Great Fun with the Griffins

Wow....I know you're all shocked to see two posts within a few days of eachother after a 2 month silence!! Last night, we went to the Griffins game. I was a little worried we would have to get a sitter for Jackson and leave him home, but he seemed to be doing well yesterday so we decided to include him in our fun. We had such a great time.

Brady loved it and his eyes were so big the whole entire time just taking everything in. He asked lots of questions about how the game worked and even got into explaining to us what was going on :) Jackson really loved the music and enjoyed peeking at the people behind us as well.

We couldn't get many great pictures as it was hard to position the camera since we were pretty close together in the upper bowl. The saddest part about the game was that we did not witness a Griffins goal. Jackson was getting very sleepy halfway through the third period and the Griffins were down 3-0 so we decided to head out a little early and beat traffic. I should know better than to leave a game early!!! The Griffins did score a goal after we left and I was SO dissappointed Brady and Jackson didn't get to see it.

It was a little difficult to explain to Brady why the players were fighting at one point in the game and of course why everyone was cheering them on :) Hopefully that won't be what he tries to do when he plays "hockey" with his brother or other kids at daycare!! The penalty box was a good lesson for him - maybe we should make one of those instead of the time-out chair that we use in the basement :)

Brady was REALLY excited for his special treat of cotton candy and Jackson had to try some out too!!

At the end of the night both boys were VERY tired. Brady was upset because we had to leave the game and he had a meltdown (this ALWAYS happens when he stays up late!!) and Jackson was just SO ready to fall asleep - he almost fell asleep in my arms at the game despite how loud it was!!

All in all it was a GREAT family night :)

Fall Fun and Flu

Wow....I can't believe it's been months since I posted!! It has been very busy since school started back up and we've also had a computer crash in there! Here are some pictures from our fall.

Brady and I joined some friends in Richland and went to Gull Meadow Farms. Brady had lots of fun riding the Pumpkin Lane Train and checking out the corn maze!

Pumpkins....ready for carving!! The boys were SO excited about pumpkins this year and had lots of fun pulling all the guts out!YUM!! Homemade Apple Crisp with ice cream :)Halloween....Brady was a cowboy and Jackson was a turtle. We didn't do too much trick or treating, but we had a busy night! Daycare party, stopped by grandparent's houses and a little trick or treating. It was lots of fun until the end of the night when Brady threw a fit about wanting to wear his candy necklace to bed!!! Playing in the leaves. The boys had so much fun running, jumping, and throwing the leaves!! What great FREE fun :)
We have also been dealing with the flu in our house. I started it out two weeks ago and then Brady was sick last week. Jackson is currently fighting the flu with a pretty bad cough. We took him in to the doctor yesterday and his lungs are clear, but we'll be watching him closely over the next few days. I pray that this can be the last of our sickness for a long while!!

I will try to be better about posting more often!! Sorry for the long silence.