Fall Fun

 I have to apologize to myself. I have been SOOO bad with pictures and I'm so sad about it. When I remember to take the camera, I am busy with Jax so I don't take it out to get pictures. So sorry for the lack of pictures and how crappy they are - some were done with my phone so I at least had SOMETHING. I am really trying to do better though!

I love fall! This year went a little different than I had hoped because Dan was doing some law school competitions that kept him at school until around 9:30-10:00pm each night so the days I had planned on us going to the pumpkin patch as a family didn't work out. So Jaxon and I went with our friends the Barry's and picked out 2 pumpkins and decided to wait until Dan could go with us to go pick out the 3rd pumpkin. We drove to the pumpkin patch we went to last year and ALL THE PUMPKINS WERE GONE! They had everything cleaned up! I couldn't believe it - we went a few days before Halloween so I figured they would still have them but no luck! Oh well - good thing we picked out the 2 earlier! I was just sad we didn't get our annual pumpkin patch family picture :(

Jaxon with his buddy Ryker

Also - I have seen these darling candy corn sugar cookies that I wanted to try - they were kind of a lot of work - but they turned out really cute. I know Halloween is over today - but if you want to try them - click HERE to go to the blog where I got the instructions from! 

Dan and I took Jaxon to pick out his Halloween costume. I thought he would either choose a cowboy, Buzz Lightyear, or dinosaur. When we got there we found a cute cowboy costume and buzz costume but no dinosaur. All Jax kept saying the entire time was dinosaur so we kept walking around to see if there was anything. Then Jax yelled "tail" and pointed down, he was pointing to a green tail that looked like a dinosaur tail - so I dug a little deeper and found this hat thing that might be a dinosaur hat. Jax got so excited and wanted to put it on. He wouldn't take it off the rest of the time we were shopping - he wears it every day. I was lucky to find some PJ's that have a dino on them and are similar coloring so it looks ok - lol - but this is what I get for letting my almost 2 1/2 year old pick out his costume. OH WELL - he LOVES it and that is the important thing! 

On Friday the 28th the Science Center here had a Halloween Carnival for little kids so of coarse we went! We went last year but Jax was so young that he didn't understand how to do the games, so this year was a lot more fun! He actually stood in line and played the games and got excited to get his prize. They have also been remodeling the kids space since the beginning of this year and they FINALLY had a sneak preview of it!!! Its officially opening tomorrow, November 1st! Jax loved it! They have a music room, a "vet" area where kids can play and learn about animals, they have a store they can shop in, a water area, a news area, all sorts of stuff! So it was great to get to go play in there too! 

He got hot and took his dinosaur hat off so he just looked like a kid in PJ's haha

I had my baby shower on the 29th and it was such a blast. The girls who threw it did a GREAT job and I got spoiled. So many cute clothes - bows/flowers, this little girl is going to be the cutest dressed girl ever haha! My friend Audrey did almost ALL the food and it was delicious MEXICAN! Yummy!!! We played some fun games that I have never played before - there were baby items presented to us and we had to guess how much they cost. I have purchased basically all the items before, but I didn't even get ONE right haha. The other game was baby food jars were passed around that had the labels taken off of them and we had to smell/taste the food and guess what kind it was. Sadly, I actually did pretty good at that game! I feel so lucky to have such good friends here in Lubbock, and a couple of girls that came haven't even met me - they just go to school with Dan and love Dan so they came to show their support. It was a great day and shower! THANKS EVERYONE! 

Delicious food that I remembered to get a picture of AFTER we ate LOL.

Opening gifts

Opening gifts

Yesterday, Sunday October 30th, the Law School had a Halloween Carnival that they open to up to everyone! I didn't know that until we showed up - I was thinking it was just for the students and their families, but it was such a blast! They had booths set up all over that had games and prizes for the kids! Jaxon got a little scared when he saw some of the scarier costumes with masks and stuff, but other than that we had a great time! After that we came home and carved our pumpkins. Jax didn't like touching the pumpkin guts like I thought he would - he just wanted to play with his cars instead - so Dan and I carved the pumpkins and I think they turned out great!

Law school Halloween Carnival looking for a game

Hard at work carving his pumpkin

Trying to get him to touch inside the pumpkin

Finished product - Lisa Spider, Dan Dragon

What Jax did while we carved pumpkins haha