This has been how it's been over the past couple of weeks. Just really laid back. Everyone was healthy in time for Thanksgiving so we went out to Cracker Barrel and had Jerry and Kristy over for games later that evening.
I guess one big thing was that we started Lil B with Potty training. We had a really great start but went down hill from there. I'll make a chart with a treat at the end and see how that goes.

Thanksgiving cheer from Grandma Mitchell

The boys look forward to their holiday cards from Grandma Mitchell. Note to self: Turn off the cartoons when opening cards. LB had the tearing open the envelope down pretty well whereas Lucas wanted some help. Thanks Grandma.

Demo Derby at the Peanut Festival

We headed out to the Peanut Festival on Saturday night. We watched the motorcycles go around and around in the large metal dome, the lady hulahoop 100+ hulahoops at the same time, and the guy walk on top of the circle spinners. My favorite part of the night is always the demoliton derby. I usually can't stand the sound of car crashes. Maybe it's because you don't hear the high pitch screeching of the breaks. If you've never experienced the demo derby. I reccomend it. It's so fun. There was cars being pushed up on top of cement barriers and cars being tipped on their sides. Some cars would get entangled with each other and you can't tell who is winning. It's all in the process of elimination. The last car moving wins. It was a fun way to spend time with my boys.

Fallin in love with Autumn

These are some of the amazing photos that Stacy took. They are totally photo contest worthy at the peanut festival. She'll have turn em in next year and see what happens. The photos remind me of how much I love this time of year.
I'm grateful to Stacy for taking family and friends photos. They will always be treasured.

The newest Mitchell

Brian has always wanted a Basset hound for as long as I've known him. I found this lil guy on Craigslist. All they asked for was a small rehoming fee. He's not fixed and we have the papers if we want to register him. He's a 4 month old pure breed. He's a snuggler and such a sweetheart.

He does great with Padmae and Obiwan. The boys adore him. Brian is still working on a name for him. His old name was Chester Copperpot but we'll be sticking with the Star Wars theme. Any ideas?

A Lil' Sneak Peek.

The newest member of the family... We'll have to wait to formally introduce him since he doesn't have a name yet. I'll post more tomorrow.

Good bye October Hello November..

I thought I'd finish off October with some scenes from trick or treating. We hung out with Lil Red Riding hood and her parents. So fun. It started sprinkling so we all jumped in the van and went to drop in on more friends. The night ended with chatting over milk and cookies while the kids played.
The night before I served up lime and cherry jello filled with worms. It was fun, fruity, and festive. The kids loved it. I'll keep this idea for next year.