'oosh-es'

ok so Aaron is OBSESSED with shoes. He calls them 'oosh.' He is constantly asking to put his 'oosh' on. Tonite he brought me an bag of shoes that someone gave me before he was born that I still haven't taken to goodwill (I know, everything has a priority- it was going to get there eventually). He insisted on putting on a pair of size 4 white tennis shoes (he wears a 6). So being the good mother that I am...I put them on him. He wore then until it was time for bed.

Trunk-or-Treat

Last night we had to trunk or treat with our church. There were A LOT of people there. I think I was told that we gave out 500 hotdogs. I was happy to meet several people from the community. The kids were super cute. Aaron was a tiger this year...compliments of his Gigi. The only thing he wasn't crazy about was the hood on the costume...but we put it on anyway and could distract him long enough for pictures. Here are a few pics. We do it all over again this Saturday in Melber!

trying to figure out how to carry his candy bucket

with his mama...wouldn't look at the camera

Ready to say 'tee tee'

trying to pull his hood off

Jack-O-Lanterns

We carved pumpkins tonite with our small group! We had a great time. I think my favorite part of the night was hearing little Joseph Berriage say "I love you daddy, you're doing a great job," to his dad. He was watching his daddy carve a pumpkin with the utmost concentration. Aaron was confused by the light inside the pumpkin. He kept sticking his face right ON the pumpkin itself. It was a fun night.

A bat-ghost and 2 faces on our pumpkins

All three in the light...I think the dark is better

David and Becca carving their pumpkin

A curious boy looking at his pumpkin

Weekend

We spend the weekend in Melber. This weekend was extra special because Joel, Andrea and Aiden went with us. We had a lot of fun! Melber was having a guest speaker for a weekend meeting. The speaker was David Mitchell from our church here in Tullahoma, so we all decided to go and be the Tullahoma supporters. The meeting was great and we really enjoyed David's lessons. We also had a ton of fun going to the pumpkin farm, riding horses, and hanging out. I think Aiden's favorite part was the kittens he played with at Baba's. The weekend went by WAY to fast, but we still had a blast. Here are just a few of the million pictures that were taken this weekend.

Pumpkin Patch

Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch with some friends. Aaron loved it! There were so many different things for him to do there. We went for a hay ride, got to play on the slide, swing on a tire swing, play in water, and see some farm animals. Aaron correctly identified all of the animals except the pig. He thought that was a dog....We're still working on that one. Here are some pictures of our adventures.

Aaron playing in the 'wa wa.'

Aaron mid-slide...he LOVED it.

Friends we met at the pumpkin patch

Ready to pick out our pumpkin!

"BOO"

Cousin Time

This week Lori and Eli came for a visit while Matt went away on business. We LOVE having them here. Aaron and Eli are finally at a point where they can play together without us helping them. Their favorite place to play is in the living room on the blow up mattress. Apparently running really fast and then falling on the mattress while screaming the whole time is REALLY fun. Aaron sure does love his cousin "Yi Yi." He never stops saying Eli's name.

We went to get them out when we arrived at Walmart

and found them just like this....

"High Five" cousins

playing the piano with 'Yi Yi'