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This was quite possibly the CRAZIEST week of all time.

Two baseball games.

One baseball practice.

One piano lesson.

One Sunday School night.

An interaction with a gecko.

Two birthday parties.

Lots of halloween nonsense.

Let's kick the week off with some halloween props - I HEART Halloween :)

 And here we have some fun park time - our neighborhood has the bizzaro park - with things like a saucer swing - which John should never be on alone - because he tries to stand up on it!

This is quite possibly creates the most fabulous dining experience ever - from Monster Mash, to Spider Man, to Witch Doctor, to Purple People Eater - there is no denying it!

Later in the week - the kiddos made a new friend - Mr. Gecko...

And the weekend kicked off with Will's game Saturday morning...

And Will's biggest fan looked on while the humidy continued to curl his hair...

And now for some videos:

Will  -  Two of his at bats:

Will - making a play at 2nd base (out at first):

And TWO, yes TWO birthday parties on Saturday as well!

The first was at 7 Acre Woods and was tons of fun :)

 And finally ending up at ASI for a late night jumping frenzy!

Will jumping into the "big pit":

Sunday was full of NON STOP errands, housecleaning, and CRAFTS!

I am so happy with my little ghosts this year!  

I hope this week is a little more relaxing!

Noteworthy Napkins

Last week was a short week, Will had a 1/2 day on Thursday and was off Friday...so Billy had a short week!  The theme: bugs...and at Will's request he got a praying mantis, bee, and stag beetle.

I think Billy did a fabulous job :)

Dewberry Farms

Sunday the Brown's and the Schindewolf's made the journey to Dewberry Farms for some fall festivities...we were there FOREVER and had tons of fun!

Don't let John's face fool you...he does this every time I ask for a smile...

I'm glad we got this photo of Will enjoying his trike ride...about 10 minutes later a slightly inebriated man...about 6 feet tall and 250 lbs literally ran Will over, knocked him off the bike, and landed on TOP of him...lucky for him I didn't see it happen...otherwise that would have been the end of our Dewberry Farms trip because this momma would have gotten kicked out.  Billy diffused the situation quickly ;)

 Next we headed to the rope swings...which was tons of fun!

 And here are the four boys...Cade is in front, followed by Will (they are in Kindergarten together and are quite the besties), Billy and Johnny B are in third, and Michael and Easton are in the rear.  Easton and John are the same age too...so we are predicting another pair of besties :)

 After the tractor pull we headed to the corn maze...where we really (no, really) got lost...

 After all that nonsense it was time for some lemonade (seriously - maybe it is time for a haircut?)

Check out the cheeks on this guy :)

 And those lashes...

 John then headed over to the train playscape where he refused to leave for the next 30 minutes...

 And Will practiced roping cattle - ride em cowboy!

And actually hit this so hard (or in the right place haha!) to hit the bell while Cade and Courtney watched in amazement.  I'm pretty sure the sledgehammer weighed more than him!

 We saved the most fun activity for last...Slide Mountain!

Not sure if you can get ANY MORE redneck than sliding your kids down giant plastic tubes on door mats...yes...door mats...

To add to the excitement - Cade and Will decided to race...right out of the gate, Cade flew off his door mat so proceeded to run the rest of the way down buahaha!

 Overall it was a great trip --- can't wait til next year!

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So I'm behind two weeks - thanks to some good old work travel - so sorry if this is overwhelming...here we go...the last two weeks in Instagrams...

Johnny using one of Will's shirts as a cape for his nightly jumping ritual...

 The boys and I spent an afternoon in some puddles...

 Breaking out the Hallowen gear...

 Me flying to San Fran with Will's Flat Stanley - first time on a plane!

 Me and Flat Stanely outside a vineyard in Livermore, CA...

 Flat Stanley at SFO as we board to return home :)

 Will's first t-ball game...so handsome :)

 Fabulous batting form...

 Will's biggest fan...and best hair in the stands I might add...

 Johnny exploring some Halloween costume options (wait til you see the final result!)...

 Blue Jays win their second game...Sno-Cones for everyone!

Will practicing some Beethoven...

Will swinging for the fences...

And last but not least...the boys getting ready for our trip to Dewberry Farms Pumpkin Patch...today.  Phew!  Finally caught up :)

Noteworthy Napkins

This week I went with more of a nerdy napkin set...planets.

Will was thrilled though - even demanding I do a Pluto napkin although we all are well aware that poor poor Pluto is not even considered a true "planet" anymore.

Anywho -- here is this past week in napkins!

Little League Opening Night Highlights!

Opening Night was absolutely everything we could hope for....

Beautiful fall weather

Will went four for four

John played with frogs

And it ended with a WIN and Sno-Cones :)

Here's our little champ...

Here's our slugger's first trot around the bases...

So proud of his hustle!  On his trip from third to home, I thought he was going to run out of his shoes!

In the field...he played four positions...center field, 1st base, 2nd base, and left field.

Here he is at 1st (shades of his momma perhaps ;) )...

Here are a few videos of our fielder to include a great catch at 1st base, and some fabulous stops at 2nd base with perfect throws to 1st, sacrificing his body on a few (ha!), and even throwing from his knees like a pro...SO PROUD of him!

 Johnny patiently looked on...in his usual..."general inspecting the troops" stance...

 We even had team decorations!

Here's Will during warm ups running the bases...next to his teammates he is quite the little shrimp...

 Here he is starting the 3rd inning at 2nd base.  

This was a late night ya'll...it got so dark the lights actually came on (for some great photos I might add)...here's Will cranking out another hit.  Quite the wind up for such a little guy...and I love his foot action!

And Will's biggest fan had a GREAT night watching it all play out...

Final Score...Blue Jays WIN!