Last weekend we took the kids to the Arboretum for some fall photos with the pumpkins. Of course, it was so hot and I planned for both kids to wear sweaters, so we pretty much just played until it was almost dark. Luckily, we got a few good shots before the sun went down. Our good friends, Adam and Laura, went too. Gaitley and Colton are almost the same age and they had fun holding hands and taking pictures together.
Halloween was so much fun this year. Garrett is really learning what it's all about- get to as many houses as you possibly can and get as much candy as your parents will let you. We could barely keep up with him. He was practically running from one house to the next. Gaitley just rode in her wagon and watched all the kids go by. She is learning about all the candy too. We looked back there one time and she had somehow opened several packages of candy and had chocolate all over her face and costume. Garrett picked the costumes for this year. He really wanted to be a fire fighter and I thought it would be cute to make Gaitley a dalmation. He loved the idea. I'm going to dress them alike while I can. Pretty soon they will be too big for that and will want to choose their own costumes.
We were lucky enough to land four FREE Cowboys tickets to the game on Sunday against Atlanta. We had great seats and even a parking pass. Britt, Garrett, Britt's dad and I went to the game and Gaitley got to stay home and play with Nanny Carolyn. The new stadium is amazing and it was so fun to get to see it. Garrett loved the game and was very proud of his new Witten jersey and football. All he can talk about is having a football birthday party and he wants to take his friends to the stadium to play football. He did like watching the game, but I think his favorite part was the cheerleaders. They certainly caught his attention!
On Saturday, Britt, Garrett and Papa went to Ft. Worth to the flight show. Garrett loves airplanes and enjoyed getting to see them up close. He even got to walk on the wing of one and get inside another.
We finally made it out to the Pumpkin Patch over the weekend. Britt's parents were in town and enjoyed helping the kids pick out their pumpkins.
Garrett had Western Day at school and loved dressing up like a cowboy. His John Deere boots from last year were too small, so he got to pick out some new ones. He made a fantastic choice. They are square toe with a yellow top. My brother Lance is so proud! He loved wearing his cowboy hat and yelling, "yee-haw, ride 'em cowboy!" If you notice in the pictures, he only has on one spur and it is on the outside of his jeans. We found Britt's spurs from when he was little and one was broken and they were too small. He didn't want to wear the broken one and the only place they would fit was around his ankle instead of his boot.
Gaitley's hair is pretty long in the back and I have been dying to put it in pigtails. I finally found some little rubber bands and we tried it out. She didn't mind at all me messing with her hair and loved feeling them in the back. We did try to wear them out one day and that didn't work. When I took her out of her car seat, one of the rubber bands was gone. When I took the other one out her hair was just sticking straight out. It was a mess. Her hair is so fine that I'm going to have to find a way to make them stay in better. I guess we'll just wear them around the house for now.
