Fun November (When We Weren't Busy Being Sick)

We had a fun little November, but we spent a good amount of it being sick. Baylee caught the stomach flu three times in 2 1/2 weeks. For some reason I decided I wanted to have it over Thanksgiving weekend, then Payton felt left out, Baylee had it her final time, and finally Ben decided he hadn't been sick in a while and got it the next week. It seemed to take a good amount of time to get that all cleared out of our house, even after a full can of Lysol. Here's a little more of how we spent our November when we weren't busy being sick.

I got a call from the school nurse one day. She had left a message to let me know that Baylee had been playing chase with some boys and had tripped on a picnic table and hit her cheek. She said she didn't cry, but had a quarter size bruise on her cheek. She just had an ice pack on it for about 10-15 minutes and then went back to class. It took a little while for it to heal up, but I'm proud of how tough she was about it.

We went to a Western thing with our friends, The Vans. The kids were so excited to watch the gun fight, and some of the actors had a fun time getting into our picture when the kids wanted to pose with the little "town". As a side note, Baylee had to wear these boots, even though they were about 3 sizes too big. We put them aside afterwards for when they fit a little better.

Baylee finished up her soccer season in November. She loved playing soccer with some of her friends from church and the neighborhood. Someone from church organized it like a league, and it was fun to have Ben be Baylee's coach this time. She had a lot of fun, and we were sad that it didn't work for her to play again this season.

I got to go watch Baylee's class perform some cute songs dressed up as Pilgrims and Indians. Afterwards I got to sit with Baylee while she ate her lunch, and then she got to come home early with me! It was so cute to watch her perform (she loves performing).

Baylee played model for me before we went to my aunt and uncle's house for Thanksgiving. We ate some yummy food.

After Thanksgiving dinner, we played games. It was so funny to watch my brother and Ben play Just Dance. I just wish my camera phone pictures weren't all blurry. They had some great moves. We enjoyed dinner with family. Thanks to my aunt and uncle for having us!

Before the stomach flu hit our house hard (as in hours before- apologies to anyone who may have caught our bug, we didn't know!), we took the kids to see Puss In Boots at the movie theater. Payton had fun posing for Ben by the Star Wars display. The best part was Payton actually sitting through the whole movie!

We were a little glad to see November go, but we were glad for the good times we had too. I promise to get our family pictures that we took in November up too!

A Busy October

I am so behind on our little blog. I don't think anyone even reads this anymore, but to get our memories jotted down a little quicker, I'm just going to put all of October into one post. It's not the way I want to do it, but it's just going to have to wrk or else I will never get up to date. October was quite a busy and fast month for us:

Pumpkin Festival:

We went to Schnepf Farm for our favorite yearly Pumpkin Festival with my aunt, uncle, and cousin. We always have so much fun. This year must have been the best because I didn't seem to take any pictures. We went nice and early this year before things got too crazy.

Disneyland:

We finally took Payton to Disneyland for the first time! It was on the crowded side, but we still had a lot of fun. Payton especially loved seeing Lightening McQueen and Mater, and we can't wait for the new Cars area to open!

Visiting Ben's Parents:

Disneyland was a quick stop on the way to Ben's parents to visit, get the rest of our stuff, and for Ben to attend a conference (we only got to see Ben's mom one day). The kids were so excited to go to Super Frank's one day. They spent a lot of time playing on these plasma cars.

The kids and I also got to go to see cousin Owen's football game. Payton had a fun time playing football with his uncle Ryan and cousin Garrett.

Grandma Hall was so nice to help Payton put on these princess clothes. Daddy was so thrilled to see the pictures.

Trunk Or Treat:

We went to a trunk or treat at church. We got some great photo booth pictures that I'll have to post sometime.

Dance:

Baylee was so excited to be able to take dance from her favorite teacher again. It was fun to watch her performance, and even better that Ben was here to watch this time!

Another Pumpkin Patch:

The kids and I went to another pumpkin patch with our friends, The Vans. We had fun riding the cow train and playing on all the fun things they had. (Don't you love Baylee's rainbow face paint from her Kindergarten Fall Festival?)

Most of all, we were excited to find all six markers and make it out of the corn maze this time! Last time we went together, we had to make our own way out.

Neighborhood Fall Festival:

The highlight of our neighborhood fall festival was Baylee's free pony ride! She was in heaven.

Pumpkin Carving:

We had fun carving pumpkins at my aunt and uncle's house. This year Baylee and I carved Ariel (I think this was the third or fourth year she's made an appearance) and Ben and Payton carved Mike from Monsters Inc.

We also had a fun time playing Just Dance.

Halloween:

This year I made this lovely pumpkin and guacamole to take to my aunt and uncle's for Halloween.

Ben made pizza intestines.

Baylee was excited to be Pocahontas for Halloween.

Baylee wanted to pose with all of the pumpkins.

Payton did not want to wear his Lightening McQueen costume. Once we got it on him and he got the concept of trick or treating down, he didn't want to stop.

We had a great October! I'm excited to do it again next time!