Monday, October 31, 2011

The Monsters on a Candy Hunt...

The Ballard Monsters had a Busy Halloween Night! Mamaw Lee, Sydney, Megan, and Taylor came to help me wrangle these Monsters for the night, and Thank GoodNess!!!!

The Green Hairy Monster was ready to get going, Bag and all!!!

"Where's the Candy?!?!"

The Monsters checking out the Trick-or-Treaters on the Historic Lawn on the UVA Campus. It was a little more cut-throat than we were interested in so after a few pictures and a few doors we headed back to the house...

More Brotherly Love!

The Blue Hairy Monster waiting on the Trick-Or-Treaters...

The Green Hairy Monster ready to hand out Candy...

The Monsters handing out candy! Does Anyone else think it looks a little odd that the 19 month-old and 3 yr-old are handing out candy to high schoolers?? "Wow, Momma those are BIG Boys!"

All-N-All a Fabulous Halloween for the Ballard Monsters! A Special Thanks to the Ladies for helping me, I couldn't have done it without you all!!! Now what to do with all the Candy...

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Ballard Boys Down on the Farm

The Ballard Boys went down on the farm this evening! A local farm turns into a Fall Play Land full of play toys, corn maze, hay bales, slides, slides, and more Slides!

The Three Amigos in the Wagon...

William with our neighbors and friends Hudson, and Mr. Brad running along the tops of the hay bales...

Jeb just doesn't understand why he can't walk on the hay bales like William and Hudson!

Jeb running to see the Chickens! It's the only animal sound he has down.

William talking to the rabbit! I told him they bite, heehee!

The Three Amigos in the play school.

William catching up with Coach Matt on the Hay Ride!

The Ballard Boys enjoying the Hay Ride!

Spook the School!

The Green Hairy Monster Goes to school!

William had his Halloween Party and Parade at school today! He was Super Excited to go and Jebby is never far behind with his excitement!


Sorry Jebby maybe next year!!

Party Time!!

William received his very First Birthday Party Invite!! Probably not blog worthy to most but he is VERY Excited about it!!

Bounce-N-Play

JAG Playgroup was at Charlottesville's Bounce-N-Play yesterday and I can't believe that is the first time we've been there! The Boys had a BLAST!!

Here is Jeb running to the huge two story slide that I had to carry him up and slide down no less than 12 times!

Here is James Bouncing with his friends Clark and Conner, who are identical twins!

Here is the Best picture I got if William! HeeHee!
Jump Jebby Jump!!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Pumpkin Carving Time!!!

The Ballard Boys carved their Pumpkins yesterday in preparation for their first Halloween in Charlottesville!

Don't let this picture fool you... this is as close as any of the Ballard Boys came to digging out the goop! That was Mommy's job AGAIN this year!


Jebby a little interested in what was going on...

William popped out the mouth part!

William proud of his Daddy's Handy work!

Jebby's not so impressed with his Daddy's creativity for his pumpkin...


Sunday, October 16, 2011

A Monstrous Idea!!!

William, Jebby, and Mommy decided to get into the Halloween Spirit this weekend! William chose a Monster Cupcake out of a Halloween Magazine. So off to Kroger for our supplies...

William adding the spikes to his cupcakes...

William and his partner in crime, I mean Jeb, adding the eyes to the Monster! And when I say adding the eyes, I mean eating the ingredients for the eyes...

Jeb taking credit for the Final MONSTER presentation...

William so Proud of his MONSTERS!!

Soccer is Over!!

Well William's first Soccer Season came to an end this weekend! He wasn't sad to see it go, he actually decided he was finished right after these two photos were taken! He threw a fit and we left! So I'd have to say that soccer didn't end with a Bang but with a Time-Out!



But he was able to get it together long enough to attend the Pizza Party with the League and his Teammates! Also to William's surprise, EVERYONE received Trophies!

Here is the Official Team Photo of the Misfits, I mean Penguins! HeeHee!!! This was the only picture of the entire team looking at the camera! Too Bad the Coach wasn't...


Saturday, October 15, 2011

The Circus is in Town!

Zing, Zang, ZOOM the Circus is in TOWN! The Ballard Boys were in attendance when Ringling Bros. rolled into Charlottesville this week! It was only one ring but they didn't disappoint and the Boys LOVED every minute! Clowns, Dogs, Horses Camels, Acrobats, and of course MAGIC!!


William and Daddy love the Pre-Show Clowns! But William was Amazed with the magic part of the show! Continuously yelling "Where'd she come from!!!" and "How'd they Do THAT!!!!"

Jeb actually was laughing and screaming the whole time!

We made it through the whole show without any circus gear and Daddy caved on the way out of the Arena! But William was very excited about his glow wand... he kept saying, "It's MAGIC!!"

Aside form a few minor injuries (Daddy's bruised rib from falling in the seats and My fat lip from the Magic Wand) an Awesome time was had by all!! The Circus was a surprising Success!!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

DC and the Army 10 miler

The Ballard Boys took over DC this past weekend to cheer on their Daddy in the Army 10 miler! We were lucky enough to stay with our dear friends the Cox family! Mr. Chris and Miss Alison, Anna Grace and Chandler were the best hosts! We even had enough time for a little Mountaineer Football and Sightseeing!


The kids anxiously waiting on their Daddies to come around the corner in the Army 10 Miler!

Happy Runners on Mile 6.

William enjoying a little Museum of Natural History while the Dads finish the 10 miles...

Jebby thought the Hippo was hilarious!!!!


A little picnic on the mall in front of the Washington Monument.

William and the Washington Monument.

Jebby and the Washington Monument! Jebby doesn't seem to be a budding Intellectual in the family...

The kiddos at the West Virginia section of the new WWII Memorial! It was Beautiful!