Thursday, November 15, 2012

Halloween 2012...

As a lot of you know, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  I think mostly because it's in the fall, and I just love fall!  This year's Halloween was a little low key for us comparatively.  We had a lot going on in the weeks leading up to it, so there wasn't very much preparing or decorating going on at our house.  I didn't even work on new costumes for the kids, which was kind of sad, but the kids didn't seem to mind.  They ended up finding plenty of things to wear in our dress up bins.  This is what they came up with for their school festival...

 I think that we are going on year number four with the piranha costume.  It's becoming a family tradition.  I can already foresee the kids reminiscing about the piranha as they look back on their childhood...
 

Rob and I went to a Halloween party as well.  Our goal for our costume was to make it for free, using only things that we had at home.  We succeeded with this...
Yes... that is our shower rod.
 The kids got a big kick out of it as well...

This is what the kids came up with for trick-or-treating...
 
We really did have a great Halloween!

Sunday, November 11, 2012

My Baby Boy...

This picture reminded me so much of when our Hayden-boy was a sweet little baby,
crashed on our bed...
I can't believe how fast he has grown up...

First Field Trip and A Fun Run...

Sophie went on her very first field trip this fall with her preschool class to the pumpkin patch or "patch farm" as she called it.  She thought it was the most wonderful day of her life... riding a school bus, bringing her own sack lunch, and having her daddy come with her...

 

So long from the "patch farm"...

Sophie also participated in her first Fun Run at school.  She did awesome!  She ran and ran and ran...

 Way to go Soph!

Fun New Friends...

Our family was so sad to move from the street and neighbors that we have grown to love over the last six years... they will always be our very good friends.  But with all change comes many new and wonderful things.  One of those things for us is some fantastic new neighbors.  Ella and Maya just happen to be Ana and Sophie's same age, so it's like a built-in playdate everyday!  Wahoo!!
We decided to have a tea party to celebrate our new friends!


Teeth Be Gone...

Ana's gappy-tooth smile has gone from small to rather large...
due to the fact the her front teeth are finally gone...
What a cute girl we have!