Halloween!

Halloween brought all of the fun fall traditions we love - the pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving and of course trick or treating! This year we had a storm trooper (Landon) and Spiderman (Liam). Such cute trick or treaters!!

California!

This fall Jeff had a conference that just happened to be a mile away from Disney Land. We took it as a sign that we HAD to go. Our boys were SO EXCITED! 

We went to Disney Land, California Adventure, the beach and Sea World. And while Jeff was at his conference the boys and I entertained ourselves at a local zoo, the park and the pool. It was so much fun! The family favorite was Disney Land and our favorite rides were the Buzz Lightyear Ride where we shot lasers at the bad guys, Pirates of the Caribbean and the Toon Town roller-coaster. At California Adventure we loved Cars Land and Bugs Land best of all (and mom and dad loved California Screamin'!).

Disney Land:

California Adventure: 

Zoo/Pool Day:

Beach Day:

Sea World:

We always said we wait until the kids were a little older to have the Disney experience, but now we are so glad we took advantage of Jeff's conference and went - it was so fun, and so magical! We can't wait to go back! 

Liam's Fall Antics

This cute boy keeps us on our toes!! He's obsessed with Spiderman and has been known to wear his mask outside the house. But it's so cute, I can't say no! He is also known to introduce himself as "Spidey" to other people. It's really hard to keep a straight face.

He has loved Mommy n' Me gymnastics class (especially the bars!) but decided that he wanted to try something new this fall and has moved on to swimming ... but look at his cute face!

He just got invited to participate in a little preschool class at the Jr High for a day and he LOVED being so big and going to school. After he said he was "sooo busy!" 

He also says the cutest and funniest things ... about his friend above he's said "She's the prettiest girl, Mom!" (And who can blame him for adoring her?!) He asks "what's that smell" while scrunching his nose (so cute!) and "okay, mom, okay?" and nods his head yes so you'll agree with him. When you ask him what he loves he said "I love mom, and dad ... and coke!" And he's ALWAYS trying to get treats. Always.

I love the way he describes things. Recently he saw "Inside Out." One night he got in trouble for yelling at me. Later Jeff went to say good night and talk about the day. Liam told him "Anger was on FIRE inside my head, dad!" We got a really good laugh about that!

We love him and his spunky, funny, sweet personality!

Kindergarten Update

Landon has taken the kindergarten world by storm! He loves it so much - from his teacher, to his new friends, to being a Traverse Mountain Tiger - he's "all in" on this experience. He's had his first field trip, been Student of the Month, made several new friends and moved up to chapter books! We love how much he loves school and learning!

Soccer Season

With late summer/early fall comes the start of soccer season at our house! Liam has been begging to play so we found a little class for him also. They were in heaven - they both love it so much!