Friends, Family, Fall and FUN!!!

I must say that I am partial to the Fall season and seem to come 'alive' during this time of the year! I love to decorate for fall and Halloween and do as much as possible during this time of the year, aside from Christmas!!!

We have several October birthday's, so after Colton's we celebrate my neice's and then my mom's.We enjoyed a beautiful fall birthday party that was outdoors for my niece, Zhenya"s 2nd birthday, and let me say that was fun with all the little ones together. Bry hung out with a little girl the whole party (go figure)! While Colton and Avner were thick as thieves and then the princesses stayed side by side and enjoyed the food!

Then, we had fall break and Bryson took that literal and had a fall then a brake on his left wrist. He was "doing a first grader flip on the monkey bars for a GIRL, nonetheless!! Do you see a pattern here? Well luckily we were able to get a wet cast and move our stay at The Wilderness for a few nights so that we didn't loose the nights we had paid for. For our trip to the Wilderness of the Smokies for a couple of nights, I took my parents with us to help with the kids. We loved it! We played and I shopped a little, it was a nice getaway and we hope to go up there again soon! SO over all we had a great fall break!

Oh lord, Colton is 4!!!!

Oh lord, Colton is 4! I really cannot believe that my baby boy is four! Wow, it seems that we just brought him home and were trying to adjust from 1 to 2 babies. Colton is absolutely a special child in may ways. I don't say this lightly. Colton is reckless abandonment wrapped up with compassion and love. He is sort of like a sour patch kid, mean then nice! I love this child's spirit and he is such a challenge and blessing all at once.

Enough of the mushy stuff..
Colton wanted to have his party at Chuck E Cheese after we decided having it at Ray's grandmother's house wasn't going to work due to her having a recent hospital stay and a couple other obstacles we were facing. SO Chuck E Cheese it was...and on a Saturday! Well, I must say they make the party process pretty smooth and streamlined. No complaints in that department. However, Colton was a weee bit overwhelmed when it all started. He didn't want to get his birthday crown, medallion, or stand up in his seat to be recognized as the birthday boy. Moreover, we did get him to blow out his candle, that was progress. We invited family and our neighbor so it was a small group but was way easier to manage.

Oh, and Colton didn't want to get in the booth so Deedaw stepped up to the challenge! Ha. Well after hours there and a puppy trip next door, it was all and all a good party.

And Colton racked up on a ton of guns for his presents!!!??? Eekk!