Fall happenings

Sometimes little boys just want to be little boys.

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Aiden and Court have discovered their new favorite food:  bacon cheeseburgers.  I cannot tell you how pleased my carnivorous husband is about this new development!

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More tennis…7D7D8C9D-2E4E-48E1-B31C-4FD243C0BCD25D9460A6-65A9-4B4A-BFB7-3C272D72EB9F

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I ran the Charlotte Half Marathon with some of my FiA friends, Erin and Erin.  This is the before…

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During…I can pumped since Dad surprised me and showed up at the race to cheer me on!

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After…ahhhhh. It was a great morning with some great ladies!

And Court got strep throat…always a fun addition to fall.46617EF9-842E-4CAE-8E3E-EDB8CB43327E

Halloween

We met Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Mike, Aunt Cara, Lindsay, and Ryan at the pumpkin patch this year to pick out our Halloween beauties.

First we visited the hay bails:

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Then the animals and farm equipment:DCF1FF90-610A-4E8E-BD3B-EFC91211BF6D

Then we picked out our pumpkins:

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Court’s school does not celebrate Halloween but it does have a storytelling festival a few days before Halloween so all the children get to dress up.  Parents get to dress up too and read a book to a few classes.  It is the most fun activity I have been involved with at Sharon!

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That same afternoon, the kids had their class parties.  Since the classes were slightly overwhelmed by sugar and excitement, this was the only photo that I got (since I didn’t actually take it) from the festivities. Carla and I joined the kids in the “mummify your friend” contest.  Other class moms looked at us in disgust but I think we were pretty talented.

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On Halloween day, the kids had a teacher workday so we got to spend the day with William Ripple at his birthday party! Happy 5th bday William T!

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It was a ninja party so Chatham and I were ninja sistas!

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Finally, it was time to trick or treat! Aiden was a scary/faceless ghost and Court was Genji (a character from a video game that his mean mother, Cruella de Vil, won’t let him play).  

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The fatigue and sugar hangover was palpable the next morning at the bus stop.

Bruno turns 13

Happy birthday to our family mascot!

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Since Bruno has a bit of a sensitive constitution in his older age, we now just give him rice and meat as his birthday “cake.”  He couldn’t be happier. We sing to him first.

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I would love to hear his inner dialogue when we make him wait while we sing our stupid human song. 

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And then he feasts. For all of about 13 seconds. Happy 13th B-dizzle!

Tennis

Grandpa captured some great action shots of the boys at a recent tennis match.  As the season has progressed, so have their skills and they are actually super fun to watch now (it was a little painful in the beginning if I’m honest).  About half way through the season, a lightbulb went on as they realized that they can change the position of the tennis ball to make their opponent chase after it.  And you should see the smile on their faces when they volley!  As Grandpa jokes, watch out Williams sisters…the Williams brothers are here!1FD08B63-CC49-4FF1-8F92-E8F864D726F1C5968361-40EA-4FB5-963D-54AC3114551214D8353D-E045-46B1-B8E5-C7DD8756A29A9A87598F-E34D-4CC4-A647-7FDDD94DAA3CCAF6E896-45AA-427C-8766-685D96907A7155CC2EFB-7851-4B08-937F-CCB29E5D2138039E7347-2412-4559-8761-FC0B55ED5018