Halloween!

This year for Halloween Claire was Supergirl and Logan was a cool soldier.  A few days before the BIG DAY we all went to a party at our neighbor Colin's house.

On Halloween we hosted our second annual hot dog and marshmallow roast.  The kids (and adults!) had a good time, even if Halloween did fall on a school night this year...

And I don't want to brag on my awesome camo makeup job.....but I almost didn't even see Logan in this picture....

Props to the pumpkin carver! 

Logan and Carter hanging around the fire.

Daddy and Claire Bear chillin.

Logan, Jacob and Carter.  

FUN!

Love,

Mama

The End of Soccer Season

So here we are at the end of soccer season in late October and Claire still can't bear to watch the game....

Just kidding!  She will cheer and clap....sometimes.

Meanwhile, Logan is making some good progress with his skills!  Check this shot out!  Way to work it, Logan!

Looking like a pro.

It's about time for Claire to get cozy with blankie and Mom's lap.

Ahhhhh.

Now that is one adorable soccer kid.

Logan's team had a near perfect season with only 1 loss and 1 tie.  If you look closely, there is our neighbor Isabelle playing for the gold team.  

Cheers to the team!

Champions!

We are so proud of Logan for learning something new!

Way to go!!

Love, 

Mama

The T-Rex Cafe

The day after the Renaissance Festival we stopped by the T-Rex Cafe for lunch.  It was an awesome spot!

It was like eating lunch at Disneyland without the $500 airfare.  

The inside was just as phenomenal as the outside.  Actually, even more so.

The kids can't stop looking at everything!

Everywhere you look there is something looking back at you!

Just to get an idea of the scale....Logan and Pappy are sitting down there at a table.  Pappy is wearing a white shirt.

There is so much to look at!  Dinos in the sky, an ice age happening on the balcony up there, and we were sitting on a volcano!

I love how they incorporated a volcano theme in the rotisserie.

There is even a special activity room where, after paying for a pricey meal, you can pay some more to get access to!

But, the kids had fun digging for fossils.

And after that, we got to pay some MORE for the Build-A-Dino experience.  Oh boy.  Here's Claire making her pteranadon.

And Logan made a woolly mammoth.  (cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching....)

BUT, it was worth it.  As long as you make the trip, you might as well get the whole experience, right?  

RIGHT?  

Anyway......we made a pit stop back at Grammy's and Pappy's before making the trip back home.  

What a fun weekend with two fun kids.

Love,
Mama

Kansas City Renaissance

Kids,

In October we took a neat weekend trip to Kansas City, where we spent an afternoon at the Renaissance Festival.  They really take their Renaissancing seriously out there - it puts our little Ren-Faire here to shame.

Of course, Grammy made sure that you two were dressed appropriately.

We spent quite a bit of time in the children's play area.

This has to be one of my favorite pictures of Claire I've ever taken!  Her head is so perfect for the picture.  Hilarious!

All the "rides" at the festival are man-powered.  We spent a good amount of time on them!

Claire's turn for a ride on the cool dragon swing.

But wait!  All rides are on hold because it's time for a PARADE.  And what better way to kick off a parade than a codpiece?  I mean....an old guy with feathers.

Fairies!

Who invited Nostradamus?

I never had a weird drunk uncle, but if I did, I imagine he'd be something like this:

Clearly, all that parade watching put Claire in a trance.

More man-power.

(so cute!)

Looks like Mermaid Claire must have gotten a little whiplash on all those rides.  Gotta little kink in the old neck there?

K.C. has gone all out in creating their little medieval world.  Check out all the fancy buildings!

I had no idea there were camel rides back in the day, but Claire could not resist.

Annnnnd, she looks thrilled, doesn't she?

Logan liked this ride much better, I think.  You had to ride the horse down the cable and put the sword through a ring in the dragon's mouth while you were moving.  It looked pretty tricky!

But Logan made it on the first try and got knighted!

Look how seriously he takes his role!  Super cute.

Claire cheering her brother on!

Here's the dragon.  The ring is right by his nose.

Logan lining up his aim.....

SCORE!

Another round of knighting....

And Pappy did a brief tutorial in archery on our way out.

It was a fun, fun day!  I love taking you guys out and showing you new places!

Love,

Mama