Halloween - part one

Wow - I could really get used to this awesome fall weather (70 degrees and we are loving every minute we can spend outside). Friday night we took the kids to Living History Farms. They host a family Halloween which includes trick or treating, tractor ride, pumpkins, roasting marshmallows and a storyteller. We had a terrific night! Great weather, no crowds, and no crying (by anyone in my family).

As you can see, Kevin is a pirate. We dressed Katie in Kevin's old chickie costume. She refused to wear the hat. When we went to another party on Sunday afternoon she was dressed as a Hawkeye cheerleader (no hat required)!

I just couldn't resist re-posting a photo of Kevin wearing the same chickie costume 3 years ago!

More Halloween pictures this week (preschool party & trick-or-treating still to come...)

Photo shoot out-takes

After church this morning we noticed that both the kids were dressed to kind of match each other. This wasn't planned. We thought we would try to pose them for a Christmas card picture, here are the out-takes...

"Put your paws up" - we say that all the time!

As you know, it's super hard to get a 1 year old and 4 year old to stand next to one another, hold hands, gaze adoringly at the camera, and smile all at the same time! I don't have one of those super-fancy fast cameras so we did the best we could. While not professional, still cute :)