Starting up the fall traditions...Oktoberfest is here!

It was a rather cold day,

but that didn't stop us

from checking out all the fun

in downtown tonight.

Mom and Dad give us each a few bucks--

for games, prizes, whatever--and once it's gone,

it's gone.

After some pondering,

I decided a pony ride

is DEFINITELY worth my money

Do you think it's Cash's little brother?

That was awesome!

Lessons may need to be in my future

Next we stopped to feed some animals.

Weston was generous

and bought us all a little cup of food

The goats were of course the pushiest

They were glad to see us

Look who else was glad to see us??

It was a Boo and Mrs. Angela reunion!

We had some grub

at Stuey's

and now on to the rides!

Wes, T and I flew

the helicopters

OH!

I think we need to do this next

Me

T

Wes

Jack wasn't into the motorcycles.

He did the slide a few times

instead

We topped off the night

with dessert at Third Street Social

and some selfies

Even Dad and Wes got into it

How many people

can we squeeze into a picture?

Oh geez.

That was pretty fun.

Welcome back to town, Fall.

Bittersweet

Mom and Dad haven't gotten rid

of ANY of our baby things.

We have the crib, hutch,

rocking glider,

all the toys,

clothes,

3 strollers,

car seat,

exersaucer,

activity gym,

towels,

blankets,

sheets...

you get the picture:

They were able to give

all of it to Aunt Mandy and Uncle Kurt

for our cousin-on-the-way.

Mom and Dad were really happy

to pass it all along to someone.

All 3 car/truckloads.

And a little sad.

Ok, maybe more than a little.

The end of an era.

(small tear)

T being T

I really think I'm a big kid these days.

I'm learning to ride a bike with

training wheels

I get to eat ice cream 

in the car

like my brothers

One day,

we accidentally forgot

my 5 point car seat

at home

so I got to ride in Beckett's seat...

that made my whole month!

But what I really love

is cruising around with Dad

in the Jeep.

No roof, no doors,

just me and my dad.

Livin' life right.

While we're at it...

The first side of the fireplace turned out so well,

Mom and Dad decided to tackle

the other side.

We forgot the before picture

but it was a lot like the other side

(same standard tile).

Here's halfway

and all the way

Pretty nice, right???

Mom suggested we do

the entry way wall too...

She's so happy.

Happy belated, Mom!

Soccer, soccer, soccer

Soccer season is into full swing

and with 3 of us playing this year,

weekends are pretty busy.

Beckett's team calls themselves

the Pirates this year.

You can't quite make it out

but there are some awesome

skulls on their socks

He's been playing on

the "aggressive" side

and really rocking it.

He's easily the best defensive player

on the team,

often instinctively holding

back and anticipating

where the ball is headed next

Even the rain

doesn't slow him down!

Go Pirates!

And check it out!

Jackson's back in action!

His team is

the Dragons.

They've been holding their own

this season

Jack is also 

a pretty awesome defender

Dragon huddle

Soccer love

And, of course,

my Legends career

is moving forward.

I've had some pretty amazing games.

One of them

I pulled 2 Maradonas

in a row and BLEW past

my opponent.

All those skills drills

are finally paying off!

It's been fun

having B and the #3 Pryor brother

on one team

and me and the #2 Pryor brother

on another team

Lots of time for playing

and running

and general good boy fun

This particular night

was our first night game of the season.

I was SO psyched!

We've landed 2 and 2 for the season

thus far.

Hopefully we can pull off

our first winning year.

Stay tuned...

Happy birthday Kurt...with a little something extra

We love to celebrate birthdays!

There's always tasty food and 

delish dessert.

This year, Kurt's birthday was no exception.

Aunt Mandy made him a cake.

We all sang "Happy Birthday"

and watched him blow out the candles

(all 31 of them...sort of)

GiGi starting cutting slices.

But there was something crunchy in it.

She didn't want to hurt Aunt Mandy's feelings,

so she powered through at first.

But when she served it up...

There were BABIES inside!

And blue (and green) sprinkles!

Know what that means???

We're going to have a

BOY cousin!!!

Congrats, Aunt Mandy and Uncle Kurt!

(oh, and happy birthday too!)

The Letter Expert

I'm sorta rocking Kindergarten.

Ok,

I'm REALLY rocking Kindergarten.

My first big project...

becoming the letter T expert.

I memorized my sentence

("Tilly turtle took a taxi")

and gathered my T items

(a little plastic

turtle, T rex, triceratops, and tiger)

And then worked on the

BIGGEST part:

They'll hang on the wall all year!

Didn't I do a great job?