Dallas Arboretum

Yesterday we made a visit to the Dallas Arboretum. It was the perfect day...........the temp was in the 70's, the leaves were changing colors, and there were pumpkins EVERYWHERE! The Arboretum was having a Hallow Fest going on from noon to 4pm that included trick or treating, face painting, and games. We packed a sack lunch and had a picnic when we first got there. We also dressed Parker and Nathan in their costumes; Parker was a pirate and Nathan is Tigger. The top picture is of Leland and I in front of a waterfall. We don't take very many pictures of just us together and since we were there with some friends we took advantage of having someone take our picture. The second picture is Parker sitting on some hay bales in his costume. He liked saying "rrrrrrr" like a pirate does, so cute!

I like this picture of Leland and the boys. After all the walking around we were doing it was time for a much needed rest, so I thought I would take advantage of capturing a picture of Leland and his boys. Parker was all about having his picture taken with daddy; however Nathan was not as cooperative. All he wanted to do was get down and run around........hence why he is so much like Tigger, always bouncing!!

The last picture is of all of us in front of the pumpkin house. All in all it was a great day! The boys' enjoyed themselves and it was great seeing all the fall colors, and the beautiful mums.

Pumpkin Patch

The MOMS Club of Corinth that I belong to had a trip to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch today. It was the most perfect day, a little windy, but very nice. I only took Nathan with me because Parker was in school that day. The pumpkin patch has tons of pumpkins to purchase, big and small. I love the top picture of Nathan trying to sit on the big pumpkin. He is in the stage of climbing on EVERYTHING! The second picture he was trying to pat the pumpkin like a drum. I would say, "pat-pat" and he would start patting the pumpkin. It was so cute!
Then next our group had a reservation to get a hayride. Nathan sat so still while we were moving, he was so fascinated by the tractor that was pulling us. We then came to this area where the children could pick out a pumpkin and take it with them. The last picture is of Nathan trying to pick up this pumpkin that was torn in half and there were seeds coming out, and I was telling him not to pick up this pumpkin and for some reason he kept going back to that specific one. All in all it was a great trip to the pumpkin patch and Nathan was one tired boy after that and took a great nap!

Having fun!

I was playing with the boys in their room and having fun! Parker decided that he wanted to take a picture of Nate and I, so I let him. Much to my surprise it actually turned out well:)

Nathan has been big on finding his belly button lately. He also likes to look for Parker, mommy and daddy's belly button too! Nathan and Parker will be playing together when all of a sudden Nathan will just walk over to Parker and lift up his shirt and poke at his belly button. The picture above Parker decided to lay down on the floor and see what Nathan did. Well, he came right over and lifted up his shirt and proceeded to poke his belly button with a toy car.
The last picture is Parker at one of the local parks in Lake Dallas. This park is actually about a mile from Parker's school. The playground is in the shape of a boat and the boys enjoy playing there.

Plano Balloon Festival

We went to the Plano Balloon Festival when Leland's parents were here visiting. We went on the Saturday night when they had the lighting of all the hot air balloons. It was quite a unique show. This was Parker's 2nd time going to this and Nathan's 1st time. Nathan was sure fascinated with the balloons lighting up and watching all the people around him. It was so packed with families that it was hard to move around let alone finding a good place to see the balloons all lit up. At the end of the lighting show they had fireworks, which I was worried how the boys were going to react. In the past few years around 4th of July Parker got scared at fireworks, but this time he loved them! I thought Nathan was going to be scared too, but he amazed me! He was so into everything happening around him that he just sat next to us on the ground with his mouth open taking it all in!

We had a great time and the boys were up late, until almost 10:30pm, which is the first, and they slept in the next morning which mom and dad greatly appreciated too!!

My funny boys!

Here are a few random pictures I have taken of the boys. The top picture of Parker is something he likes to do, pose for the camera. He is very photogenic....takes every chance he can get to have his picture taken. As long as after his picture is taken he can take some pictures of his own. When Leland's parents were here visiting Leland's mom brought some pj's she made for the boys. Since Parker is into Cars and loves Lightning McQueen she made matching pj's for Parker and Nathan. Nathan has certainly been doing some new and sometimes odd things lately. We have these tubs that store various toys and Nathan decided to dump out all the toys and climb into the tub. Silly boy!!!! And of course we don't go very far without Tigger, or as he calls him "tig-tig".