YEA for FALL!

I absolutely fucking love this time of year. I decided the other day that it is my favorite time of year. I love Christmas, too, but there is such a let down when the holidays are over that I keep in the back of my mind during the month of December.

I love the fall, esp post Halloween, because of all there is to look forward to. No more fucking mosquitoes, no more sweating through the heat. Nope. I can leave the windows open, I can play in the leaves with Austin and Jack. I can dress them up in cozy sweaters and teach them about holiday baking and apple cider.

Austin wanted to be a LION for Halloween this year. We found a CAVEMAN costume in his size at the local Halloween store. We were on our way to some parties and desperate so we threw down the 35 f-ing dollars and that was it. Jack got to wear a hand-me-down Chicken Little costume. As soon as I got Austin dressed he decided he didn't like it. I managed to get him to wear the dang thing to the 2 parties that night.

The boys had Dress Up days at their school and I bribed the heck out of Austin to wear his costume. You can see for yourself how thrilled he was about it. It's not his fault he was miserable. It's mine. I pressured him to wear it and I was less than sweet whenever he was insisting the HE do the make up, not me (he sits so nice and still when he's getting his face painted, but not for me!). So our morning was a little rocky and it shows...

Jack at school

Austin with his teacher, Ms Tracey

So for the actual Halloween trick or treating, I dressed him up as a 70's-ish rock star. He loved it.
These are pics from Nana's... he even sang her a special rock song to which she quickly hushed him (I guess the old folks' home is not the place for such talents)...