He Was A...

Golfer and a darn cute one at that...

Grant ditched the golf clubs and later the hat for a glow stick and his candy.  We had his best buds come over to trick or treat with us last night.  Luke, otherwise known as "Elvis,"

Savannah and Scarlett were Dorothy and the Lion from Wizard of Oz

They had a blast trick-or-treating and gathering candy

Grant was so obedient and grabbed just one piece at each house.  I was real excited when he choose Reese's peanut butter cups, Yum

Thanks Ms. Lindsay!

and then he ditched the beret

Grant loved his bud, Aiden's cowboy costume and Maddie was a beautiful witch!

Camille looked sweet as can be as a Strawberry and Cameron, Dr. Seuss

Our crew making the rounds, truth be told, we only visited around eight houses.  Grant had just as much fun answering the doorbell back at home and being greeted by the groups of children dressed up!

Our family, Halloween 2011

Kimmy and her courageous lion, Scarlett

All the kiddos loved this ghost and wacking it with their glow sticks

Alas, Grant checks out his loot, he was most excited about the candy corn and gummies.  Mommy was very selective about what our little guy consumed after 7pm, BEWARE of the sugar high!

Halloween was sooo much fun, Grant has been talking about our adventures last night all day!

Corn Maze

Last weekend, we took Grant to the Corn Maze in Loxley for some outdoor fall fun.  They had tons of activities for kids and Grant had a blast!  He got to see some shiny new tractors...

and pretend to drive them

We enjoyed a hayride through the corn maze

and the highlight was the moo cow choo choo train!

Grant loved this!  I had fun too

There was a giant sandbox filled with corn for the kids to play in

Grant and his buddy Ward took their shoes off and loved the feeling of the corn inbetween their toes!

Grant tried out the kid friendly corn maze

Once fed up with not finding his way out, he cheated and escaped by climbing over the hay bales

The flowers on this farm were beautiful

Daddy and Grant

Grant loved searching for butterflies and bumble bees.  This is his expression when asking, "Where are the butterflies?"

Mama and her boy taking time out to smell the zinnias, We love fall!



Dress Up

Last Thursday night, Ron and I attended the Black Widows Halloween Ball benefiting local charity, The Lighthouse.  It was a costume party of course and after much discussion and debate we decided to go as Santa and his elf.  Ron borrowed the Santa costume from his father.  It has become a staple in the Yaeger household on Christmas Eve and I just "threw a bunch of stuff together" and hoped I looked somewhat like Santa's elf and not just an overly festive holiday housewife...

We had a great time playing dress up with our friends the Colemans, otherwise known as Storm Trooper and Tropicana Fruit Lady.

Allison was a flight attendant and Kimmy a flapper.  The party was outdoors and we were all a little chilly!

Can you pick out our dates?  The Halloween party was a blast, it was nice to have a fun night out with great friends!

Firetruck!

Spanish Fort's Fire Department held Open House today, the public was free to come visit the fire station and children were able to play on the big Firetrucks!  Grant who at the moment is really into firetrucks as well as pirates, ;) was excited to get up close and personal with the firetrucks he regularly sees going up and down the highway and to whom he exclaims, "Nee Nor, Nee Nor."  It took him a minute to warm up to the idea, at first he wanted to be held and stated they were "scary."

Luke was along for the adventure

Fearless Luke loved every minute exploring the ins and outs of each truck

Grant helped put out fires with the water hose

and there was a bounce house, what else do you need?

a slide perhaps?

or a bulldozer?!

police car?  this was a little boys dream!  Grant enjoyed every second!

and in case you're wondering what Grant is toting around in every picture, meet "Fireman Guy."  Grant has a handfull of action figures he calls "guys" so this one is named similarly.  I picked him up for 10 cents at a yard sale before our excursion and Grant walked up to every Firefighter at the event, held out his Fireman Guy and said, "LOOK!"

Sesame Street Birthday Bash

Ron took Grant to a Sesame Street themed First Birthday Bash for Miss Camden Grace last weekend.  I worked the Baldwin County Parade of Homes so I was grateful that Ron had such a fun activity to enjoy with my boy.  This birthday party was ah-mazing.  There was no detail that went undone.  My friends, Jenna, Lindsay and their Mother did a fabulous job planning such a spectacular party for the princess in their lives.  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...

Camden, the birthday girl posing as Oscar the Grouch in a trashcan!

Elmo and Mickey Mouse made an appearance.  Ron said that when they left Grant waved and said, "Bye Elmo, Bye Bye Mickey Mouse!"

Their was an Elmo bounce house for the kids

Grant jumping with the birthday girl

There was also a choo choo train that drove the kiddos around the neighborhood, you know Grant loved this!

Food for the little folks

Elmo, Cookie Monster, Oscar and Big Bird Cupcakes

This picture truly does not do the favor buckets justice.  Elmo's face was personally painted on each bucket and inside were crayons, coloring books, bubbles and hand knitted Elmo hats which are adorable!

and lastly, favors for the adults... white trash mix which I gobbled up in a day, Yummy