Halloween Night!

We always have a Halloween gathering at our house every year before we all head out for some trick-or-treating fun.  We have the BEST neighborhood for trick-or treating...every single house has at least 2 kids and a lot have more!  Our streets are a sea of toddlers all dressed up and giddy with excitement.  This year we had a candy apple bar and a chili bar.  Mama's chili was a hit with the adults and needless to say the candy apples were a hit with the kids.  We used sliced apples and we put them on a stick...the big ole' apples overwhelm mommy and usually end up rolling around on the ground.  Ally brought cornbread, Jen and Chad brought pigs in a blanket, and Kurt and Becky brought some yummy dips and  drinks! Such a festive night fully of FOOD and candy:) This is probably our last year celebrating Halloween in this neighborhood so we made sure to enjoy every moment!! Oh our across the street neighbors had a huge haunted house in the front yard.  Bentley was sooooooo scared poor kid was shaking from head to toe and immediately wanted to go home:( Poooooor baby.  He didn't even get close to it and was so so scared.  He woke up the next morning and exclaimed "IT'S NOT HALLOWEEN ANYMORE!!" He was overjoyed.  Kept saying "Haunted House is all gone Mama". Bentley...poor baby...is traumatized.  He talked about the Haunted House(that he never got near) for an entire day.  NOT HAPPY:(  I think we'll stick with our cheerful/happy Halloween decorations around our house(and Mama goes ALLLLL OUT in the decorating dept)!

Our first Trunk or Treat!

We took the kids to trunk or treat at our Church this year for the first time.  The best part about it is all the familiar faces we saw.  All the kids friends and families from school were there too! They had all the car trunks decorated and were handing out candy and then inside the Hall they had tons of games and a  haunted house for the kids all for FREE ! Oh how we love our Church/School.  Bentley wanted nothing to do with the Haunted House after he was traumatized being scared by a "monster" at the mall during trick-or-treating.  Preston went into the Haunted House and they had a choice of: not scary, medium, or really scary and he choose medium and Daddy said they had to change it to "not scary" for him! Ha! Most kiddos don't enjoy  being scared(we're seeing a theme here).  We love creating traditions and shared memories with our kiddies.  This was such a fun day for us:)

Bentley's 3 year old stats

We took Bentley in for his 3 year old check up. Everything is right on track and he impressed Dr. Osher with his knowledge of shapes(he actually surprised mama too!) Both Mama and B got flu shots.  He didn't cry until after the shot.  He was upset that the doctor "hurt" him...poor baby:(

Weight: 34.5 lbs(77th percentile)
Height: 38 3/4" (80th percentile)
Blood Pressure: 88/50

Bentley's Class Birthday Party!

 It true Tees fashion, our birthday celebrations are never just one day.  We had a Farm party then a class party.  Bentley painted pumpkins for all his friends.  He was so proud to pass them out and his friends were SO excited when they saw them.  Mama tries to think of things besides candy to give our friends:) Daddy took the morning off so he could come help celebrate and we pulled Sophia and Preston from their classrooms to join in the cupcake festivities.  Bentley got to wear a special crown and we loved seeing his face when we walked into the room.  Even Olivia got in on the birthday celebration! Such a fun morning!

Dance, Baseball, and Taekwondo oh my!

So our weeks are very packed with lots of dancing, baseball, and taekwondo.  Phia has dance classes 4 days/week.  She has her tap team class, tap tech, stretches and turns, jazz, and ballet.  Preston has taekwondo once a week and baseball 2x per week.  Needless to say it's hard for mama to keep it all straight.  Also, Bentley, Phia, and Preston are all in school but different days and all get out at different times just to keep things real fun:) Mommy is also the head of Fundraising again for our
school which sometimes feels like a full time job with event planning, marketing, an
d of course constantly motivating others to get involved:) We are having a blast trying to juggle it all.  I often forget what month it is let alone what day of the week.  My most favorite thing to do each week is watching our kids  participate in sports/dancing etc.  I truly enjoy watching and being a part of their day.  They are all growing before our eyes.  We are amazing at Phia's progress in dancing.  It's very challenging at times for her to keep up and learn but she's overjoyed to go each day and is so proud to be on the dance team.  Preston glows at baseball.  He's REALLY good at swinging and when he's paying attention, he's really good at running the bases.  He's definitely an athlete! We just need to get him to focus:)!!