Riding Shakey in the early evening hours....
Coming out of the barn...after exploring...and feeding Shakey....
Just loving Poppaw.....
I guess they cannot stay little forever......
This picture was taken the last weekend of games at Ray Winder. In fact, this picture itself was taken on the last day of the last Travelers game played at Ray Winder. Hayden was absolutely adament that he was wearing his Angels uniform for this game. He was all ready to go. He spent as much time on the field before the game as "his" Travs did. It was a wonderful time for all of us, bittersweet but wonderful. Memories that none of our baseball family will ever fit. (By the way this is also the day that Hayden won the last mascot race ever held at Ray Winder!)
He was still a bit sleepy.....he did not fall over in his food though. HA I just love the little pouty look. Looks so much like he is still a little fella instead of the big boy he has grown into....
OOn his way to the bathroom to get those teeth brushed..... we have one new one to brush since one of his top teeth has finally decided to make an appearance. We were not sure it was EVER going to do so....
Ready for school....Hayden has NEVER reached the top part of the mantle....this morning the top of his head was touching it...when did this happen??????
Kicked back....looking way too much like a teenager......
Our silly little goose.....
Just being our precious son.....
Patiently waiting for Mom to stop taking photos and to head to school to show everyone his cool clothes.....
Looks a bit like he is nudging Sequon here. Wonder what those two had up their sleeves? We probably do NOT want to know.
Hayden and Emmanuel coming into the cafeteria for the awards ceremony. Can you tell which one automatically poses when he sees a camera? :-)
Later that evening, we went trick or treating before heading off to Poppaw and Mommaw's for the weekend. Hayden usually trick or treats with his cousins but this year there were a couple of special places he wished to go and neither one was in Conway.....
Hayden loved the Halloween treat bag...it was filled with wonderful toys and not candy.....
Next, we went to see Mrs. Parker. Hayden is ALWAYS so happy when he sees her. She is such an awesome teacher....
After we finished Trick or Treating, we loaded up and headed to Poppaw and Mommaw's. It was late but we were ready to go. Hayden went to sleep on the way there and got a little bit of rest.
Our little hunter......
Back home with guess what......
his first deer.... It was a spike. Yep, we will have the horns mounted on a placque for his room....
While they were processing the deer, I took Hayden out to Mr. Dale's tractor and took some photos of him driving it. Ha, not really, just pretending.....
Brrrmmm, brrrrmmmmm
I loved every part of the weekend. But this was probably my most favorite part. Hayden and Mommaw spent a good deal of time on Saturday night working on puzzles together. They did word searches, played tic tac toe, Hayden did his first crossword, just all kinds of activities together. It was so fun to watch. Hayden does love his Mommaw so much but he is just so ALL boy that most of his time is spent with Poppaw....so watching him share all of this time with Mommaw was just precious to me. 
I love this picture of two of my very favorite people. When Hayden was first born, he bonded with Mommaw as much as he did with me and his Dad. She was here with us for many weeks after he was born (thank goodness). Can you not just see all the love in this picture? 
The next morning Hayden got up to go hit the woods again. This time it was with a little less get up and go and a bit more YAWNING. 
He still beat the big boys to the truck......
HeWhat a great weekend it was for all of us. Hayden had a great time. He slept for a good long time when we got home and in fact woke up and thought he had missed school on Monday. HA 
