Fall Break

Today was my first day back at school. And boy did I just have to jump right back in. It will be a busy couple of weeks with assessments, report cards, and conferences. Today was just a track in day, I'll be back with my Kindies tomorrow. So before I'm totally back to the real world of being a teaching mommy, here are a bunch of pictures from our last week of my track off and Nolan's Fall Break! 

It was great having him home with us for the week! We just played a lot at home and found some fun things to do to keep us busy! 

We baked yummy cookies. Heath always has to do everything himself. The picture below captures what happens when a strong willed 2 year old bakes. 

Egg all over! Hope he learned his lesson. 

The kids were all happy taste testers! 

Nolan loved the "vanilla chips" as he called them. Really, they were white chocolate chip cookies. 

 Did you happen to notice their hair lately? It was SUPER long! So we decided it was time for some cuts. 

There was a lot of hair on the ground! 

And now they look just as handsome as ever, just with MUCH shorter hair! 

I think we just about played with every toy we own this week. But Star Wars seems to be their favorite lately. They LOVE all things Star Wars! 

The weather was absolutely perfect all week, so we spent a lot of time outside! 

And we did a lot of playing in the leaves! 

On Friday night we went to Cara's volleyball game at Arapahoe. 

The kids had such a good time running around the gym with their cousins. Brady showed Nolan the joy of the concession stand! Ha! 

After the game, we hung out with Wes & Cara at their house. The kids played and watched a Star Wars movie that our boys hadn't seen before. They had such a good time. 

But I think us adults may have actually had an even better time! We had some drinks and laughed and talked and talked and laughed some more! Thanks for such a fun night guys! It was long overdue. 

 Nolan spent the night and enjoyed playing with Brady the next morning and eating some of Uncle Wes' delicious pancakes. Thanks for having him! He had a fun time for sure! 

After the sleep over we hit up the outlet mall for a bit. This is a funny picture of Nolan, but I think that he looks soooo tall and soooo skinny in this picture. How in the world could this be my little butterball baby?!!! He is such a big cool dude now! 

The rest of the day was spent with more time outside. This shot is a little blurry, but Nolan just loves jumping into the leaf piles! He loves all things seasonal/holiday! He really gets into traditions and special events. Just something neat about my kid. 

And on a total side note...we FINALLY finished a {Pinterest}project that I had been working on for awhile. I bought frames on clearance at Michaels, spray painted them with a POP of color, distressed them, and hung them in our dining room to display our fine art...

I LOVE the way that they turned out and the boys love the fact that THEIR art is what is most precious to us! I made three of them so that one day each child can have a piece hanging at all times.

One more post to come to wrap up my track off...our trip to Anderson Pumpkin Farm!