Beautiful Fall Day

It was a beautiful day in Tennessee today. The weather is getting cooler, the humidity is gone. We took The Little Man out for a bike ride to the spring. Justin and Riley skipped rocks and posed for pictures for me...

He is always doing some action (or bad guy) pose for me.

This picture cracked me up... Riley was pouting (OMG he is sooooo much like me it's scary!) because we told him we had to go in for dinner. He wanted to play with the neighbors... :(

Rileys First Haircut... on his own :(

Let me start by saying Riley has had scissors in his hands non stop for about a month now. He loves to cut paper, he is always making something. Well.... Today at lunch I was sitting across from Riley and noticed a big chunk of hair missing from his bangs. I mean big chunk... Mom is not happy at this point, cause this hair was there this morning. Daddy must have fell asleep on Riley duty because the said hair went missing sometime between 1030am and 2pm...
This child always complains that his hair is getting long and he "Needs to see Miss Beth." I will add photos when he wakes up from his nap. For now, we'll leave it be. Cutting his bangs to that level might be social suicide, so for today, we won't. :)

Riley & Aaron

Aaron and Riley Reunite. Our friends moved to East Tennessee earlier this year and we haven't seen much of them. On our way home from Charlotte on Monday, Lee Ann, Matt and Aaron met us in Knoxville for a visit! Riley and Aaron ran around McDonalds, having a ball. Riley, being the elder child, felt the need to feed Aaron as much as possible. Aaron being newly independent, ran all over the place.
It was so nice seeing them again--it has been far too long :)

Walden Farm Pumpkin Patch

Riley being helpful, picking up the pumpkins.

Chibuke (Riley's cousin :) and Riley

A little different than most years, on the pumpkin instead of in front of. Our annual trip to Walden Farm was made with good friends this year. We went on October 2nd and the boys had an amazing time. We checked out the animals: baby pigs, mini horses, calves, goats and chickens. Riley and Chibuke pet a few of the animals but mainly ran around like crazy, picking up as many pumpkins as the could. It was nice to have our friends with us this year. Miriam, Chidozia and Chibuke came with us and we also ran into several people from work :)We had a great time this year as always. Riley picked one big pumpkin and six (YES SIX) small ones. Our small ones have been painted black and will be turned into Bats! Will post pics after they are done.