Reagan's 4th Birthday

Saturday we celebrated Reagan's 4th birthday. We had a party with friends and family at Pump It Up, Jr.

Birthday cinnamon rolls for breakfast.











Danger! Looks like some poor kid got a little too close to Reagan's birthday throne...

Being 4 rocks!

Thanksgiving in Tyler

We spent Thanksgiving in Tyler with my family this year. We were excited to have my brother and his family join us after being in Boston for the last several years. We spent most of the time corralling children, so not a lot of time to rest and visit, but plenty for which to be thankful!
Playing with cousin Jacob


Ryan's first Thanksgiving. He is thankful for his eight teeth.

Not so sure about the leaves.

Mmmmm....tasty.



The next day we began decorating the house for Christmas. Reagan was the unofficial light tester. He managed to plug every strand we had together while I was putting the lights on the tree. Ryan enjoyed rolling around in the lights. It is nice to have so much help!

The Paper Trail

Hmmmm...

Interesting.

Yep.

A Place at the Table

Reagan has a train table and it is sacred. I have worried for months that once Ryan could pull up onto furniture (read: train table), things were going to get ugly. Ryan has been eyeing those trains and their tracks for months. Sure enough, a few weeks ago, Ryan found his way up to the table. Reagan has been surprisingly cool about the whole thing. He usually doesn't mind Ryan being up there as long as he doesn't start destroying things. When he does we call Ryan "King Kong" and put things back together -quickly- before Reagan looses it.

I am sure Reagan is explaining some sort of train rule here. Believe me - there are many and I am typically guilty of breaking them all.


I love this picture. Ryan is SO excited!

Halloween Week

With parties, parades, fall festivals and trick-or-treating, seeems like Halloween lasted an entire week this year. Not complaining - we had fun making cupcakes, carving pumpkins and seeing Reagan and Ryan dressed up as the Dynamic Duo. Reagan's school has an annual Halloween parade where the kids dress up in their costumes and parade around the block. It was very cute and entertaining! Reagan really got into trick-or-treating this year and as we ran from house to house, he told me he "LOVED to trick-or-treat!" He also told me tomorrow he would be Spiderman and we would do it again. I think he forgot about that, but he didn't forget about his pumpkin full of candy. This morning I heard a noise in the kitchen. The pantry light was on and the door was closed. I opened it to find Reagan inside holding his pumpkin, admiring his candy. He told me he "just needed a little something" and to "close the door." Halloween might have lasted a week, but I don't think the candy will.

Enjoying Halloween cupcakes. Yummers.

Ryan eating his first taste of cupcake. He must have liked it because I do not see any traces of it on his tray. Just like his momma...


The Dynamic Duo - ready for the PREP School Parade!





Ryan wondering why they aren't throwing him candy at this parade. Lame-O!

PREP School Party



Time to Trick-or-Treat!

Holy wardrobe malfunction, Batman! This mask is killing me!

Whatever is fair in love and war is also fair in crimefighting. - Batman







Seriously, where's MY candy?