Falling Behind

Whew!  I never thought I'd be almost a month behind, but that's life.  Jackson and Katherine went to a festival the night before Halloween, so we had a chance for pictures before Halloween night.

Our cowgirl in heaven!

 

Halloween finally arrived!

We weren't out for too terribly long before the bottom fell out. We were soaked within 1 minute.  We knew bad weather was a threat, but there was no warning the rain was about to start.  One second we were dry, the next we were drenched.  Needless to say, our trick-or-treating was cut short.

I managed to get a picture before the rain cut short the fun.  I love this picture . . . Jackson is the one that usually puts his hand around Katherine, but if you look close you can see she's put her arm around his shoulder.

We had a fun evening, but hopefully next year we can stay out a little longer!

Super Hero

Jackson said early on that he wanted to be Batman this year!  I'm not sure where he came up with the idea unless some of his classmates mentioned Batman.  I'm just happy he wants to dress up . . . Halloweens were rough around here the first few years! 

 Katherine is always dressed up as a Cowboy these days.

When asked if she's a cowgirl, she'll quickly correct you that she's a cowboy.  :)

   I'm bummed her face wasn't in focus, but it's too cute of her not to include.

Our cowboy was aggravated that Batman wouldn't leave her alone.  Batman may have been causing pandemonium rather than saving the day.

One of my favorites of Jackson.  I can't believe how big he is.

It's safe to say the Vaughns are ready for Halloween!  Now, we just need to find all the candy that we hid too well from the munchkins.

Pumpkins Galore

Jackson and Katherine went to the pumpkin patch recently with Grammy and Grandpa.  Katherine then went to another pumpkin patch with her new preschool class the following week, and Jackson's class has an upcoming trip scheduled!  We're keeping the pumpkin patches in business.

Jackson is getting so big.

CHEESE!!!

Katherine had been saying she wanted a baby pumpkin,

and that's just what she picked out!

The last thing Katherine wanted to do was smile.

A real Angry Birds!  Jackson loved it!

Wild Side

I realized yesterday it's been almost TWO weeks since I picked up my camera, and it's almost been that same amount of time since the last post.  To help rectify the situation, I went through pictures of our trip to the zoo when Grandma was here.

 We are fortunate to have a really nice zoo for the size town, and to top it off, over the last year a new portion has just been added.

 This goose kept letting Jackson know it was too

close to some eggs Mama Goose was sitting on!

The petting zoo and splash pad were added in the

past year and are a hit with these two!

 Katherine took a spill and hurt her elbow,

 but it didn't take long before she was back out and smiling again!

They had a good time and we picked a perfect day to go!

Love

Grandma has been here for a couple of days

and there's a lot of love crammed in that little bed.

On Land and Sea

Katherine is still obsessed with horses.

 Her Jumper in particular.

Jackson is obsessed with sharks

  and all creatures underwater these days.

There you have it.  

Our babies and their latest obsessions.

School Notebook

Jackson has been telling us recently that he wants the book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?  I know he's read it before, and I assume his class must have read it last week for him to all of the sudden start requesting it.  And request he has!  He's been doing well at school, so I surprised him with it this afternoon when I picked him up.  As soon as he opened the book, he started reading it!  He's been reading decodable books from school, but this is the first real book he's actually read (and voluntarily!), so I had to record him once we got home!

When we played the video, he surprisingly sounded so much younger!  This was also in his folder today:

On the other side of the paper is an excerpt from The Important Book and he was to try to sound out and write what is most important to him.  Apparently Daddy accidentally killing his fish made more of an impact on him than we thought!

Wet Weekend

The weather was nice and Jackson wanted to play in the sprinkler, so they did.

  Katherine tried her best to turn Rex into her pony.

 Jackson sporting his mohawk.

They definitely enjoyed the cooler weather!

Homework

Poor Jackson loathes homework and sweet Katherine begs for it.

Sometimes life just isn't fair.

Getaway

Zach had continuing ed classes last month in Natchez, so we had a quick getaway!

While away, we toured Longwood again,

 walked the grounds of Monmouth,

 ate at Mammy's Cupboard,

 toured Rosemont

 (Jeff Davis' childhood home; turns out the tour guide there is quite the character and allows tourist to go into each room and actually touch items in the home),

and came home to buy Zach a new truck!