Last Soccer Game

Today was Reid's last soccer game of the season.  It wasn't his favorite thing, but he really did try hard all season long.  We had a few mishaps and hurdles to overcome, but I must say, on his last game, he was as happy as a clam!  He kicked the ball 2 or 3 times, picked a few hundred pieces of grass and just smiled the whole time!  It was a joy to watch & cheer him on!  We are so proud of you, Reid!  You did so great! 

Yay Pirates! Great season guys!

 

Pumpkin Pizzas & S'mores

Pumpkin pizzas before baking...

After... doesn't look as pretty, but hey, I tried!

Ready to make s'mores!!!

Reid's 2nd time to roast marshmellows in the chimnea.  This should be a weekly tradition!  How good are s'mores??!!

And now for the good part... smushing the marshmellow onto the graham cracker!

Oh yeah!  That's what I'm talkin' about!

Such fun memories with our sweet Reid. :)

My boys... sweetest men on earth (and Riley too :)

Last weekend I decided it would be fun to make pumpkin pizzas.  Halloween was over, but hey, it's still fall, fun, & festive, right?  Reid loved the idea and thought they were pretty tasty too!  Just english muffins, pizza sauce, monterrey jack cheese and pepperonis cut into triangular shapes.  Easy!  

 

For several weeks, Reid has been asking if we can make s'mores again (we did it last year about this same time for the 1st time with Reid).  I kept telling Reid it was just a wee bit too warm for a fire outside.  But alas, last Friday night, it was nice & cool outside!   A perfect night for roasting marshmellows!  We had a ball and Reid was as happy as he could be that night!  He danced around like a crazy man and ate WAY too many s'mores, but hey, when you're a kid, who cares!  We should definitely make this a Lindsay tradition during the cold weather months!  Happy Fall!

Happy Halloween 2011

Our Dr. Suess & lil' pumpkin cuties

Our 50th attempt to get one of Riley in his hat! 

Me & my sweet trick 'r treatin' boys!

Riley & another Reed (they had fun riding in the wagon & keeping each other company tonight!)

Reid & some of his buddies he got to trick or treat with tonight!

Riley's first go at trick or treating.  He did so good!  He would've walked up to every single house if we would've let him!

LOVE. THIS. PICTURE

Riley is so proud of his loot!

And off he goes....

I think we're all done now.  Night night everyone!

Reid's favorite part of the night was when we came home & he got to help me pass out candy to the late night (8pm) trick or treaters!

And the best part of Halloween... THE CANDY!!!!  

We had an absolute ball tonight.  We got together with some of Reid's soccer buddies and trick or treated through our neighborhood.  It was really fun watching Reid walk right up to all the houses without being scared at all and of course Riley was rarin' to go up to any house we would walk him to!  They were adorable & precious and just fun to watch.  Reid seemed pleased as punch just to sit there & give candy out to all the "big" kids at the end of the night.  We loved it all and I think the boys had a great time!
Happy Halloween everyone! 

Fall Cooking & Decorating Fun

I've had a little fun this fall doing a little decorating/crafting and making a few little goodies of my own.  I recently hosted a jewelry party (Stella & Dot) and had a ton of fun finding fun "Halloween-y" type recipes to make it a little extra festive!  I just had to share these pictures to remind myself for next year!  

Pumpkin veggie tray

Spider web 7-layer dip

"Spider" cookies

Mummy dogs

I've also been having little fun being "crafty" this fall.  I found these adorable wreaths on a girl's blog and also found them on pinterest too.  Don't you just love that site!  I've wasted spent way too many hours on that site looking at cool things I would love to have & make! 

Here is my own stab at being Mrs. Crafty Crafterson.... 

 Wreath #1... went up WAY before the 2nd one was finished.  These are fun to make, but a little time consuming the first time I tried it. 

Wreath #2-- came together a heck of a lot faster than the first one.  Much easier after I knew what I was doing!

And voila!  Both wreaths now happily hanging together!

Happy Fall!  I am having so much fun this year!  Hope you are too! 

Happy Halloween! Hope you & your little ones have a safe and fun trick or treating night!

Texas State Fair

LOVE the state fair!  The corny dogs, midway, dog shows, pig races, car building, and all the other crazy, fun fair food!  Fried butter & bubble gum?  Yuck! I really enjoy going to the fair every year.  This year was our first year to go since Riley was born, but since he's still a little young to enjoy it and doesn't really like the stroller for very long, we opted to let him stay home & play with a sitter.  He had a ball at home with Mrs. Terri & we had a great time hanging out with Reid on Daddy's birthday at the fair!  So many fun things to do & see!  It was hard to narrow down the pics.... :)

Reid's prize he took home from his first little game he played at the fair (and of course we already have a Shamu at home-- but we always need more than one, right?)

The "Little Hands on the Farm" exhibit.  SO cute!  Kids get to pretend to be farmers... milk cows, feed chickens, plant seeds, and ride a tractor.  Reid was in heaven!

Planting some seeds

"Feeding" the chickens some corn

LOVE this little face!  Eating a corny dog & drinking a lemonade.. what could be better?

No trip is complete without some chicken fried bacon.  What?  Seriously?  It actually tasted like fried chicken & bacon and was not bad at all!

The petting zoo

Feeding one of his favorite animals he sleeps with... the donkey.  That face says it all!

Thanks Big Tex for a great day at the fair.  We had a ball & can't wait to have the whole fam there next year!