Fall Break: Downtown

Matthew took off of work a couple of hours early one day to take the kids to the state capital building. I've been wanting to do this for a while now. We only walked around the grounds, but I have every intention of going inside next time (maybe winter break) to have the kids see what it's all about and go to the Tennessee State Museum.

William and Lily thought they were being so funny acting like the statues. I'll admit I was laughing pretty hard at them. They are some funny kids!

We also walked across the street to see the War Memorial Auditorium. 

William and Lily couldn't get over that the statue was practically naked and you could see his bum cheeks!

It was really fun to walk around downtown as a family and see things that we haven't before. 

Fall Break: Fun Run

 William and Lily did a fun run in Murfreesboro!

 They ran for 1 mile and William came in 4th overall!

 He did pretty awesome!

 Lily was amazing too! She wasn't far behind.

 They got some awesome t-shirts and a medal.

 

 Lily was chosen as a winner for the spirit contest. I'm pretty sure they just pulled her number out of a hat!

 They had a lot of fun stuff there. William and Lily had spray paint tattoos on their arms. William got Batman and Lily (of course) got a soccer ball!

Both William and Lily have been dying to do a race and I'm so glad they had the opportunity to. Now they're begging to do more. 

Happy Halloween!

 So, we're a little late with the sentiments, but what's new? We're always late now! Fall is here and Halloween was a little hectic, but always fun. William was Fix it Felix, Lily was the girl version of the Lone Ranger, and Jane was a pumpkin. I put together their costumes this year and I made Lily's vest and mask. It's was a lot of fun to do this year. I got them all done before our Trunk or Treat. For some reason if you tell the kids to do a scary face they automatically go to zombie mode.

 Wreck-it Ralph and Vanelope were at the Trunk or Treat too. Of course we had to take a picture!

Our little pumpkin girl.

 Lone Ranger. She had to pose so you could see her holster and gun.

 Fix it Felix with his gold hammer.

 Matthew took William and Lily to Bass Pro Shops one evening and they had this Great Pumpkin set up to take pictures. They were so excited to show me when they got home.

 We went to the pumpkin patch during the kid's fall break to pick our perfect pumpkins. We love Walden Farms in Smyrna. It's a lot of fun and there's so much to do and look at.

Here is our big haul!

 We had  a pumpkin carving party and watched Halloween movies! Lily's pumpkin is Monster High. William's pumpkin is Mario. Jane's is the owl and Matthew's is the scary face. We did have another pumpkin, but after carving two pumpkins my hands could barely straighten out!

 

The weather ended up being awful on Halloween, so all the neighborhoods postponed trick or treating. Bummer! We still had fun and went to John and Krystin's house for games and cookies. We got all three of the new babies together for a first Halloween picture. Jane was obviously excited about this. 

 When we got home (and the electricity came back on) we continued the party and made some Halloween goodies. William and Lily made mummy pigs in a blanket!

We weren't able to go trick or treating this year, but William and Lily still had a great holiday and had fun dressing up.

Happy Halloween!!

Fall Break: Zoo

 I know, I know! I just did a post about the kids and the zoo, but like I said we have a pass! So, we didn't go once, but twice over the two week fall break my kids had. I just have to say that I LOVE when these little kiddos are out of school. It's the best to do fun things with them and spend time with them. I feel like when they're in school we don't get enough time! Anyway, we first went to the zoo with Krystin and her boys. We went through the new Kangaroo Kickabout exhibit and the kids actually got to pet a kangaroo!

 William, of course, was a little apprehensive!

 The kids got to ride the carousel while Jane and I hung out!

 Lily chose the snow leopard. She's fierce that way.

 William thought he was being funny by getting on the snake because he knows how much I hate them! We actually let the kids play at the "Jungle Gym" playground at the zoo. It's HUGE and so crazy! I usually don't have the kids play there so it was a treat!

 The second week of our break we went to the zoo with Keaven and her girls! This time we actually went through the entire zoo! We started at the farm where the miniature pony, Stormy, begged for fruit snacks. Lily pet him which I'm not sure is against the rules, but I'm betting feeding him would be the biggest no no.

 The zoo was starting to get things set up for Halloween. They had booths throughout the place where children can come and trick or treat after hours. We didn't do this, but it looked fun and we got a good picture and a "scary" picture out of it!