Halloween fun

Kirk liked using the "little saw" to cut the pumpkin.  He wanted to make the "small jack o lantern" first!

our small jack o lantern....with Daddy's help

dressing up for music class on Wednesday, Oct. 26

Kirk's first school (day care) Halloween party was on Friday, October 28.  Kirk had so much fun dressing up and playing with his friends and teachers!

Judah, Kirk and Austin eating their party snacks

Kirk's friend-nemie Jilly-bean....she dressed up as a vampire...how fitting

Lyric, Carter, and Avery

Kirk is playing "put the wart on the witch" with his teacher, Miss Myra

Kirk is playing in the slime with his friends and teachers

Kirk and Miss Myra (he LOVES her!)

Kirk's halloween basket with all his goodies from his friends, he pulled out his "scary teeth" first!

Kirk and his scary teeth!

We went to our friend Jill's 40th birthday party on Friday, October 28.  It was a costume party....meet Jackie Moon (from the movie Semi-Pro) and the "Queen Bee!"

The birthday girl with all of her cakes and cupcakes!  They were delicious!

We went to the Herd game on Saturday, October 29.  Kirk decided to take notes during the game.  Haha!  Notice that beautiful grip on that crayon (we really haven't had to work on it that much!) and notice which hand he still continues to write (and feed himself with.)...LEFT!  He has good strength in both hands, and is beginning to use his fingers more to try to zip and button.  I'm interested to see if his left hand dominance holds out.  He is beginning to draw things, and he says, "What am I going to draw, Mama?" before he starts marking on the paper.  I'm amazed at how quickly his fine motor skills are developing! 

Kirk is pointing out the UAB dragon...notice the scoreboard in the background, MU 59, UAB 7!  I had to take a picture of that!  We don't see scores like that very often!

"There's a snake in my boots...." ~ Sheriff Woody

Kirk has been studying the Marshall Basketball poster that Jeremy got at Herd Madness.  Kirk knows most of the starting players, and loves to say "Mbao" (a new 7'2" player from Senegal).  He also likes to point out "Coach Harry-on."  His Daddy is so proud of him!

Is this not the cutest cowboy you've ever seen?  We went to the annual Francisco Halloween party on Saturday, October 22 (notice his belt buckle that I personalized for him with "K.W."...how cute is that??).  Kirk loved playing with J.D.'s toys and he had a great time saying "Hee-Haw" and "Ride 'em cowboy!" in his cowboy costume.  When we put it on him for the first time, he couldn't stop laughing at himself!

This is a picture of one of Kirk's very enthusiastic "Yee-Haw"s.  He jumped so much his hat flew off!

Cowboy Kirk and his Mama acting silly

The spooky food at the Franciscos....Kirk loved the cookies and hot dog "mummies!"

We are so excited for Halloween!  Kirk is having a party in his day care class this Friday, and I am making all of his friends some play dough and I got everyone some fun monster visor hats.  Kirk has been practicing saying "Trick or Treat!" and I'm sure once he figures out he can get candy by saying it to people, he will be so excited!

Herd Homecoming

We were so excited to see Shawna for MU homecoming this weekend!  Shawna, Kirk, and I went to the Alpha Xi Delta house on Saturday morning to meet up with all of our friends.  It was so awesome to look through the house and talk about our college days!  We showed Kirk all around the house, and he had a good time visiting with all the other kids.  This picture is of Kirk and Shawna in the "armpit" room that she lived in.  It is the smallest room on the second floor, and she shared it with Amy Shultz-Limbert.  We have such great memories from sorority, and it was wonderful to see all my girlies again!

Kirk liked checking out my old room, and I kept telling him that I used to sleep in that bed.  He kept asking me if I was tired, and told me to lay down in it!  The house and rooms have changed so much!  Everything looked so nice and decorated.  When I slept in that bed, it probably wasn't made up and the bedding didn't even match!  I never dreamed that my little boy would be roaming around in that room!  

All the AZD kiddos eating at the table....Kirk sat across from Riley and Carla (her doll)

Kirk enjoying his green cupcake

Little Xi legacy Bella eating her green cupcake

Kirk and Mama at the AZD house

We went down to the basement, which Kirk loved!  I took his picture by my signature on the basement floor. Look closely, and you can see "KIRK" on the floor by his feet.  All the senior Alpha Xi girls get to "graffiti" the basement walls and floors with their signature.  It almost makes my cry to look around that place, filled with so many awesome memories!

Shawna's "Shep '99" on the basement wall

Kirk climbing on some sort of Alpha Xi see saw...he thought it was great!

Amazing women, friends, and sisters in front of the sorority house....and some of our kiddos too!

Kirk, Shawna, and I in front of the fountain on campus

Kirk wearing J.D.'s buffalo hat at the tailgate

Kirk "tackling" J.D. while playing football at the tailgate

Kirk hiding from J.D. in the softball field sign...he thought he was hilarious!

We had a great weekend, and we are so thankful to have so many great friends.  It was so awesome to have Shawna here and to talk about our college days.  I am so grateful to have had so many great years at Marshall with so many awesome people who are still my best friends today.  It's amazing to think that I joined Alpha Xi Delta 15 years ago, and that I am still so close with the women I met there.  Marshall friends brought Jeremy and I together and made us the people we are today.  We are so glad we get to share our memories, friends, and love for Marshall with our little boy.  We were so happy to have  a HERD win and after each game, we can tell that Kirk's love for HERD sports grows a little bit more!  He is definitely a "Son of Marshall!"

To infinity and beyond!

Kirk has recently become obsessed with the Toy Story movies.  Woody and Buzz are his new friends, and when I asked him if he really liked Woody and Buzz, he very seriously said, "No, Mama.  I love them."  He has been really into cowboy things in the last few weeks, and today when we went to pick up his cowboy hat at the Disney Store, he insisted on "taking home"  Woody and Bullseye (his horse) dolls.  Thankfully, I talked him into the smaller ones!  When the lady at the counter asked him what Woody says, he said, "There's a snake in my boot!"  I laughed, because I didn't even know he paid that much attention.  He has also decided popcorn is his "favorite food" and I made him some tonight so he could eat popcorn and watch Toy Story 2 for the tenth time this weekend.  He already had a Buzz Lightyear doll, from a previous Disney store trip, and he now lifts him up to "fly" and says "To a-finny, and a-non!"  We've got some work to do on "To infinity and beyond!" but we'll get it!

Kirk and his friends

 (please disregard the dirty arm of his chair..it's yesterday's lunch, and I will clean it soon!)

I love that Kirk is beginning his love of all things Disney like his Mama!  We hope to start collecting more movies and learning to love some great characters.  I had forgotten how much I loved the Toy Story movies, and it's funny how it doesn't bother me much to watch them over and over!  Kirk went to sleep tonight with Buzz, Woody, Bullseye, and Blue (Blue's Clues) in his bed.  I'm sure he went right to sleep, because there wasn't much room to move around!  He has too many "friends" in there with him!

Fall fun

We went to the Pumpkin Festival in Milton on Friday, October 7.  Kirk was a very good boy and enjoyed his corn dog and he told us that kettle corn was his "favorite food."  Ha ha!  I love fall, and I especially like traveling to festivals and farms this time of year!

How many pictures can we get of Kirk sitting on a tractor?  Lots! 

Kirk didn't want to sit and pose for a cute fall picture, he wanted to try and pick up the pumpkin and "take it to my home."  

We went to Imel's Greenhouse on Saturday, October 8.  Kirk loved feeding the goats again this year, and he couldn't get enough of it!  He asked me to buy a goat before we left.  I told him Astro wouldn't like him!

They have an awesome playground at Imel's with several large wooden climbers and slides.  Kirk liked the monster truck!

Of course he liked the train, too

sliding with Daddy

Kirk and I ran in the hay maze.  Kirk kept saying, "It's hide and seek, Mama!"

running through the tunnel

The tunnel is just the right size for Kirk!

Kirk is looking for me, I was standing on the other side of the tunnel.  It's sad that my head doesn't stick out over a toddler size hay bale tunnel, isn't it??

Kirk petting "my friend the goat."

Kirk liked the chickens too.  He told us that they wanted him to pet them too.

Kirk and Daddy searching for our perfect pumpkin

Kirk liked the "dirty one" of course! 

He liked the bumpy looking gourds, too.  We had a great evening at Imel's.  I could spend all day there!  I love looking at all the pumpkins and mums.  We did pick a pumpkin (with some of my help) and we brought it home and we'll make a jack-o-lantern out of it soon.  Kirk was a little scared of some of the Halloween decorations, but he was definitely not scared of the animals.  We had a great fall weekend, and Kirk has been saying today that he wants to go to the "Pumpkin Farm Festival."  Ha ha!