Fall Carnival at Church

 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me.”  John 14:6

“Jesus is the way.” was our theme for our Church Carnival on Sunday.  Each Sunday School class was responsible for a game around that theme.  My Junior High Girls class did hop scotch.  We were real original and went all out and probably had nothing to do with the theme.  ;-)   We all had fun though! 

We also had a casserole cook-off.  I was so sad I didn’t win.  I took this Cheesy Enchilada Casserole I found on pinterest.  I still thought it was pretty yummy!  ;-)  There was a Ruben casserole that took grand prize. 

Hayden wasn’t feeling real great on Sunday, but he still did a little playing with his Daddy and Lizzy.  I think this tent was his favorite.  They had corn spread out and tractors to scoop the corn while searching for a prize. 

Our friends Tommy and Hudson were up next!

He kind of liked racing the 4 wheelers too.

A little bowling action.

This was a “roller coaster”.  The kids L.O.V.E.D.  it!  Well, I think everyone but Hayden.  We didn’t get a picture of the “roller coaster” part, but it was this Little Tikes plastic ramp with hills that you rode this little car off of.  The little kids couldn’t get enough! 

Hop Scotch.

We skipped Trick-or-Treating on Halloween.  Hayden wasn’t feeling great and we had family pictures that afternoon/evening too. 

We ended up taking Hayden to the doctor yesterday.  He woke up with a little fever and lots of coughing and congestion.  Just allergies, cold, viral.  But, she did go ahead and give us a antibiotic.  I am glad!  He took a 3 1/2 hour nap and woke up with 102 fever and just felt progressively worse, so I went ahead and gave him the meds.  It is so crazy, he has been sick this exact week for the past three years.  He woke up better and has been playing all morning.  We need him better so we can head to the deer lease this weekend!  This Momma has some hunting to do!! 

Blogging may be a little scarce the next week.  Jen is in town, Shauna is coming to stay the night, Canton tomorrow, and then we are headed to the deer lease!   Hope big Daddy comes to see me!!  I am so excited to get in the stand!

Yesterland Farms

On Saturday, Jeff and I decided to take Hayden to Yesterland Farms in Canton and we are so glad we did.  It was a lot of fun!  I definitely think next year he will enjoy it so much more than even this year.  There is so much for kids and families to do.  We didn’t do half of it just because Hayden was a little small.  So, if you have kids 3 and up and live within driving distance, I would definitely make the trip!  They also have a Texas Christmas/Pictures with Santa in December.

As you walk in, there are several rides including a small roller coaster, a climbing wall, a pumpkin patch, pony rides, hay/cart rides, and more.  Then, you go to the back where there is a petting zoo, pig races, pumpkin and corn cob launching, play areas, more rides, and the corn maze (our favorite part). 

 

  The petting zoo was small and you really couldn’t pet many animals.  But, Hayden liked it.

The Maze! We probably spent 30 minutes in there but it was so much fun!

As you were going through, you could play Mazeopoly.  You had to find different areas and “punch” your card.  Each stop had some sort of Farming Fact on it.  It was really cool!

Hayden would keep saying “This Way”!!  He had a blast!

This sweet lady offered to take our picture.  I was so excited!  But kinda sad when it was blurry!  Oh well, we got some others that were good!  :-)

Sorry about that corn stalk being in your face Hayden!

Time for the Hay/Cart Ride!  We got us some YUMMY kettle corn for the ride!

Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes everywhere!

Family Picture Time!  There were SO MANY awesome places they had set up for you to take pictures!  I loved that!  A good picture makes this Momma happy!

Hayden got him a $2 pumpkin to go!

1st Halloween Party at School

Hayden had his first little Halloween party today.  As a preschooler.  I can’t believe it!  I can’t believe I was already doing some home-room mommin’ the past couple of weeks! 

Amy, Randa, and I got together this week and made a few things for the kids and got their little goodie bags ready.  We kept it pretty simple for the party.  Pizza, fruit, chips, ranch dip, cookies, and some good ole’ Capri Sun! 

When Amy and I got to the school, Hayden immediately begun melting down.  Then, the rest of the kids started crying one by one.  Mrs. Jen had them sitting away from where we were setting up and I guess Hayden didn’t understand why he couldn’t come to me and leave.  :-/  I think the party might have been a little over-stimulating and interrupted their routine, but we did have fun after all! 

The kids could dress up or bring their costume if they wanted.  We opted not to since we have two more nights to wear the costume. 

Cute cookies Amy’s babysitter decorated for us.

Amy and little hunter Hudson.

Us, the best one we got.

They made little foam pumpkins.  Easy. Cheap. And they were so proud of them!

Mrs. Jen had these boxes and all the kids loved playing them!  She tried to get us to take one home so they could play in it.  Just what we need!  :-)

The boys love the playhouses.  Thinking we might should get one for Hayden for Christmas.  A little more boyish though.  ;-)

I would consider the first party a little hectic , but definitely a success!  Can’t wait fore more to come! 

My first Pinterest Project Complete

Are you addicted to Pinterest like me?  Oh my goodness.  I could spent hours on there! I try to limit myself about 10-15 minutes a day.  Don’t know what Pinterest is?  Pinterest is like a public place to save all your “favorites” called pins.  Favorites meaning, recipes, quotes, things you want to make, projects, decorating ideas, style/fashion, teaching ideas, how-to’s, pictures, etc.  You categorize your “pins” onto different “boards”.   Then, you share them with your “followers”.   It is so much fun!  If you need an invite, let me know!

I have gotten so many party food ideas, Holiday projects for around the house, fun projects for Hayden, and even learned how to curl, braid, and twist my hair.  I am telling you, its fabulous!

I am pretty sure all us Pinterest fans pin have these hundreds of ideas with the intention of maybe one day completing a project or two.  Right? 

I pinned this a while back…

And I am proud to say I completed  my first Pinterest project!  WAHOOO!  Here is ours…

I just dug out a canvas I happened to have.  Painted it black.  Put our foot prints on there and stapled some ribbon on the back. I did it all in about 45 minutes letting it dry in between playing in the dirt outside. 

Jeff said, “Why are you the only one with eyelashes?”  Well, truth be told, I made the eyes a little large on mine and I thought it wouldn’t make it so noticeable.  :-)  I really wish I would have painted big orange polka dots on there before we did our footprints.  Wouldn’t that be cute?  Now I can’t decide if I want to add the date, our names, our last name, or anything else.  I need to practice writing with paintbrushes a little more.  But, I am proud of our little project!  :-)

Halloween 2010

If you remember, I bought Hayden a Carters dinosaur costume at Good Samaritans for 50 cents a few weeks ago.  I thought it was so cute and couldn’t wait for Hayden to wear it.  Well, being 80+ degrees outside yesterday, the fleece costume wasn’t an option unless I wanted him to have a heat stroke.  Our Sunday was crazy busy so about 10 minutes before it was time to go to our church Fall Festival, I came in trying to figure out what I could come up with for a costume.  (Such a good mom-Ha!)

Well, I decided on Alfalfa from the Little Rascals.  I am not sure if he ended up looking like Alfalfa, Huckleberry Finn, or just a little country boy…but he sure was cute!

It certainly didn’t take long for him to figure out the “system”.  Play game=Get candy!

Cousin Brooklyn helping him out…

He wasn’t real sure what to think about the hay but he sure did love his little duck he had won.

 

We had a good time!  We only were able to stay a little while because we had to go to Canton to pick up our new bedroom furniture!  I  love it!  We are hoping to move in next weekend!

House update up next!