Look who's eight today!!
Having birthday cake back in our room
First Day of Preschool
What a wonderful fall season we have had. We always kick into high gear when fall in here. There are so many fun things to do. We made our way to Conner Prairie for The Headless Horseman!! That's a tradition in the Mathias house and who could leave out The Haunted Guild at The Children's Museum! We always have to make our way there also! The boys look forward to going as soon as August hits! After crossing all our festivities off the list we had Grayson's 8th birthday! What fun! It was at Recreation Unlimited with all his friends and family to share in the fun! He had a blast as did everyone else as you can see from the pictures! After Grayson's birthday, we headed to Gatlinburg where Grayson got to spend his actual 8th birthday! What a special treat! It was beautiful in the smokies!! So much to see and do. The boys did great on the drive there and back and slept great, what more could you ask for. We always make a trip to The Pancake Pantry, best pancakes hands down!! We also like to head to the mountains and picnic and hike! We do that at least several times throughout the week. We took so many beautiful pictures! It's hard not to be amazed when your in the smoky mountains! The boys love our family vacations there! They got to swim at the water park at our resort a lot which they loved. I like that there's so much to do at our resort when we stay there, from restaurants, to swimming, to water park, playing board games by the huge fire place in the lobby while sipping cider and having freshly popped popcorn. We are blessed that our boys will have such great memories there.
We also attended a Colt's game as a family. Grayson by the way loves football and is obsessed! If given the opportunity, he will change the television in a heart beat to any football game he can find! He loves the Colt's! It was Rogan's first game! They were excited to show off all their Colt's gear and wear it with pride!We were very close to the field which made it very exciting but very loud too!
After arriving home from the smokies the fun didn't end there. Grayson and Rogan were counting the days until Halloween...never ending candy!!! Our neighborhood is so fun this time of year. Everyone decorates and it's just a good time! After all that business and fun, we are ready to unwind a bit and slow down the pace before the Christmas holiday begins. The boys were talking about Christmas while we were in the smokies! They are anxious and already discussing how they are putting up the tree Thanksgiving weekend!
Rogan is currently in Preschool at Fisher's United Methodist Church and he loves it!! He gets so excited to go every time and he just loves his teachers, they are amazing! He is learning so much!! I must say, I do miss him on the days he's gone just like I still miss my Grayson while he's at school each day! Grayson loves school too! I know he's only in 2nd grade but he does so well in all his subjects. Marc and I are so grateful he's so eager to learn and it all comes so easily for him. We hope that continues for him and Rogan as well. Marc is staying busy with his job and enjoying it. He's also a great father and enjoys his time with the boys! I am very lucky to have such a hands on hubby! I am busy trying to keep up with my boys and all the other duties we mother's share. I also enjoy spending time in the boys class rooms helping out. I hear snow is on the way and we are ready at our house, firewood all stacked and ready to burn and the snow blower ready to plow and snow pants and boots waiting to be called upon and hot chocolate to warm us up!!! Bring on the winter cheer!!
