Backyard Bonfire

Ashton loves to go camping which is great...but totally inconvenient when we aren't planning a trip! He kept asking if we could go and when we said no and stated our reasons he had a comeback for each one.

"No it is too far" he replied "well we can ride in our truck". 

"No it is too cold" he shoots back "but we can have blankets to be warm". 

"No we don't have time" he says "its ok, we have lots of time.

So being the great daddy that he is, Dustin said "OK, lets go camping" and set up a fire in our fire pit. It didn't even phase Ashton that we were only in our backyard and it only took 20 minutes of our time to make a few more great memories. And now we know that Reagan is very possessive of marshmallows...LOL, oh the things you give the 2nd child that you wouldn't have dared to give your 1st!

Kale's Birthday Party

 Dustin's sister Shiloh had a birthday party for her youngest child Kale. It was cowboy theme complete with horse rides. When it was Ashton's turn we put Reagan on also for a few photos. She decided that she wasn't going to let go and was taking a ride too. We have come to realize that she has a love for furry creatures big and small.

Happy Halloween

Halloween was a great day for us. Ashton started the day at his Preschool party doing all kinds of fun Halloween crafts. Then that evening, before it got dark we helped our neighbor Katie celebrate her 6th birthday. All the kids came in their costumes and we had pizza and cake. Then we all headed out and hit the candy trail. It didn't take long for us to pair off with Ashton's favorite buddy Spiderman. His secret identity is Connor Fleming. It was so fun to watch the two of them run from house to house full of life. This is the 1st year that Ashton has really understood the concept of trick or treating. Reagan on the other hand just sat back in the stroller and took it all in. She got to experienced her first sucker and didn't even finish it before she passed out. Poor daddy missed out on all the fun because he stayed home to pass out candy. I hope the 4 (that's right, only 4) tricker treaters that came to our house really appreciate the sacrifice he made to be there when they came by! 

And here is a classic line. As we headed home Ashton was being weighed down by a heavy bag of candy. As our home came in sight we saw that his MaMa (Dustin's mom) was waiting for us. After exchanging a few words she shouted "Wow Ashton, you bag is so full you almost have too much candy". In true Ashton manner he replied "You can never have too much candy"!

It's almost here

We spent the week before Halloween doing all the fun activities that encompass this holiday. We made and delivered sugar cookies with scary faces, we did the traditional pumpkin carving and of course made caramel apples that were delicious. Ashton went crazy over the Blue's Clues pattern and Dustin picked out the Frankenstein. It was a gooey mess but we loved every minute of it. When done we had two really creative jack-o-lanterns to show off to the neighborhood. Our next activity was the caramel apples. Reagan decided she didn't need caramel and that a plain apple would do just fine. Those Spongebob teeth sure came in handy! Oh and don't mind that she is naked in a cloth diaper that is totally old school, we ran out of diapers in the middle of our fun and didn't want to interrupt it with a trip to the store...so the 2 changes of icky cloth diapers was the only solution. Needless to say I was a little vexed the next day when I looked in Ashton's closet and realized he had 150 diapers left over from after he potty trained...argh!