This Amazing Thing Called Life: October Fun!

Monday, October 23, 2017

October Fun!

Our October has been full of fun! Pearce could not wait to put up our Halloween decorations, so we went to Walmart and added a few more lights and decorations and then put them up. Pearce is so proud of our decorations and turns the lights on every night :) I ordered Pearce's costume and when it came in, Pearce LOVED it!! He couldn't decided between Harry Potter and Spider-Man, so I got both costumes, but when Spider-Man came in and he put it on, he was sold! He's gotten to wear it to several events and just loves it. Our first Halloween event was going to Boo at the Zoo with Christie and Ridley. We always have so much fun at this. Pearce's favorite part was the haunted house....he went through it 5 times in a row! The next week, I met Pearce at school for lunch. He always buys pizza on Fridays, so I was looking forward to see how he does it. He was so excited to see me! I brought him a sprite from Sonic, so he loved that. We got in the lunch line and he pointed out all of his friends and told me their names. It was so cute seeing how he goes through the lunch line....he knew exactly what to do. Apparently, he always gets an extra treat when he buys lunch...on this day he got a Pop Tart :) I loved sitting with him at lunch and listening to him talk to his friends. Pearce gave me about a hundred kisses when it was time for him to go...love that sweet boy of mine! The next weekend, we went with some friends to our favorite farm, Sweet Eats Fruit Farm, for their Fall Festival. Pearce loved the obstacle courses and huge jumping pillow. I love this place because it's so shady and there are so many fun things to do. We stayed there for 4 hours! The next weekend was jam-packed! I signed Pearce and I up for the Leander school districts Mudstacle....a muddy obstacle course! Pearce could not wait to do this! We had to wake up really early on a Saturday morning to get there and he jumped out of bed so fast and was ready to go! We could opt to do the 5K or a shorter kids' course, but Pearce wanted to do the whole thing...and he totally kept up. The first obstacle was sliding into a big mud pit. We also had to army crawl through mud pits, walk a balance beam over a mud pit, and lots of other obstacle and mud pits. At the end, we got hosed off and then Pearce got to play in a huge enclosure filled with soap suds. It was definitely muddy and dirty, but so much fun!!!! We scrubbed ourselves down when we got home and then got dressed for the Club's Fall Festival. Pearce decided he wanted to go as a New York Giant's football player this time. Chris got him this uniform last year and he loves to dress up in it, so it was fun for Pearce to get to wear it out. The club had so many fun games and activities! We went on a hay ride, played carnival games, watched a magic show, jumped in a bouncy house, and the most fun was watching Pearce do the "gerbil balls"....an inflatable ball that you get in and bump into each other. I got claustrophobic just watching him, but Pearce had fun! The last pic is of Pearce being a carpenter just like the guys that came to our house to build our new deck. He was so excited about getting to see them work. At first he just sat in a chair and watched and then he went inside and got his own tool set to "help." Pearce always LOVES it when any type of home improvement people come to the house....the bug guy, carpet cleaners, carpenters...it doesn't matter who it is, he loves to watch them! We've had a fun filled October so far with several more fun activities planned before the month is over!

Our Halloween decorations!