Today we spent most of the day at my friend Beth's house for our Book Club/Halloween party. It was a fun day, despite the fact that it included Avery getting squirted in her eye with the fluid from inside glow in the dark sticks, and Ansley getting stung by a wasp. It did include fun Halloween crafts, a fun learning session for making Halloween appetizers, a pumpkin pizza and cupcakes. The kids had a great time. Then Dave, Beth, and Grace Elizabeth joined us for some trick or treating. Here we have: Ninja Christian, Groovy Ansley, Grace Elizabeth the Owl, and Rapunzel Avery. Don't worry, Rapunzel warmed up quickly to this whole candy idea. A very fun Halloween!
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October 2013
October 31, 2013
Today we spent most of the day at my friend Beth's house for our Book Club/Halloween party. It was a fun day, despite the fact that it included Avery getting squirted in her eye with the fluid from inside glow in the dark sticks, and Ansley getting stung by a wasp. It did include fun Halloween crafts, a fun learning session for making Halloween appetizers, a pumpkin pizza and cupcakes. The kids had a great time. Then Dave, Beth, and Grace Elizabeth joined us for some trick or treating. Here we have: Ninja Christian, Groovy Ansley, Grace Elizabeth the Owl, and Rapunzel Avery. Don't worry, Rapunzel warmed up quickly to this whole candy idea. A very fun Halloween!
October 30, 2013
This evening our church had a Family Candy Tailgating Party (that was SO cute!) but beforehand we met our friends Duggan and Megan and kids for dinner. Ansley and Kyla and Christian and Christian get along really well. (Avery had fallen asleep on the way there - big surprise from The Girl Who Has Given Up Naps.) It was a very fun evening!
October 29, 2013
Pumpkin carving tonight. Christian LOVES this! (And Avery was quite mesmerized by the whole process.)
October 28, 2013
Avery is so excited to have a pantry drawer, and she has quite the collection already. She LOVES princess panties, and manages to find them everywhere we go. We have taken the changer top off of her dresser, and she wears panties all day and a pull-up at night. The Baby is growing up!
October 27, 2013
Our kids really love the children's ministry at our church, and one of the highlights is picking Avery up after church. They call her name in her classroom, and an adult walks her out to us. She is always beaming, and runs to us to tell us all about it. It's so sweet!
October 26, 2013
I looked outside today and saw this happy girl getting a little carried away helping John with some yardwork. But she was having fun! And she lives in a world that is perpetually summer.
October 25, 2013
This evening we had two of my friend Megan's kids over for a double slumber party. Ansley and Kyla are super fast friends, much like their Mamas, and the same is true for Christian and Christian. Also, we learned that the other Christian's birthday is January 16. We were all just meant to be friends! The kids had a great time!
October 24, 2013
BOO!ing our neighbors. The kids think this is crazy fun, and it was freezing while they were running all over the place in shorts, but they didn't care. We are making memories!
October 23, 2013
Today I hosted a little fall get together with our new small group. Two Mamas + kids couldn't make it, but we still had three Mamas and eight kids. We did a fun craft and the kids decorated pumpkin cookies, which they all enjoyed. The kids played a lot, and the Moms got to chat. It was a fun day!
October 22, 2013
This evening we got "BOO"ed (when someone rings your doorbell with treats and a poem). I love this little neighborhood tradition - our kids get so excited trying to figure out who did it, and then planning how we will secretly pass it on to two neighbors. You have to hang the ghost in the window by your front door so people know you have been BOOed, so tomorrow the kids plan on finding out where we will deliver our treats!