Santa and Barney and Fireworks. Oh My.

I love the fact that G. is finally old enough to be excited about make believe stuff like Barney and Santa. Last weekend our hometown had two festivals for children. The first one was held at the Pavillion and that is where we got to watch Barney with our girlfriend, Savannah.

G. cracks us up. All the other tots, like Savannah, are smiling and singing. G. is just staring at Barney as if he's not quite sure what to think. Personally, I've never been a Barney fan but Gregory does like the music!

The best part of the day was making kites with daddy and trying to fly them down the hill.

The next day was the lighting of the doves. This is such a great event for kids. First of all, Gregory got to touch and try to walk on "snow"! He got to touch real snow once, but he was only nine months old and surely doesn't remember it.

Then...came Santa. And, even better than Santa...dancing and singing with Santa....and even better than dancing and singing with Santa? Fireworks! Wow!

The Pumpkin

Halloween was so fun this year! It was the first time Gregory got to participate in a Halloween parade at school. (He ran out of line, jumped over three other moms, gave me a big hug and kiss then ran back to his group in class!) It was his first time for a Halloween party at school.

Here he is with his "buddies," Lauren, Liam, Houston, Sophie, Noah, Alexa, Emily, Emmie, and Isaac.

And with Ms. Maria and Ms. Lisa!

On Saturday, Daddy & Matt came over to help us carve our pumpkin! We all liked feeling the "yucky" pulp inside and eating the pumpkin seeds before Trick or Treating.

And who enjoyed getting candy this year? Of

course G. did....he liked trick or treating so much that when the neighbors opened their doors, G. would say, "Trick or treat, Halloween Pumpkin, Cars," take candy and walk right into their homes! Thank goodness most people were understanding!

At the end of the evening, we hung out in Daddy's cul-de-sac with the other neighbors, ate, drank, and played with our friends Alexa and Justin!

G. is all ready to go again next year!