Thanksgiving Break

We had a wonderful, family filled Thanksgiving break!
Thanksgiving Day was spent in Waco...

Friday we played at Grammy and Papa's house...

 Saturday we (meaning Daddy) helped Mema and Pepa move into their new house...

and Sunday we played in the Children's Garden at the Arboretum!

Very fun, but also very exhausting!

They love their Daddy!

Baby Giraffe

A baby giraffe was recently born at the Dallas Zoo, and we were lucky enough to be there the first day he was let outside. He was super cute and playful!

 The boys wanted to take a picture with EVERY statue we passed. 

These are just a few of them...

Lots of Fun

The past couple months have been full of lots of things...

Lots of creating...

Lots of outdoor time...

Lots of adventures in the fallen tree...

 And most importantly, LOTS of LOVE!

Halloween

For Halloween this year, we had...

CAP-TAIN A-MERICA, a star-nosed mole, and a grumpy little elephant.

 Miles decided to be Captain America after falling in love with the sparkly shield and BIG muscles.

In typical Max form, he decided to be a star-nosed mole (one of the most random animals of the world) during the summer, and never changed his mind.

 Calvin didn't want to be anything for Halloween. We tried and tried to talk him into certain costumes, but he kept saying no. Finally the week before Halloween he decided to be an elephant - until it came time to actually dress up! We forced him to take a couple pictures before trick or treating, but after that the elephant trunk and ears were quickly taken off.

Soooo tired...

To celebrate Halloween at Max's school, they had book character dress up day.
Max dressed up as the Pigeon!

The week before Halloween, we went to the Hexter Howl Fun Run and Carnival.
 Max and Daddy ran in the Fun Run together...

Max entered the costume contest, and won 3rd place for the scariest costume!
I don't think the judges knew what he was. :)

 Fun at the carnival...