Court is working hard on his reading and writing in Mrs. Hinkle’s kindergarten class. He really enjoys learning and is trying his best to sound out words and figure out how to spell. He has brought home some work recently that is too cute not to share.
“My turtle is happy”
“Tonight I will go trick or treating with my family. I will be Harry Potter. My brother will be Harry Potter too.”
In the last month, we’ve made some trips out of town to take advantage of the boys being between sports (meaning we have no Saturday game commitments for a few more weeks). We made trips to Asheville to visit Granny and Granddaddy and then to Charleston to visit the beach! Scott has been so focused at work at he has only been to the beach once this year – my how times have changed! He used to drive us there almost every weekend of the summer just a few short years ago. He says he’s “gotten old quickly” but those are his words and not mine 🙂
The main reason that we went to the mountains on the specific weekend that we did was to enjoy the beautiful fall leaves. I scouted out a perfect hike for us: beautiful views, perfect distance for the boys, interesting old fire tower to climb at the end. But, alas, it rained and was completely foggy. C’est la vie! We would not be denied and hiked it anyway which resulted in nearly no views and wet feet but the boys loved it all the same and didn’t complain once. What troopers.
Our fire tower amidst the fog
Aiden was terrified and hardly made it up the first flight of stairs!
This is our family selfie with the “beautiful view” in the background.
The next day we went apple picking.
The kid conversations they had about the apples were very entertaining to me.
Oh the difference a day makes! The next day was clear as a bell but about 20 degrees colder with huge winds! The boys didn’t mind and ran around like crazy.
I love these knuckleheads.
Then we were able to go to Charleston for Veterans Day weekend. We watched our first parade in person as a family, ate a bunch of fried shrimp, and played for hours on the beach. Once again, the cold didn’t faze the boys. They “surfed” in the tide pools and played in the waves. We even got to see some dolphins. Of note, I got a sweet sunburn on the bottom of my face only (which was the only part of my body that the sun could see with my sweatsuit, toboggan, and sunglasses). It’s a special look – I highly recommend it. Overall, some wonderful getaways for the fall!
Aiden, Court and I have been planning Halloween for a while now. We always get super excited about our costumes and we normally have multiples! Since their school doesn’t formally celebrate Halloween for religious purposes, they have a storytelling festival where children can dress up as their favorite storybook characters.
Aiden recycled a costume that Grandma Wolford made for me and Uncle Mike when we were kids. Our old elephant costume made a comeback as “Horton.” See Horton giving a thumbs up!
Court was Harry Potter for his storytelling festival. C ourt and I led his kindergarten class in a fall pumpkin craft during their class party. Those kids are SO cute!
One of Court’s best new friends from kindergarten, Ben, at their “photo booth” set up by the parents. Ben and Court were both so excited to be Harry Potters!
Over the summer, I started reading the Harry Potter books to Aiden and Court and they absolutely fell in love with them. I read them three books over the summer – and these books are huge for kids especially of Court’s age. So the boys and I decided to be Harry Potter characters for Halloween. Aiden was Harry in his Quiddich robes, Court was Harry in his wizarding robes, and I was Prof. McGonagall. The space in this photo is Scott in Harry’s invisibility cloak.
And Bruno was Pikachu (a pokemon character)
This was the first year that we were able to host the pig pickin’ at our new house. Although we had a lot more space, we were really worried about the parking situation since we don’t have any street parking. But it all worked out beautifully and our new neighbors didn’t even call the cops on us! We had 124 people in all and I enjoyed this one more than any of the others. Mind you, I had no idea where my children were for 90% of the party. Yikes! Hopefully, they didn’t offend too many people and everyone returns next year but I do KNOW that Aiden and Court had a wonderful time. And even more than them, Scott and Charlie had a blast. Thanks for everyone who went to the effort to join us especially those who came in from out of town! If you couldn’t make it this year, we plan to see you next year!
Money shot!
Charlie, William, Scott, and Anna
Thanks to Aunt Cheryl for helping prepare the spread!
Pop and Kayson
Granddaddy gets some snuggles with his 3rd great grandson!
The Dufresne girls and some bubbles
Court takes a moment to himself
Aiden with double bubbles
So nice to have a little more space to run around. Jen and the girls take full advantage.
Stevie and his daughter run the gym
There were kids everywhere – even in our trees!
After most of the crowd had left, Aiden and Bunny watched the Yankees on the outside TV
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