Doggie Bedtime Story!

So last night Michael decided he needed to read Storm a bedtime story. It was the cutest thing ever!!! If you want to listen....click here. Enjoy! Here is just a cute picture of Walker and Storm.

Reptile Man!

This past Monday the Reptile Man came to the boys school. He didn't come until the afternoon and since Michael gets out at noon I decided to take him to lunch and then we went back to see the show. It was a lot of fun for the kids to be able to see and hear about all the reptiles. Here are some pics that they enjoyed. The very last thing they brought out was a giant snake named Banana Boys Brother. They had some of the teachers come up and hold him and then gave all the kids a chance to walk by and pet him. It was really cool!

Halloween fun!!!!

The boys had so much fun on Halloween. We had a great day! The boys have half days of school on Fridays which is fun in itself but John worked from home that day since he had been out of town all week (in Nebraska). We carved our pumpkins ("we" is used very loosely). Both boys had a pumpkin and we even had one for Storm!Before heading out Trick or Treating we had dinner with our next door neighbors. Jennifer was nice enough to make a big pot of yummy chili and we all sat outside and ate.

The dad's took the kids around and the mom's stayed back to hand out candy. Walker and Michael were both dressed up as some Special Ops Ninja guys. You couldn't really tell what they were but as long as it had something to do with military they were good. The boys wanted to use pillow cases this year to collect their candy b/c that is what the older boys across the year used last year. They were also determined to make it through the whole neighborhood. They didn't make it the whole way through but came home with a ton of candy!! As soon as they got home the sorting commenced....I sort with Walker and John sorts with Michael. We each have our own way (I'm quite certain mine is the right way)! :) I'm sure I will end up throwing most of the candy out right up until about September like I did this year!

On Sunday we went to Uncle Shucks Corn Maze. This is the third year we have gone there. I'm putting a picture on from the first year we went and one from this year of them standing in front of the "How Tall This Fall?" sign, it's amazing how much they've grown!
It was a lot of fun because for the first time we actually went through the maze for more than 20 minutes without the kids being over it. There are 12 checkpoints that you are supposed to find as you are going through the maze and at each one you punch a hole in the maze map card. We actually made it to all 12 checkpoints! The boys were really into it and a lot had fun! We also found out what a great map reader John is! Michael was funny b/c he always wanted to be in the lead.
After we went through the maze the boys got to take some shots on the corn cannon. It's really cool, the cannon shoots corn cobs out across the field at targets. This year on one of the targets there was a poster for the new movie Bolt that is coming out this month and if you hit it you could win tickets to see it. John nailed it and the boys were so excited until we got the tickets and realized it was for a Thursday night (we already have plans) sneak preview near Perimeter (too far to drive for school night). We told them we would still take them to see it when it comes out.

This has been a really fun fall......I love this time of year!