A Bit of Luck

 This kid finally lucked out with his teeth.  After having 8 teeth pulled, the adult teeth have grown in and the orthodontist said "no braces".  

Actually he said, "if you want absolutely perfect teeth, then you can put him in braces, but if you just want to fix this one tooth that is turning, we can put him in a retainer."

So a retainer it is!

Reed about to find out "no braces".   

And here he is with his retainer on his bottom teeth.  You have to really, really look for it to see it when we smiles. 

Another Little Pumpkin

 Chloe was able to schedule some time in her busy schedule

to go get her hair done. 

And she knows she's the cutest little pumpkin there ever was.

Showing off her side bow.

And her dramatic full body modeling pose. 

Early Decorator

 I couldn't figure out what Kyle was doing up so early on Saturday morning, but then I remembered, it was October.

He had all the blowups put out by 9 am. 

But unfortunately, by midafternoon the snake was flat on the ground, and it's motor was kaput. 

Thanks to 1 day delivery, a new blowup arrived Sunday afternoon, and all is well.  Our yard blow up game is still going strong.

 And I do love that we now have a pumpkin theme going. 

Last HoCo

 It's been a week (for many reasons) that we won't soon forget around here. 

JR was nominated for homecoming king

And he got congratulatory cakes and cookies sent to the house

He didn't win, but he got to hang out with last year's queen.

And he and his date both looked so pretty!  

All the Bruises

 As the coach says, "Reed isn't any bigger than a grasshopper, but he runs harder than anybody else."  Which I guess means he gets thrown farther than anybody else when he gets tackled! Watching him get tossed across the field is enough to give this mama a heart attack. 

Reed's the one with the ball and getting tossed. 

He's able to spin out of one tackle, but gets pushed to the ground on the next one. 

This one includes me screaming like a crazy person after he catches the ball, but also a shove to the ground that JR says should have been called against the kid. 

And here's what Reed's arms looked like the day after.

At the Pool

 Sometime things look really pretty at the pool.

And sometimes they're not so pretty

But things always look scary.  

I couldn't even do the warm up! 

What They Did

 So while I was home making mums (and supervising JR's comings and goings) the rest of the family was at MawMaw and PawPaw's where Kyle killed a bobcat (it ran off into thick brush and they couldn't find it for a picture) and Reed caught the biggest bass that's ever been caught in their pond weighing in at 4 pounds!