Bees Knees

Had our first fieldtrip with Byron's class this morning. We went to the Savannah Bee Company. One of Byron's classmates is the son of either the founder or the owner of the company, not sure what exactly. It was great. I forgot my camera, like a big dummy, but got a couple pics with the phone. They got to see the packaging plant and taste some honey straight out of a beehive. Byron was very impressed by the smoke they use to stun the bees.

The class learning about bees, Byron's over on the right in the gray sweatshirt...
Checking out the hives, Byron's in the shorts...Waylon wore this hat for about 1 minute...We are leaving tomorrow to spend the week in southern Illinois. We are all excited about seeing everyone, although the weather has been so so so great here we will miss that. It's been in the 70's and dry for the past 2 weeks. It's great. It cools off enough at night that it definitely feels like fall, but we can still wear shorts if we want to. Honestly though, I think everyone down here thinks we're crazy for still wearing shorts. :)

The leaves have mostly fallen off our Crepe Myrtle's in the backyard and the leaves have turned. It's much more muted than fall time was in Chicago. I always loved how the boulevard turned each fall in Chicago.

Puny looking Crepe Myrtles...
Trees off our side yard...

Daddy's little helper

We have been all about the painting around here lately. Aaron painted our fence this weekend. He was able to do most of it with a sprayer, but ran out of paint for the last little bit. So, Byron got to get in on the fun. He still has paint in his hair. :)

I've also been working on some painting. I'm repainting our small hallway between the garage and the kitchen and the 1/2 bath right off it. They were red and blue respectively. I'm almost done...but the blue is a bugger to cover. After this, I'm done with the painting for at least a year.

Belly update- 29 weeks

Had another OB appointment today. Everything is going along great. The baby is just getting bigger, as is my waistline...
I am now officially in my last trimester, so it was time for the gestational diabetes test and my Rhogam shot. Byron had the day off of school so he got to go along too. The boys were great.

The weeks are flying by now. I'm trying to get some last things done around the house before Thanksgiving. We're heading to Murphysboro for a week next Saturday. This week, I've painted the hallway and am in the process of repainting our 1/2 bath. Pics to come soon.

The boys are doing really well. Here are some after dinner antics (shark hair-do's courtesy of dad)...

Low Country Boil

We had our first cul-de-sac party/Low Country Boil this weekend. Saturday evening the neighbor's boiled the boil and we all brought along something to eat. I brought some mac and cheese. I looked up online what is usually consumed at a Boil, having never been to one before. :) It was great. The Boil consisted of shrimp, craw-fish, sausage, corn and potatoes.

We had a great time. We really do have great neighbors. They are all so nice and everyone seems to get along really well. It was a chilly night, we could see our breath, but that didn't stop anyone from hanging out. We were just bundled up a little more. We're going through a "cold" snap right now. The high was only in the 50's this weekend, but looking to get back into the 70s this week. He he.

The kids hung out with the neighborhood kids all weekend. I'm really loving this neiborhood. Living on a cul-de-sac is so nice too. It's great not worrying about traffic as much. I didn't get a pic of the party last night, it was so dark they probably wouldn't have turned out anyway. Here's a shot of the kids playing this morning though. They spent all day outside....

At our house...

Halloween never dies...

Cooler times

It has definitely cooled down in Savannah. The boys have gone from wearing shorts and t-shirts to long pants and long sleeve shirts this week. This weekend it's supposed to be even cooler. I just need to find Byron's old 2T pants now for Waylon. I know they're around here somewhere.

Dad reading at bedtime. I just love Waylon's penguin pjs...
Here's a couple updates on the boys...

Byron...
1. Loves school. Was disappointed when it was the weekend and couldn't go to school to see his friends.
2. Had a pee-pee war at school with his friends Colin and Haku. I don't know why they let them go to the bathroom at the same time. That's just asking for trouble if you ask me. I told him it probably wasn't a good idea and would be too messy, but he told me they just did it in the toilet. :)
3. Loves Haku. All we hear about when talking about school is playing with Haku.
4. Got a time out yesterday for not listening along with Wynn and Haku.
5. Is a wild man. Can climb anything now and loves to jump from breath stopping heights.

Waylon...
1. Says Pease (Please) Momma about 4,000 times a day but is so cute when he says it that I usually give in.
2. Is generally talking a ton now, although all of it is not so understandable.
3. Has his first non-Byron related friend, Sean. We meet up with them about once a week for a playdate. His mom, Teri, is awesome. Playdate for me too. :)
4. Doesn't really like his Kindermusic class all that much. He sits on my lap the entire time.
5. Follows Byron anywhere (including up to the aforementioned breath stopping heights) and has to do the exact same thing as his brother.

Drummer boy

Bad picture quality, but still...

Drummer boy

Bad picture quality, but still...

Trick or Treat

We had a great Halloween weekend. The Moore family (Wilson, Cara, Davis and Layla) came to visit and we all had a great time. Davis is the same age as Byron, Layla just a little older than Waylon and Wilson and Cara are expecting another boy this December. I had another pregnant lady to hang out with all weekend. :)

Forsyth park Saturday morning (Waylon climbed up by himself!), Davis is in the blue...
We actually went trick or treating with the boys twice. Saturday we went down to Skidaway Island to hit a couple houses and checked out a very elaborate Halloween Walk one of the residents puts together every other year. It was too scary for the boys though. It was more of a wagon-drive by.

Trick or treating team...
Sunday, we hung out in our neighborhood. Aaron took the boys around a couple houses and I stayed home and manned the treat giving until they returned. After that, Byron loved giving out candy to the trick or treaters. He kept wanting to run across the culdesac to give out the candy.

Waylon in a post-candy/post-bath snuggle with dad...
Good times all around. Now I just have to figure out what to do with all the leftover candy. I bought WAY too much.