Beware of the Cookie Monster!

As I previously wrote, Mr. Beckett was having NOTHING to do with his Lightening McQueen costume.  I guess he was just holding out for the Cookie Monster.  Can't say that I blame him :).
Who doesn't enjoy a plate full of chocolate chip cookies?

Dirty hands!

When it was time to go home, he actually starting crying and pretty much begged for more pictures cookies.  Ha!  

Getting Halloween Ready

I LOVE October.  In Texas it's the real start to fall, with the weather finally cooling off and it's actually enjoyable outside.  I love the anticipation of the holidays and Halloween is no exception!  This October we did quite a few things to celebrate and get ready.

We attended Beckett's school Halloween Party, which was pretty adorable.  I wish I could say that it was wonderful and Beckett had a blast but that really wasn't the case.  The second we walked in the door he started crying and pretty much cried or stayed glued to our side unless he was eating.  I guess having Momma and Dada at school just threw him off way too much.  :(

He did LOVE going to the Pumpkin Patch though.  We actually went several times and he had the best time.  His favorite part was definitely going in the Bounce House, but a close second was the tractor ride.  

I was so proud of him for going down the enormous slide all by himself.  It took him forever to climb the stairs (and he was super hesitant the 1st time), but he did it and then wanted to do it again and again and again.

I thought I was really ahead of the game by ordering his Halloween Costume in early September.  I figured he was old enough to want a costume that was something he was really interested in, so I picked out a Lightening McQueen costume and thought nothing of it.

Oh but he had other ideas.  He refused to wear it and had zero interest.  This picture is the only one I have of him in this costume.  He might have worn it for 60 seconds at the Winkids Halloween Fest….maybe??

Well, no matter because 2 days before Halloween we finally smartened up and took him to the costume store so HE could pick what he wanted.  

And guess what the little monster chose?  Hee hee.

September in Review

Hmmm, well I have obviously been on a bit of a blogging break but I am going to attempt to get back on the bandwagon!  I thought it would be easiest to do a recap of the last few months….here we go! Beckett is still in love with his trains - they are always getting "stuck" and need "help."  Good thing it's B to the rescue!

This summer Beckett started helping Dada with the yard.  His "help" actually doubles the work, but Guy was incredibly patient.  Beckett was SO proud and now requests that he always help Dada.

We went to the Home Depot Kids' Saturday one day.  He made a ring toss and was quite proud of his work.  "I MADE that!"

Speaking of painting… We worked on some Halloween pumpkin painting while the weather was nice.

Beckett also likes to help in the kitchen.  Guy has been on a juicing kick, so we made "nummies" for Dada.

Our vegetable garden bounty...

One of the biggest events of September was Beckett starting pre-school.  He goes two days a week for three hours each.  It's a perfect amount of time to give me a little mommy break and him and chance to grow socially and academically too.  I won't lie, there were definitely tears the first 2 weeks.  Big tears. But according to his teacher he did GREAT once he got settled into the room.  I'm so proud of him!

I was also lucky enough to go on a girls' trip to Seattle this September!  Guyla, Jessica, Jenny and I all had a wonderful time and made some really good memories.  And it was perfect timing - right at the beginning of my 2nd trimester, so I was feeling really good.  We had all kinds of fun!!

That about wraps up September.  On to October!

Beckett Starts School....What?!?

I swear I was just pregnant with this boy.  I was just meeting him in the OR room, just going home from the hospital, and just figuring out how to feed and care for him.  And now he is off to school.  I just can't believe how fast the time has gone.  

I had wanted to take some themed pics of him and I was also able to wrangle a couple of his friends.  I love how they turned out!