The Invasions of Nana, Minions, and Uncle Steven

After Halloween, Nana was able to spend a whole week with us that included some mother/daughter time, her 66th birthday and culminated with Dean's 5th birthday party. Throughout the week, she was able to see Dean playing tennis, have lunch with the boys at school, attend a couple art events with me, see a movie and was a tremendous help with the party prep. She was even kind enough to babysit one night so that Ed and I could go to the AWOLNATION concert (my birthday present for Ed). The boys enjoyed their Nana time and although they were a little weirded out when the Minions crashed Dean's party, they still managed to have a good time : ) On Nana's last night, our big 5 year old boy decided he was ready to try a hamburger and surprised us when he ate every last bite! He's already said he's in the mood for another : ) On Sunday, Uncle Steven took a break from Fun, Fun, Fun Fest and came over for brunch. It was good to see him and the boys of course wouldn't leave him alone.

 

AWOLNATION

McCartney wearing the piñata : )

Halloween-ish

A rainy fall and weekend colds have cut some of our usual Halloween traditions short, but we still managed to get to a local pumpkin patch, carve pumpkins, see some Dia de los Muertos festivities, and of course, trick-or-treat. Nana was able to join us Halloween day and got in on the fun - she was race car driver Morgan's pit crew (which came in handy when Morgan crashed once) while I was a package delivered by UPS men Dean and Daddy. We covered a few neighborhood blocks before heading back home to hand out candy.

Not hard to guess whose is whose

Dia de los Muertos Parade

Sept/Oct Mischief

Ok, so I'm off my blogging game. 2 months have flown by and you're about to see why -- we've had lots of fall fun including Museum Day at a Car Museum with friends, ACL Festival, Morgan's soccer games, Dean's tennis lessons, field trips to the Fire Station, and lots of practice bike riding (see Dean's first solo pedal ride here). And that doesn't even include Halloween-related stuff, whew!

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Morgan taking a turn as goalie

 

I chaperoned Dean's class field trip

Bubble bath fun

You go, Dean!