Christmas lights

Reid helped me put up the Christmas tree on Saturday while Riley napped.  We were still putting lights on when he woke up and it was so fun to get Riley in on the action.  He didn't much care for the lights around his neck.... there were a few tears, but we got a few good ones before the melt downs happened.  

Love Christmas and SO loving this time of year with Reid at his age.  He is SOOOO excited about all the fun traditions we are doing and can't wait for each day to wake up & see what shelf that elf will be on!

Thanksgiving 2011

Reid & his cousin Mary-McKinley

Rod & his Dad

My sweet boys... Reid insisted on taking his guitar to the farm for T-giving this year.  He's got his two favorite things... a guitar and standing by a John Deere tractor.  What more is there to life? :)

Reid, Riley and all their cousins getting ready for the hay ride.

Love these faces.... Riley: "Why am I on this hay?"  Reid: "I must make a silly face in front of the camera!"

 

Hay riding down the country roads!

What can I say.... AM . IN . LOVE . WITH . THIS . FACE.

Sweet moments with Daddy & Riley-Roo

The fam before the big turkey feast. 

My sister-in-law & I took turns taking pictures.  :)

Reid is having a ball singing and pretending to drive Grandpa's John Deere!

Reid, Monroe, Riley, Mary-McKinley, & Madison

Happy Thanksgiving 2011

We had a nice Thanksgiving, but it wasn't quite the one we expected.  Riley woke up in the middle of the night at the farm on Wednesday night and would not go back to sleep (I think he got cold and then was awake and just wouldn't sleep).  We were all in the same room and after 30-45 minutes of crying, he managed to wake Reid up.  He had been awake for 1.5 hours and we couldn't get him to sleep.  Needless to say, none of us were sleeping at 2am.  We decided it was best to just drive home.  So that we did, at 2:20 am, we were driving down pitch black, dark, 2 lane country roads.  We made it home by 3:40 and had everyone back in bed by 4am.  We got up the next day (Thanksgiving) and made another attempt to drive up to the farm.  We decided to chance it & stay another night.  It was a much better night!  Thank goodness! 

Thursday we went on a hay ride with all the cousins, the boys' Aunt & Uncle, and me & Rod.  Grandpa pulled us on his John Deere tractor.  It was a lot of fun!  We sang Christmas carols and tried to keep Riley from crawling over side of the trailer.  :) 

 We had a wonderful meal that evening and we all went to bed exhausted!  

Thank you for a wonderful few days at the farm and the boys had a ball with their cousins!  

We are very thankful for all our blessings and for our precious family!

Oreo Turkeys

Reid & I made a fun little turkey craft tonight that my mother-in-law sent to me.  It looked easy enough, but as you've probably experienced before... these things always look easier than they are in reality!  It was fun and Reid really enjoyed it... especially the eating part!  

The ingredients... Oreos, candy corn, Reese's peanut butter cups, whoppers, red, yellow & chocolate gel.  Except we ended up using chocolate icing to hold everything in place.  The chocolate gel didn't quite cut it!

Inserting the candy corn feathers.

Must eat candy while making the turkey.  Of course!

Carefully assembling Mr. Oreo Turkey.  He did quite well! 

Adding the eyes

Mommy helping him draw some feet.

Making a candy corn nose.

Voila!  Isn't he the cutest oreo turkey you've ever laid your eyes on?

 

Reid is all ready to eat the cute little bird. 

He loved every minute from making the little bird to putting it down his little belly.  These are a must repeat for next year for sure! 

Happy Thanksgiving and thank you Nana for the fun idea!

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!