It's a bird! It's a plane! It's SUPER MASON!

Today Mason's school had a costume parade followed by a Harvest Festival. Oh my goodness the parade was cuteness overload!

Here's Mason this morning before we left




 "Mr. Jones" the skeleton led the parade. That's our sweet neighbor Ms. Mary pushing him!

 


 Here they come! I love that even the teachers dressed up too!
 


Mason was actually waving to everyone! So cute :-)


 

 He was so proud...LOL

 

The best I could get of most of his class
 

Catch up post

It's sad that it's been nearly a month since my last post! We've been super busy enjoying fun fall activities and what little free time I have is spent working on editing photos I have taken of others and not my own kids! Sad I know! I'm going to try to blog more frequently though, even if they are short posts! Here's a little of what we have been up to! These pictures are a few weeks old, but I had to share. Mason and Connor are such little buddies lately and it just melts my heart. Mason is the protective big brother and Connor is just in awe of everything his "bubba" can do.

 


Speaking of Mason, I wanted to add some sweet things he has been doing lately! I felt like the first few months of him being three were ROUGH!! Back talking, arguing, tantrums, I could go on and on. But sometime in the last couple months almost all of that has stopped and he is now so easy, so pleasant and just such a sweet kid! I'm hoping that it stays that way for good now! Because I never want to forget these, here are some sweet things I hear frequently throughout the day:
 "Mommy, you know who I love? YOU!!"
 "Mommy you are my very best friend" 
"Mommy you look so pretty and that shirt is pretty too!"
 "Mommy I will pick you a flower because you are a princess and I will keep picking you flowers everyday because everyday you are a princess!"
 And my favorite: "Mommy I am going to be good for all the days"


 


LOVE that boy!


 A couple of weeks ago, we went to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm in Celina. We have gone here with friends every year for three years now and it has become a tradition in our little play group. I managed to get a cute shot of Mason and his best friend Carter then compared it to one their very first year there!

 

Last night we attempted some family photos! Another photographer and I had been messaging each other for a couple months about doing sessions for each other. We have the same camera so we took pics with each other's then edited our own photos! It worked out perfect! She is pregnant with her first so I definitely had the easier job: just two adults and a dog! She on the other hand had to deal with my screaming one year old and a three year old who was not wanting to smile and only wanting the "reward" candy in my bag. We did get a few good pics which is all I was expecting though!
 

Tomorrow is a Halloween costume parade at Mason's school so I will try and post some pictures of that! I can't wait!!

Dallas Arboretum

We took a trip to the arboretum yesterday to see their amazing pumpkin patch! I had never been there in the fall and wow it is amazing!  The boys a great time and we got some cute photos too.  I'm so glad it's fall! (despite the crazy hot weather we had yesterday!)

Pumpkins everywhere!




I was so happy to get a picture with them! Probably the first decent one in a year!




Sweet little friends!



Love this little man!


The only one I got of them together....lol



How did he grow up so quick?? :-(

 






Connor is a loooves with pumpkins!





 The boys loved running free!



Connor waving to Ella :-)



Making his first move!



And giving her a full on kiss! He loves her so much!
 


Such a fun day!

First Soccer Game!

Mason's soccer team, the Bulldogs had their first game on Saturday! A cold front moved in the night before which made it feel like fall and was the perfect weather for the game! Mason loved it and had so much fun. We are still working on him being more aggressive with trying to get the ball....he said he thinks everyone should have their own ball!



All dressed and ready to go!



He looks so big here :-(





Saying the YMCA pledge before the game...this was SO sweet!




Connor supporting the bulldogs with his shirt!










After the game, they shake hands with the opposing team!

A little photo shoot with Connor

Connor and I went down to the Mckinney square this morning after dropping Mason off at school. I was hoping to get a couple good pictures of him since I haven't in a while! He is SO busy lately that I can't get him to sit still for more than a second! I was out of breath after 10 minutes of our shoot but I did manage to get him still for a few good shots! I feel like he looks so old in these!

 

First Soccer Practice

Mason had his first soccer practice yesterday! I've looked forward to the day he can start playing sports for so long and I am glad the day is finally here! He is on a team with three of his little friends and his friend Ava's dad is his coach! The kids did great at practice yesterday, despite the 103 degree heat! Hopefully that will be the hottest practice we will have! I took about a thousand pictures but here are some of my favorites!

With his tough soccer face :-)


Hanging out with Ava before practice



The whole team!