Don't blink

Tonight I let the boys paint their pumpkins that they had sitting on the porch.  A good Halloween Eve activity, right? They were thrilled and as we were cleaning up, the Kenny Chesney song, "Don't Blink" came on.  I can't get the words out of my head. "Don't blink.  Just like that you're 6 years old and you take a nap.  Wake up and you're 25 and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife."  Tears just started welling up in my eyes and I couldn't get the sweet images of my boys and their little bodies out of my head.  I must have kissed every inch of them tonight all the way down to their toes, and gave them extra hugs.  Reality check.  Yes. 

Pumpkins & the Arboretum

We went to the Dallas Arboretum last Friday morning since Reid was out of school.  It was absolutely THE perfect weather day for it! Bear with me... it is hard to sift through all the pumpkin pictures!

Roo Roo has only been here once before I think.  He had a ball and loved picking up pumpkin after pumpkin, after pumpkin.... well, you get the picture! 

My favorite pumpkin house.

"Wook, Mommy, more punkins!"

My loves.

My fav of the day.

These 2 have been friends since they were 6 months.  Can't believe they're now SIX!! 

All of our precious friends that joined us. Riley seems to be engrossed in the faces too much to make his own! 

Happy October.  Probably my favorite fall time of year!  Bring on the "punkins"!

Before & After

I had taken this picture earlier this month and just LOVED it!  I wanted to photo shop it, but really don't have a whole lotta knowledge about that stuff and never have taken the time to learn it... now I really want to!

Because look...  I sent it to my amazing friend, Vaune, who is a photographer extraordinaire, and look what she did to it!! Thank you V!

What we've been up to....

Getting to spend extra time with my Roo-Roo lately since Reid is in kinder.  Loving these little moments with him!

We gave Reid a spider-man shaving kit for his bday.  He loves to shave in the bathtub every night now!  Wants to be just like daddy. 

These 2 love spending time together every most days.  And they never, ever fight.  ;)

Daddy had air force duty this weekend again.  I'm so proud of him for sticking it out for almost 20 years!  Only 1.5 years to go! 

 

 

Reid has been coming home with lots of pictures from school lately and I'm loving every one.  This one is my favorite of the week!

And I just had to pick up these beauties today.  LOVING the pretty fall colors! 

We are making it through mornings of getting up early, packing lunches every night, Reid playing flag football and tennis, and Riley doing soccer tots.  We have officially hit BUSYness in this house!  It's fall and the cooler weather is here!  YAY!! 

Avengers party ~ take 2!

Reid was ALL boy at his avengers party this year.  It was so fun to watch him be Mr. Tough Guy!

And Riley was right in there with all the 5-6 year old boys... never missed a beat!

Our little Avenger friends!

Tug-of-war with pool noodles!

And what superhero adventure is complete without a pillow fight?!

And jumping through hoops!

My sweet girls... Amy & Monica. Love these ladies.

My boy was truly THE happiest I have ever seen him.  I can't get the picture of his smiling face out of my head.  It was truly THE perfect party & day for him!

It is safe to say that all of our superhero friends "saved" the day!

Time to fill those superhero bellies with some energy blasting treats!

Riley-Roo and one of his faces.  Love this kid.

Superhero cupcakes ready to blast off into Reid's 6th year of life! How is our baby SIX?!

Make a wish sweet Reid!

Happy happy birthday to our precious, amazing, creatively funny Mr. Reid.  We have loved you since we knew you were growing inside of my womb, but we didn't know just how much we would grow to love you these last 6 years.  You are smart as a whip, creative, protective of your family, sensitive, rule follower, lover of music and all things in nature.  You make me want to be a better mommy every day and you challenge me in ways I never dreamed possible.  I think you will do big things one day... not sure what that is yet, but for now, I am content with your sweet little 6 year old, genuine, protected spirit.  I wish we could keep you this way forever, but alas, you must grow up.  It is inevitable.  I love you more than this life we have on earth.  You are a gift from our Lord.  I praise God for you EVERY DAY!

Reid's 6th birthday ~ sneak peak

I wanted to get a few pictures up of Reid's 6th birthday party.  It has been a crazy few weeks and I'm finally coming out of the birthday planning haze!  Here are a few fun pics from the weekend... more to come! '

Reid decided he wanted it to be a costume party.  Here's our ironman & spidey!

I had fun with the Avengers theme this year!

 

Superhero energy food!

And my cake lady, Mary, always comes through for my boys birthdays!

We had the awesome Mr. Donovan come help Reid & his superhero friends crash, boom, and zoom that afternoon! He was amazing with all the boys!

Some of my favorite "superhero" moves!

Reid was ALL boy at his avengers party!  Proud mama right here!

Love the look on Riley's face crashing into Mr. Donovan.  Ain't nothin' stoppin' this boy!

More to come.... Happy 6th birthday to our amazing Reid!!!

Almost SIX

This was one of our little "errands" we ran this week when Reid & I had the week to ourselves.  I addressed his birthday invites for his party and he wanted to mail each one of them by himself.  And when I say each one, I mean, each envelope went into the mailbox one. at. a. time.  It was really cute and he was SUPER proud of getting to mail his own invites this year.  His birthday is ALL the boy can talk about lately and he is VERY excited about his avengers superhero party! How can our boy be almost SIX and starting kinder in just 2 days?!?