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!

Class Halloween Party

Today Maddox had his Halloween party at school. He dressed up as a tiger for the morning character parade. Unfortunately, I didn't make it by to see the parade, but his teachers said he wore his costume and did great. I did manage to slip away from work for a little while to go to his Halloween lunch party. I think he was surprised to see me at school during the day. He's used to me just picking him up. I sat by him at the table while they ate. They each got a Chick-fil-a kid's meal, juice box, and they even got yummy Halloween cookies with orange frosting and sprinkles. I think they really enjoyed their food. Maddox, of course, cleaned his plate. He wasn't going to leave behind any of that yummy food and I don't blame him.

After the party I stayed for a few minutes so Maddox could show me his toys and how he plays wiht his little friends. He really enjoyed pushing this dump truck around the room. His friend Tripp joined in too and they were so funny to watch as they raced each other around the room.

After the party, I had to head back to work. Maddox wasn't too thrilled about that and he got upset when I left (which of course always upsets Mommy too), but he got over it pretty fast and enjoyed the rest of his day.

War Eagle!

We took Maddox to his first Auburn game this past weekend when they played LSU. He had a blast running around the tailgate playing with his football. He also started saying "War eagle, hey!" at the tailgate. He really likes the hey part so much that he just skips "eagle" and goes straight to "hey". I will have to try to get a good video of it. It's pretty cute to hear him say "Waaaaar hey!" Before the game we went to see the new arena, which is beautiful by the way. We managed to get Maddox to stay in the stroller and he was passed out asleep in no time at all. He needed to rest up before the big game I guess...

We took Maddox into the stadium before the game began so he could see the eagle fly and watch the players warm up. He was pretty mesmerized by it all.

Poppy took him down close to the field so he could get a good view of the eagle. They also did a flyover too, so he enjoyed seeing the planes.

Maddox watched most of the game back at the tailgate with RaRa, Lisa, and Justin, but it was fun to get to take him in to the stadium to see everything. He really likes football, so he was pretty captivated by all that was going on. Maybe when he gets a little bigger, he'll actually be able to stay and watch a whole game.

My Little Airplane

Maddox's new favorite game is playing airplane with Daddy. Blake started it and now Maddox wants to play all the time. He will often just climb on top of Blake if he is laying down or sitting on the floor and he is very adamant each time he is thrown down that he wants more ("mo, mo").

Circle Obsession

Maddox has been learning his shapes at school and lately he has become quite fixated on circles. Everywhere we go, he is constantly picking out all of the circles there are. I never knew there were so many circular things in the world! He also knows several other shapes like heart, star, triangle, and square, and he has pretty much mastered his shape sorter, but he is truly circle obsessed. Here his a little video of him playing with his play dough making none other than circles...

In case you're wondering, at the end of the video, he is desperately requesting his paci, pronounced by him as "pa".

First School Pictures

Here are Maddox's first school pictures. I'm surprised they got him to stand still and actually pose for a picture. He kind of has that deer in the headlights look, but they still turned out pretty cute. I didn't order them since I have so many other pictures of him that I would frame over this one, but I had to document the occasion, so I snapped a few pictures of the proofs with my phone so I could share.