Taste of Mobile

We took Mattox with us to the Taste of Mobile Bay this year. For those of you who don't know, this a food festival in Mobile. Restaurants from all over Mobile setup fancy booths and offer a taste of the best they have to offer. We get to vote for our favorite soup, burger, fish, pasta, salad, etc. and the restaurants hope they win the honor of being titled The Best (food item) in Mobile. Anyway, Stephen always gets free tickets and we attend with empty tummies. Mattox tried lots of food but his favorite part was the band. Imagine that. We couldn't keep him off the dance floor. And the band loved him right back. At one point they even had him on stage but I didn't get pictures. He really liked the horns.

The Azalea Trail Maids were there. Check out the look on Mattox's face. He was such a flirt.

Ruff and Tumble

Our neighbor has a Little Tikes Rock Wall. Mattox loves it!!! He climbs and slides. It also has a telescope! It is so funny though... he has to brush all the pine straw off of it. Yep, he may be a little OCD.

Our Little Artist

Fingering painting? What's that? Wow-blue is beautiful.

Let's see... how 'bout a little red. Humm... that feels pretty cool.Ok. This is really fun. Add some green. Swish, smear wait...

I have an awesome idea...

I'll use my toes!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Hanging out with all the guys after eating that HUGE Thanksgiving feast. You better watch out. I've been taking chugging lessons from my momma.

I shared my paddle ball with Matthew. He was really good! I was taking notes.

Walker needs a big hug!

I'll share my trains and cars if you'll share yours. Wow! All little boys really do love things with wheels.

All the boys love Claire. She always wears groovy jewelry and is so much fun.

Here Great Grandmother, let me help you with your cane.

Nana used to say, "Mattox is soooo big".

Snuggling and sharing my favorite book with Aunt Kat.

Reading with Uncle Keith. He is so cool and sooooo tall!

It's 8:00 pm and I'm still going!!!! Gobble, gobble!! Happy Turkey Day from the Haywood's!

MSU -- Here I Come! GO DAWGS!

FUTURE MVP!!!

TRICK OR TREAT!

Get the music and let's roll!

1 for the money, 2 for the show, 3 to get ready now-
GO MATTIE GO!!!

Got my pumpkin - I'm ready!

TRICK OR TREAT!

I dance and sing for goodies. Lollipops are my favorite.

Glow stick COOOOLLL!
















Cruising the neighborhood in my pimped out Town N Country Radio Flyer Wagon. By far the coolest Halloween ride around!

Hank let me strum a little on his electric guitar. Looks so good with the suit - don't you think.

These are my neighbors Mattie and Blaize. We went Trick or Treating together. They did a good job of showing me the ropes.

Perky Pumpkin Porch Pictures

Look at my magnificent work! I'm a primo pumpkin carver. Even Butch thinks so.

Pumpkin Carving Time

BOO! BOO!

I got to help carve our pumkins this year. It was awesome!! I used neat tools like a huge spoon, veggie scraper, and a mini-shovel. But the BEST were my fingers! I loved pulling the ooey, gooey slimey, pulp from inside. Mommy said was the best helper ever. She carved my intials into one of our pumpkins and we carved a funny face in the other one.

Our First Family Fair Day

Hip! Hip! Hooray! We are going to the fair!

It's official!! Mattox is a natural born cowboy! The pony ride was his favorite part of the whole fair. He sat back, held on with one hand and rode like he had done it a million times before. When it was time to get off he grabbed on and wouldn't let go! He threw a fit!!

This is my friend from church, Chloe. We went to the fair together. I found these little beachballs that paddles attached to them. Chloe got a Dora the Explorer and I got the Spiderman. We batted, traded back and forth, and played with them all day!

This was sooo funny. Mattox had been feeding the animals without much hesitation until we got to this big, long haired red yak. You couldn't see anything but hair and a glimmer of his eyes because his head was down. Mattox started to feed him and then the yak opened his BIG mouth! Mattox jerked back and refused to put his hand anywhere near the yak's mouth. That's one smart little boy! If you look closely you can see Chole reaching to feed him. She wasn't scared at all. Go figure.

This was my first taste of fair food and I'm sold! Corndogs are delicious -mustard and all!! It even comes on this cool stick so I can hold it all by myself.

I got to feed carrots to the goats, llamas, and a camel.