Hayen is 6

Hayden turns 6 day.

Some info about Hayden at age 6:

he is a creature of habit.  he loves his routines.  TV, lunch, etc is all at the same time for him.  He eats the same things most days:  whole wheat bread with butter or peanut butter for breakfast.  Lunch is whole wheat pita with hummus, cheese stick, yogurt and some crackers and treat.

Likes to play with legos.  he will build the actual set once but then likes to build "freestyle"

Seems to be enjoying school and likes to talk about things he is learning.

his teacher gave him a great report.  She even said he is a good leader at school and always well behaved.

He is signed up for indoor soccer.

hates pants.  He gets upset every morning and insists they will fall down.

Loves popcorn.

Still likes reese cups and kit kats for treats.

wants a shot gun for christmas

Enjoys being read to

Likes watching Ben 10, Slugterra on Netflix.

Very good at saving money and very generous with his money too.

Enjoys back scratches and cuddle time with mom.

favorite part of school is gym

Happy Halloween

 We did a few fun things this Halloween.  We "carved our pumpkin".  Grandma Barb buys the push in characters so it is no work at all.  I bought pumpkins super cheap at Aldis so we had a bunch.

We also made some fun craft houses and gingerbread type house
We did actually carve one into the bat signal.


I took Amelia and friend Ella trick or treating at the Robinson Town Centre.

 Hayden was in trouble and didn't get to come :(  The girls had a great time.  They even got to meet a very tan Elsa???

We went to a Halloween party at church.  Leading up to Halloween if you asked Amelia what she wanted to be she would say Ursula the Sea Witch (from the little mermaid).  I looked on the internet and the costume never existed for kids.  So I decided to make her one.  I got some black fleece fabric and cut two identical pieces for each tentacle.  I sewed them by hand and stuffed them.  Then had them sewn to a purple tutu we already had.  She wore a black dance leotard with it.  We made her necklace from playdoh that we let dry out in the sun.  We bought some grey make up, wore blue eyeshadow and red lipstick.  And sprayed her hair white.  She looked cute to me.

Hayden got a top gun outfit at the consignment store awhile back.  To him it was an army like outfit so he wore that.  He looked cute too.

For the day of Halloween it was a little cold and rainy.  We met up with the Darbous family because their daughter was in town with their grand kids who were close in age with our kids.

 We trick or treated around Rennerdale.  The kids got tons of good candy (not cheap gross candy).  This made hayden happy because he only likes reese cups, kit kats, and hershey bars.  Amelia is funny.  She has all of these great costumes and she picked to wear her spider girl dress.  I guess Ursula was a one time deal.  Maybe again next year?  Hayden wore his vampire costume from last year.

Hayden lost his first tooth

Hayden lost his first tooth at a Halloween party.  Let's just say it wasn't really a loose tooth.  So it wasn't very fun for him.

At a Halloween party he was playing with his plastic pocket knife and had it in his mouth.  He somehow chipped his front tooth with it (these teeth have been dead for 2 years due to an accident in the bath tub).  He didn't like the way the tooth looked and pulled it out.  He is crazy.

It bled for a long time and he was not a happy camper.  He was excited that the tooth fairy was going to bring him $10 though!  That did not happen.  $2 it is!

Pumpkin Patch

I was busy with soccer most weekends.  The first weekend in October was warm and sunny (like 80 degrees almost) and I didn't have a game.  So we headed to Shenot's farm.

We rode the hayride up to the patch.  We enjoyed our free apples along the way.

As soon as we got up there we headed straight to the kids favorite spot -- the corn maze.  Hayden got us thru extremely quick.

Then we looked for pumpkins.  Hayden wanted a big one.

Amelia wanted a little green one.

We checked out the store and rode the slide afterwards.  It was a beautiful day.

Here are the rest of the pictures...with more crazy faces from Amelia!

Ryan's Wedding

The last of us is married.  Ryan got married last weekend. It was a very busy day for me.

My team had our first playoff game that day.  I cried when i found out I may not be able to go to the game.  Our team was not supposed to do well this year so it meant a lot to me to be with my team.  This is one of my favorite groups of girls and I felt like I was abandoning them.  But I can't miss my brothers wedding either.  Ugh.

They sent my team to peters twp (the opposite direction of the wedding) for an afternoon game.  I went with team and told them that sometime after half time I would probably have to leave.  If we were losing at the point I don't think i could have left.  Luckily for me we were winning 3-0 and i felt good about leaving with about 15 minutes left.

Then we drove to Grove City (an hour+ away) and made it in plenty of time.  We got ready and were off to Rustic Acres.  It was an outdoor wedding and then the reception was to be in the barn afterwards.  These types of wedding are very trendy right now.

Here are the kids outside before the wedding.  Hayden wouldn't tuck his shirt in until right before the wedding started. 

It was very cold and it waited to rain until right before the ceremony.  Then it didn't stop.  So everything go moved into the barn.

It was cold in the barn too.. Luckily I brought our dressy winter coats.

Hayden was a ring bearer.  He carried this sign.

Here is a cute picture of him giving Lauralynn a kiss before he walked down the aisle.

Lauralynn was a beautiful bride.  i loved her dress.

I had a reading to do.  I only read it once before I had to go up in front of everyone.  No big deal :)

Here is their first kiss.

Hayden flipped the sign over for his walk back down the aisle.

We had appetizers while pictures were being taken.  And the cookie "table" was open.  I made most of the cookies.  100+ of each of the following:  chocolate chip, iced pumpkin, snickerdoodle, oatmeal butterscotch, chocolate mint iced, chocolate covered pretzels, oreo balls (white and regular), pumpkin cake balls.  I loved the way it looked.

Amelia wanted to be part of the wedding so I told her the cookie table was hers.

The cake had a simple star wars theme.  Star wars is part of how they met.

The reception was nice.  The food was good.

Amelia loved dancing.  Hayden did too.

The kids absolutely loved the photo booth.  We have a million pictures.  Amelia loved dressing up and getting pretty.  Hayden loved the super hero stuff.


It was fun wedding but exhausting.  The kids seriously never stopped moving.  They never stayed in one place.  I felt like was just trying to find them most of the night (I didn't want them outside or knocking over heaters or anything else)

Amelia passed out on the long drive home.  hayden did not.