Frozen Halloween

Like just about every other little girl in town, my princess wanted to be Queen Elsa for Halloween.  In my totally unbiased opinion she's absolutely the prettiest Elsa we saw.  Check out Ryan's awesome pumpkin carving skills.   

For trick or treating we made a pretty little Disney cocktail called Blue Snow Dream.  Tessa is drinking non-alcoholic Gatorade.

Tessa wasn't the only one dressed up.  I was Anna, Ryan was Kristoff, Jack Ryan was Olaf and Anabelle was Sven.  Look closely and you'll see that Jack Ryan is absolutely miserable in his costume. It was mostly the hat that made him scream so he spent most of the night without it.

We also went to Boo in the Zoo, a fun tradition with the grandparents.   

I had to take a few pictures of my very own Jack-o-Lantern.  Get it?  Haha!  He liked this outfit much better than the snowman suit.  It's a hand me down from Anabelle. 

Fall for Greenville

Fall for Greenville is probably my favorite event.  It was hot this year and we spent more time riding rides that ever before.  We sampled delicious food from many different restaurants, the main reason this is my favorite event.  Tessa and Daddy are sharing gelato here.  

 Little Man is not to be left out.  Have I mentioned that he likes to eat?!

 A few turns around the carousel and spins on the whirlybird. 

In other news, Tessa made this beautiful fall collage of leaves and things we collected around the yard and on our walks. 

9 Months Old

Nine months have gone by so quickly!  I think we have officially changed Jackson's name to Jack Ryan.  We'll see if it sticks.  He's precious rocking in our little rocking chair.   

We went outside for a photo shoot.  He's such a ham with the camera and gives me the best smiles.

He now has three more teeth which have caused us to lose even more sleep.  I tried putting a raw egg in his room to help with teething pain.  It's some old wives' tale that is supposed to help.  I don't know.  But, it was cheap and easy and therefore, worth a try.  Ryan and I both have spent many nights on the loveseat in Jack Ryan's room trying to get a little sleep.  Once the teeth were in we did some sleep training.  After three days we thankfully had success. 

Oktoberfest

We love our little downtown Greer.  Last week-end they had Oktoberfest and we took the kids.  They loved dancing and listening to the Polka band.  It was chilly but fun!

 I love, love, love watching them dance together.  Jack Ryan is so big that Tessa can barely hold him.

Tessa is learning that not all scary looking things are actually scary.  This time of year can really upset her with all the Halloween decorations.  For instance, we don't even go to Lowe's until the holiday is over because their decorations are just awful.  But here she's smiling pretty and bravely standing in front of this spooky tree. 

Plus we got a few pictures on the porch with our pumpkins.