A Busy Weekend!

What a busy weekend we've had! Friday night We went with the Napiers to downtown Milton for Ghost Walk. Ghost Walk is a tour of the downtown area with true stories from history. There is a cast of characters, all dressed in period costumes, reenacting scenes and telling stories of the past. The kids did well for their ages...Jackson wanted to talk during the guides stories, and he kept pointing to him saying, "man!" We all took turns passing kids and pushing strollers! We each learned a lot about specific stops, but I don't think we all heard everything that was said. At one point Amy said she needed an outline! Jackson was "Mr. Personality" for most of the night. He would say things like, "yeah" and clap for the pirates shooting cannons and "oh no" and "no, Yankees" to the Yankees burning homes and lumber. Ayla was pretty quiet until the very end during a story about cows eating the grass in peoples yards and she said, "no, no cows" and "moooooo!"


It was a little chilly, so we bundled up!





We were laughing about her silly hat!



Amy and Ayla by a fountain downtown.
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TRUNK OR TREAT!!!

This afternoon we took the kids to our Church's Fall Festival. Jackson was a cowboy and Ayla a cowgirl. People decorate the trunks of their cars and hand out candy! It's a fun event for the kids and tiring for the adults! I brought Jackson's wagon so that we wouldn't have to chase the kids around. They didn't give us a hard time about staying in it; they happily ate their suckers and didn't have a lot to say. It's funny to see Jackson-Mr. Chatterbox-quiet around strangers!



Mr. Cowboy doing his own thing instead of posing for a picture.



Cheese!



Here's where he started to lose his hearing for his parent's voices.



Jackson wants to make sure Ayla doesn't have something better!



Braylon, or Bam Bam!



About to trunk or treat...



Cowboys and Indians



I can't believe that every picture I got, both kids have suckers...at least Jackson wasn't screaming, which is what he was doing 20 seconds before this picture!







Ayla is a good sharer!



This horse was a hit with the kids.

More Pictures

Here are a few pictures from our last beach trip. This was the first time Ayla has been able to walk on the beach. She was a little concerned at first, and didn't want me to put her down. But after she got a taste of freedom, she was ready to swim! We went to the sound inside of the gulf so the kids had more room to run. The waves are not very big and neither of the kids were afraid to get in. In fact, Ayla walked in chest deep and then sat down. She was not at all concerned about the jellyfish that were looming around her!

I have also included a few others from last night...



Collecting shells



Jackson feeding Ayla goldfish.



First steps in the sand. You can tell that she is a little apprehensive!



What a good smile!!



Jackson running up to the camera



Grandma Sherry holding on to the kids and watching for jellyfish.



This picture makes us laugh! He will crawl up on the couch, put his hands behind his head and yell, "Einsteins!" (aka Little Einsteins, a Disney show that he absolutely loves)



Here are our monsters eating a grilled cheese. Ayla had her feet propped up on her tray and Jackson was chillin'!



Is this a mischievous face or what???



Taken at Blackwater River in Downtown Milton.



A fun picture before church!

Pumpkin Patch

Saturday afternoon we piled in the van and took a short trip near Brewton, Alabama to a pumpkin farm. They own several acres of land where they have horses, ponies, a donkey, watermelons, corn and pumpkins. It's a really neat place. The kids enjoyed running (literally) up and down the road and they liked seeing the animals. Jackson tried to get Ayla to hold his hand while they walked around, but she was not having it! Now that she is walking, she has her own mind and is pretty stubborn when you try to change it! He drug her around a bit, as you'll see in the pictures. We took 350 shots and ended up with a few good ones. These days picture time is not so fun for the parents! We ended up with a lot of the sides of their faces and worse, the back of their heads as they struggled to get away from us. Gone are the days of singing a song to get them to laugh.



This is one of the sweetest horse I've ever met!



I've always heard that Shetland ponies are mean, so I was afraid to let the kids get close. But, they were able to pet the stinky animals without incident!



Ayla saying "hi" to the ponies!



Typical...Jackson climbing the fence!



This is really sweet!



Here's Jackson trying to get Ayla to, "Come on!"



She obliges, just for a minute!



After we got back in the car, I felt like I had been calf wresting! One of us had the camera and a child by the hand while the other was running after the other child. It was worth it though; the kids had a blast and so did we!