October - Miami Heat, KSU Football, Pumpkin Patches, and Halloween

LeBron James is one of Tyson's favorite players so when I heard they were playing a preseason game in Kansas City I had to get tickets.  The boys were soooo excited when we picked them up from school.  Apparently, I was not good at taking pictures that night but to prove we were there here is LeBron.

As you know I really didn't get to many KSU football games this year but I did get a couple cute pictures.  The boys love tailgaiting and going to the games.  They are serious die-hard KSU fans.

 

I went on a field trip with Charlie to the pumpkin patch.  Sometimes these kinds of things are hard for my boys.  He had fun, but it was a little too much so he was really quiet.  It was kind of cold out so his para shared her gloves.  Charlie said they, "fit perfect!" I will let you decide. :)

Next up was our family trip to the pumpkin patch.  It was really fun.  The kids got to ride a little horse even.  And then we found the slide.

We carved pumpkins and we can pretend that the whole family just loved it and I have a picture to prove it.  (my mom would probably tell you otherwise!)

Soccer and Flag Football Seasons

One of the greatest things that Manhattan has to offer is sports through Manhattan Parks and Recs.  Anyone can play, at any skill level.  This gives Tyson the opportunity to play sports.  This fall we signed him up for soccer and flag football.  Joel decided to coach flag football but leave the soccer coaching to someone who knows something about soccer.  Well, a lot of the games overlapped.  Tyson decided he liked soccer just a little better then football.  This left Joel coaching a flag football team while Tyson was playing in a soccer game coached by Katie.  Life's funny sometimes.

Tyson's biggest (and cutest) fan!

 

Football

 

This kid has the best attitude, even when riding the pine!

 

September - A Day at the Lake and The Fragile X Walk

One day in September we decided to take the dog for a swim and hang out by the little lake down the way from us.  It was a nice relaxing day and I got some pretty cute pictures of the kiddos. 

 

 As I look out my window right now and see 12 inches of snow and the temp at a whopping 11 degrees, I really miss these days!!

The Fragile X Walk

One of the best days of the year for our little family.  It reminds me of how we are not going through this alone and what amazing family and friends we have.  Team Tyson and Charlie rocked it again this year with donations.  It feels so awesome to raise money and awareness for such a great cause that is so near and dear to us.  It is a small little Fragile X world and we have really gotten to know the families around here that are also affected by Fragile X.  We can't thank our family enough for taking time out of their busy schedules to make the trek to Kansas City for this walk.  It means more than we could ever say. (sorry for all the pictures, I actually could have shared even more)

  

August - School Starts!

I was nervous about Charlie starting Kindergarten like every Mom in the world.  But because everyone in this school district knows me as "Crazy Mom", they let me practice with Charlie the day before.  It was a good thing too, because that day he stood at the front doors and screamed "NO! I don't want to go!"  He was all smiles before we tried to actually go in.

 

Tyson had to show him how it was done.

And Charlie played along.

 

He posed for this picture then melted down.

We worked through it as much as we could, but I was imagining the worst when the real day came.

Well, he made a big liar out of me the day of.  He walked in like a champ and could not have cared less when Joel and I had to leave.  But really I would much rather have it be that way.  He caught on quite quickly.

 

And my 4th Grader!!!

 

He said, "Bye Mom and Dad, I got this!"  So grown up...