. Katelyn dressed as Bam-Bam, Carley dressed as a High School Musical star and Heath said he was dressed as the "fabulous Heath Ford", the apple certainly didn’t' fall far from the tree did it? The scavenger hunt was in a corn field in the middle of NOWHERE (Steens, MS). After the hunt they played some games, ate supper and came home around midnight. Chris picked him up so I didn't get to hear about it until the next day but Heath was full of stories Saturday morning.

Vickers

Below are pictures from the Vickers from their last quick visit.

Disney On Ice

Kyle and I had such a wonderful day today. We went to Tupelo with our friends Gina and Mckenzie Reed-Wood to see Disney On Ice. IT WAS FABULOUS!!! The show was just as entertaining for Gina and I as it was for the kids. If it comes to your area, I strongly reccommend going to see it. The tickets are VERY resonable but oh boy, take your life savings for all the souveniers and such...Cotton Candy (my favorite) was $10.00! CRAZY, but the entertainment was again, FABULOUS!!!

Affordable Decorating

Last week the kids and I decided that we would create our very own Halloween decorations. We put our engenious heads together and came up with paper-plate decorating because that seemed to be what we had the most of in our house.
This was so much fun and I recommend that you all try it.
The directions are as follows:
1. As many paper plates as you plan to use
2. Print out simple Halloween clip art (without many lines)
3. Dark paint, doesn't matter what color because you are going to paint over it
4. Black spray paint
5. White acrylic paint
Cut out clip art (use as a stencil) paint clip art to plate (using it as glue basically), after paint has dried completely, spray paint entire plate, once dry, remove stencil, you will probably have to paint where the stencil was, I chose to paint mine white....be creative and have a spooky good time.

The other pictures of Kyle after he dressed himself in his favorite clothes. No, he did not match but he was so proud of himself. He found yet another worm but fortunately for the worm, he released him to find "Mommy worm".
To explain the picture of Heath, he convinced me that he could drive so I decided to let him show me. He backed out of the garage and drove down the driveway, around the culdasak and back up the driveway. He did an excellent job! My baby is growing up way too quickly.
God Bless

Our Weekend

Heath played baseball in Southaven this past weekend. The boys always enjoy playing there because of the level of competition. Saturday was a tough day for the Jakes (the baseball team that Heath plays with). Our first game was at 9:00 Saturday morning, which was very early for the boys. We lost our first two games and they were heart breakers. However, the Jakes were ready to “represent” after their losses. They won the third game of the day opening the door to the Consolation Bracket. Somewhere between dinner at Hooters ( a little scary, but it’s a tradition), pillow fights at the hotel, a football game in the hotel parking lot and Heath getting his front tooth knocked out, a decisions was made. The “Come Back Kids” won both games today to get the victorious trophy. Victory was definitely sweet for us all.
So, you may be wondering what Kyle was doing during the excitement… As always, Kyle was a busy little bee. Saturday, Mrs. Pat (Chris’ Mom) and Scotty (Chris’ Brother) were nice enough to have an all day play date with him in Grenada. Sunday Mrs. Pat brought Kyle to the fields in Southaven. He made his grand entrance in an Ole Miss Jersey, baseball pants and baseball cleats. He told Mrs. Pat that he was a “baseball team” and had to wear his baseball stuff. As you can see from the pictures, he looked adorable. There are several MSU fans on our team and they were profusely aggravating him about being a “Dawg”. A lady told Kyle to say, “Go Dawgs” and his come back, “No, I Hotty Toddy Rebel!!!” Yes, that was a very proud moment for us. Another proud moment occurred when we found Kyle doctoring on a caterpillar he found in the mud. After cleaning the caterpillar, Kyle gave the caterpillar a ride on his hat. Literally as I was thinking, “he is just the sweetest little boy” he shows me where the poor caterpillar was put to death by Kyle. My thoughts were quickly altered, “You nasty little boy.”
With all that said, we had a great weekend with our “Baseball Family” and our precious boys and as always our Dear Uncle Bob.
Question:
Does it ever amaze you guys how you can have enough love to love your kids the way you love them? I was thinking on the way home tonight that my cup completely runs over with love for my boys and for my husband. I truly couldn’t ask for more than what the Lord has been so generous to give to me.
Until next time Bloggers, hug your kids and tell them how much you love them…they are such an amazing, beautiful gift.
God Bless You All