Monday, October 31, 2011

Our Little Fireman




Well Davis finally got to wear his fireman costume for Halloween. He has been waiting over a month to be able to wear it for real.  He was very excited when I picked him up from daycare and asked, "Mommy is it time to go change into my costume?".    At daycare today they visited with the elderly and got a treat bag!

Aunt Laura bought him a fireman accessory kit this weekend that came with an axe, fire extinguisher, whistle, walkie talkie, badge, and so on. He loves everything and wanted to take it all with him as he went trick or treating.  He was all smiles here as he was getting ready with Daddy. 


Trying on the face mask while we skyped with Chris's parents. 


 Walkie talkie in pocket. He was pretty speechless when we were skyping.  Not sure if the excitement was too much but he just kept smiling. 


We were in a hurry to get outside and go trick or treating so I didn't get a ton of pictures like you know I would have liked.  You know one family picture, one on the porch with Hannah and the pumpkins, etc. We actually didn't get outside before it was too dark. Bummer, but we still got a couple cute ones.  I bet I could talk him into wearing his costume again. 

He did great, a little apprehensive at first especially when he saw "big boys with masks".  Masks are not his favorite but he was more confident as we walked around. He went and rang doorbells, called out "Happy Halloween" or "trick or treat" and "thank you" when he was supposed to. At one house he got up on the porch, looked right at the door, and yelled "Happy Halloween",   It was priceless but a little premature as he had not knocked on the door yet.   It wasn't too cold, a little rain drizzle at times but we didn't melt.


When we got home I tried to get him to take a couple other pictures but he was not interested, here is one picture with his axe. He was ready to take off his costume and dig into his candy with Daddy.  We all indulged in some sugary snacks as we handed out treats to kids.  

 
Hope you had a fun and safe Halloween!


Sunday, October 9, 2011

Davis is THREE!!!!

(Our sweet niece- Claire, who just turned one)

Davis turned 3 on 9/30/2011 and we celebrated with a Thomas the Train Birthday Party with family and friends (thanks for hosting Stacey). On his actual birthday he took colorful cupcakes to preschool to share with his classmates and teacher. He told Chris his favorite part of the day was "licking the icing" from the cupcakes. I can still remember him licking the icing off his 1st cupcake when he turned one...

On our way home Friday night to Winchester we made a quick stop at one of Davis's favorite stores: Bass Pro Shop and he sat on each 4-wheeler and rode on most of the boats.
Bass Pro is a wonderful place to visit with kids.

We decided to go with a train theme because Davis loves trains. It is pretty easy to find Thomas the Train decorations so that made it easy. Our niece Natalie did a FABULOUS JOB making a Thomas sugar cookie cake....


Natalie working hard on all the details


Cousins playing

Grandaddy and Claire cuddling

Family catching up

We decided to play a couple games at the party.
First game- Pin the Number on Thomas.
Birthday Boy Davis got to go first!
Aunt Stacey helped get all the kids ready to pin the number...


Davis trying to figure out how to see through the bandana.


Kendall




Claire did not like the bandanna so we let her go without



Next we played Musical Trains and the kiddos had to sit down on paper trains when the music stopped.


Hot Thomas: We passed "hot" coal around and stopped when the music stopped. Young and older kids enjoyed this game.


Blake and Ashlyn


Davis was so funny


Time to open up presents


Uncle B and Aunt Karen

Fun books... Thanks Laura

Cake time... all smiles




Hayleigh sharing some words of wisdom


I think he liked it- cookie cake and icecream- Thanks Natalie!



Playing golf with his new set, Thanks Pappy and Grammy





Conductor Davis- He didn't want to wear his conductor hat or bandanna at the start of the party but put it on at the end.


I think that smile says it all... plus Grammy asked him what he thought of his party and he said "it was GREAT" !!!