Happy Birthday Dada!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Dada, happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday to the most loving and fun Dada that we know!   We hope 32 is the best year yet and that all of your birthday wishes come true. 

Happy Birthday Matt, we sure do love you!

And Happy Halloween, we are going to walk down to the Trail of Treats tonight at the big lake in our neighborhood and I can't wait to share the pictures with you on Monday and pictures from Benjamin's Halloween party at school today!  Trick or treat! =)

Froberg's Farm

We hope you had just as great of a weekend as we did!  Saturday we celebrated a huge LSU win over Ole Miss, Geaux Tigers!  And Sunday we spent the afternoon at Froberg's Farm picking out pumpkins, playing in the corn maze, and eating fried pies and picking out fresh fruits and vegetables to take home. 

Artoberfest

As I mentioned previously, Sunday we spent the afternoon in Galveston at Artoberfest, and Benjamin had a blast running around and looking at all of the dogs.

Decorating

We had a fairly busy weekend around here.  Friday I enjoyed a nice dinner with friends at Skinny Ritas Grille while Matt got to spend some quality time with Benjamin since he had been out of town for a few days.  Saturday we ran lots of errands and played outside most of the day and finally on Sunday we spent the day in Galveston at Artoberfest with MawMaw, GiGi, and Poppy.  And Benjamin decided that we needed to move our picture wall from the side of the refrigerator to the back door.  So we did a little redecorating as well.

Community Helpers

The month of October is Community Helpers month at Benjamin's school and last week they had a visit from a firefighter, a nurse practitioner, a police officer, a U.S. Coast Guard service member and on Friday they got to meet Oscar, a guide dog.  You would probably think that Friday would have hands down been the best day for Benjamin since he got to meet Oscar the dog, but actually the nurse and the police officer were his top 2 followed by oscar.  Every day they have someone different coming to talk to the kids all month and yesterday they had a visit from an EMS who came in his ambulance and when I picked Benjamin up they said that he LOVED the ambulance with its lights and sirens.  Just as he loved the fire truck with its lights and sirens.  His teacher and the director said that the EMS picked Benjamin to sit in the drivers seat of the ambulance and Benjamin just sat there holding on to the wheel and smiling as the EMS was talking to the other kids.  And just as it was with the police officer and the nurse, they said that Benjamin did NOT want the ambulance to leave. 

I love that Benjamin is getting all of these experiences at his school and I love hearing about them when I pick him up.

Geaux Tigers!

We had a pretty relaxing weekend around here since we were all recovering from a long weekend in Louisiana.  Saturday we got a lot of things done around the house, setting up new furniture, cleaning, and doing a little yard work.  I even set myself up an office in our closet.  Our closet is huge and since our 4th bedroom that is now a playroom is soon becoming our guest room, I had to find a place for the computer so I created an office on one side of our closet.  And it is working out just perfectly.  Poppy stopped by for a visit Saturday afternoon and was cracking Benjamin up with silly faces.  I just love to hear his deep belly laughs.  Saturday night we finally were able to cheer the Tigers on to a victory and I am convinced it is because Benjamin was sporting his game day attire all day. 

Benjamin insisted on pushing that popcorn popper toy all the way to the park. 

 



 

Tour du Teche Finish

Last week I never finished posting about our weekend in Louisiana and the Tour du Teche finish, and I know you all are just dying to know how Matt did.  Well, he got 2nd place in his class!  We couldn't be more proud of him! 

 






















Matt on the final day of the race.  Meanwhile, we were all hanging out at the finish line enjoying the live music, shopping, and food and waiting to cheer Dada on as he crossed the finish line.

It's definitely no secret that Benjamin loves his Bubba.  Even when we talk about Bubba at home Benjamin says his name with such enthusiasm and excitement.   And he was definitely excited to see him over the weekend.

This is post snocone.  Benjamin was just skipping, hopping, running, and yelling up and down this street.   The police officers joked that he had had "one too many."  And I didn't mind because he needed to run off all that sugar. 

Not long after Dada passed the finish line! 

And we were all so excited to see him and give him congratulatory hugs.  We love you Matt and are so proud of your 135 mile 2nd place finish!