Thanksgiving Feast!

Maddox's Thanksgiving feast was this past Tuesday. They had chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, green beans, and rolls. Maddox pretty much only ate his roll (he's become quite the picky eater these days) but he seemed to really enjoy it! Blake and I both got to go and hang out with him and he thought that was pretty cool. He enjoyed showing us his toys and other things around the classroom. He was very sad to see us leave when we had to go back to work (Mommy may have been more sad due to the tears), but at least we had a 5 day weekend to look forward too. His teacher said he got over it pretty fast...nothing a few M&Ms couldn't fix.

I am so very thankful for so many things this year, but above all I am thankful for my wonderful family and am so blessed to have this sweet little man in my life. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Off to the Races!

Daddy taught Maddox how to run a proper race, with "On your mark, get set, go!" commands and everything! He loves to race. The only problem is he always makes sure you win. Whenever you slow down to try to let him pass you, he slows down so that he won't pass you up. One day I'm pretty sure he won't be such a good sport about losing!

SEC Champs!

Yeah, Auburn clinched the SEC West tonight after a great (and quite intense) game! Maddox loves to yell, "War Eagle, Hey!" now so I caught a few of his cheers on video. Here is his "War Eagle" minus the eagle. For whatever reason, he leaves the eagle out every time. I'm pretty sure the "hey" is his favorite part though!

Happy Halloween!

Maddox had so much fun dressing up this Halloween. I was unsure if he would wear his tiger head because he refused to wear it at all every time I tried to get him to put it on for the longest time, but the night before Halloween, he put it on and didn't want to take it off. Even when it kept falling in his eyes, he would just push it up out of the way and keep on going. He made such a precious tiger, especially when he would "Roar"!

The Saturday night before Halloween we tried to get Maddox and Jackson to wear their costumes so we could take some pictures of them, but unfortunately Jackson was having none of it. No amount of bribery could make him wear the lion head. He put it on for a split second, but was pretty upset about it the whole time. He was the saddest, but cutest lion you ever did see...

Here is one of the best attempts at a shot of the two of them together--Maddox just looking at Jackson (and not at the camera) while Jackson screamed for the lion head to be taken off. As you'd probably guess, Jackson won that battle...

On Halloween, we went to First Baptist's trick-or-treating event. They had tents set up and you could trick or treat at the tents instead of going door to door. They also had some little games for the kids too. The first thing Maddox got in his pail was a pack of fruit snacks. Of course, he had to eat them right away...
Found a peanut! Look who we ran into...Justin!
Checking out his goodies. He really liked that large spinner thing sticking out of his bucket because it had a pumpkin (his favorite) on it and it spun around and lit up when he pressed the button. I'm pretty sure he played with it the whole way home.
We ran into Mary Lee as a cute little bumblebee and we tried to get a picture of the two of them, but unfortunately bees are scared of tigers. Mary Lee cried as soon as Maddox got anywhere near her so Maddox just looked at her and slowly backed away. It was pretty cute and made for a funny picture too...
Look who FINALLY put on the lion head! After countless bribes and everyone pretty much begging him Jackson still refused to wear the head. They left and headed to the car and much to everyone's surprise at the car, Jackson magically said he'd wear the head and after that he didn't have much of a problem. Slightly earlier timing would have been better, but better late than never! He made a mighty cute lion too!

We finally got that picture of the two of them that we wanted. It's definitely not perfect, but they are both in the frame and facing the camera and that's about all we could ask for! I think we could open a super cute zoo with these little guys!

Taking a picture with RaRa before heading out...

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my little tiger...

Carving Our Pumpkin...

We finally got around to carving our pumpkin on the Saturday before Halloween. We got our pumpkin on our visit to the pumpkin patch several weeks ago, but had I left it up to Maddox (meaning, had we bought another pumpkin every time we went to the store and he pitched a small fit for one) we'd have had our own patch in the backyard. Maddox really enjoyed watching his daddy carve the pumpkin, and he even picked up a few tools and tried to help out himself.

Tired already? We're just getting started...

Quick drink break (although again, we were not very far into this project)...
Daddy working hard. As usual, he did a great job again this year..

What a good little helper...

Checking out the finished product...

Boo at the Zoo

This past Friday night we went to Boo at the Zoo with several friends and had a great time. The kids loved the Halloween decorations, riding the train, the hay ride, and the carousel. They also enjoyed dancing (although Maddox just stood very still and watched everyone) at the Monster Mash and seeing and petting the animals in the petting zoo. The little ones were so cute! Maddox was a tiger (without the head of course), Jackson was a very stubborn lion who refused to wear his costume (despite several bribery attempts), Avery was a ladybug, Whit was a skunk, and Tucker was a sweet little lamb. We really enjoyed getting together with everyone. I know it would have been an impossible feat, but I wish we had been able to get a picture of all of the little ones in their cute costumes. Oh well...maybe next year!

Waiting in line for the train...

Family shot on the train ride...

Uncle Scott and Jackson ready to ride the train. Even though he wouldn't wear his costume, he sure looked cute in his sweet little pumpkin shirt.

Maddox enjoyed riding around on Daddy's shoulders.

Waiting in line to ride the haunted carousel...

Here we are riding the carousel. Maddox really enjoyed it. The carousel went backwards so it was a little different. They also kept cutting the lights on and off to make it more spooky. Each time they did this, everyone would scream. I was glad it didn't scare Maddox. It really didn't seem to phase him at all.

Admiring one of the many pumpkins ("paw-paws") he saw...

This cool little goat really enjoyed being petted. He came through the fence to us!