Thanksgiving

For our Thanksgiving our plans kept changing as it got closer. In the end we stayed home and cooked our own meal. We also invited Lee's parents to join us since they were busy packing all day long and I wanted them to be able to have a real Thanksgiving meal. Here are our lovely place settings.

 

 Ty colored place mats for everyone.

 Ty and I had fun headbands for the holiday.

 

 

We planned to continue our thankful tree until the end of the month, but ended up stopping after Thanksgiving because we kept forgetting. This is what the end result looked like.

 

During our meal Ty got a hold of my camera and thought we needed some pictures of our food and Grandma and Grandpa.

 

 It was so nice to be able to spend time with family before they moved away. I'm also very glad we did a thankful tree. At the end of each day we took time to think back and find a blessing from that day.

Video Games Live

I can't remember if I bought the tickets for Father's Day or Lee's birthday, but we were so excited for this concert! It did not let us down! The music was amazing and it was fun seeing the different videos they put up to go with the music.

 

 These were the three guests that were signing autographs afterwards. It was great to talk to some of the wonderful influential people of video game music. They are awesome people and really passionate about music.

Lee got the cover for the CD we bought signed and I got a t-shirt signed. If given the chance Lee and I would totally go to another Video Games Live concert.

Science

We took Ty to see the newly redesigned Children's Science Museum and he had a blast! They had a huge music section where you could learn the basics of different instruments and play them, a history of Fort Collins section, and many other really cool interactive learning areas.

 

This was a cool tornado chamber. You stood inside and it would blow down on you up to 78 mph winds.

Thankful Tree

With the start of the new month I've decided to start a new tradition. I've always loved that people would write one thing they are thankful for each day during the month of November. I've seen people write it as their Facebook status before and I think it helps to keep you in the right mindset for the season. So today I whipped out my construction paper and put together a tree. Then I took the fun fall colors and made some leaves. Now everyday Lee and I will write one thing we are thankful for then let Ty stick it to the tree. I also have a few small leaves for Ty to color on and put up. By the end our tree will be filled and beautiful. I'm hoping this will help us contemplate the many wonderful blessings that the Lord has given us and help us prepare for Thanksgiving.

Halloween

I always love Halloween! Any excuse to dress up is great! In the morning our apartment help a playgroup for little kids and had everyone come in their costumes. It wasn't much, but Ty enjoyed played with the other kids and I loved seeing the cute costumes. 

On our way to the playgroup

 

 When Lee got home from school we went over to his parents' house to watch an episode of Doctor Who and spend some time with Grandma. While there, Lee pulled out one of his old bikes that he wants to give to Ty when he's older. Ty didn't think he needed to wait and had a blast riding it around.

 Around 4 we headed to campus because there was trick-or-treating at the Lorey Student Building. Unfortunately Ty fell asleep in the car before we got there, so I just dropped off my ballot and we went home. I'm glad I actually got to vote this year! Our ward trunk-or-treat was on Halloween this year so after an hour nap we woke Ty up and got him ready to go. Waking him up made him a little cranky and cold though, so Lee had to carry him in a blanket from car to car rather than him running from one car to the next. He did get happier when he realized what he was doing though. After people were done handing out candy we went in the church for refreshments. Later I found out there had been pumpkins to vote on. Ty's favorite was the Cookie Monster one and he thought it needed a cookie.

 

 Since he had been cold, we didn't want to go trick-or-treating outside at houses, so we went to Walmart to trick-or-treat there. The people were so nice and most were very generous with the handfuls of candy they gave Ty. It was so fun seeing how excited Ty was and I love that people recognized his costume. Halloween is so much more fun when your kid starts to understand what is going on. Last year Ty didn't really understand and just enjoyed ringing the doorbells. 

This year we didn't carve a pumpkin, but thanks to Tiffany we had a small pumpkin just perfect for Ty. I pulled out my paints and let him have fun. With my limited colors, he had red, blue, white, and purple... which all mixed together to be purple. So in the end, it was just a purple pumpkin, but I still loved watching Ty decorate it.

Painting his pumpkin

 

 Paint on his nose and in his hair.

Thinking about what to do next while watching tv.

 

The end result