Halloween 2011

It appears that all major events in our lives these days have many days of celebration. Halloween was no exception, there are parties, trunk or treat, and of course trick or treating. It took us a few weeks to figure out costumes, Andrew went through most of the superheros (we're not really sure where he learned about them?). He finally decided on Spiderman, and Matthew got to be a dragon (from the box of Halloween past)

Getting ready to trunk or treat at church. Totally surprised that Andrew would wear the mask. When the costume came in the mail, we got him all dressed up, and he asked, "can I see me?". It was very cute to watch him look in the mirror, and try to touch his reflection. Matthew on the other hand, not a huge fan of the costume!

My goal is to have a GOOD costume, maybe next year

A special thank you to Beth's nephew who snuck up behind Matt and fastened the hat on. It was soo cute, and he didn't seem to mind it once it was on

They totally got the concept of trick or treating, even Matt added the phrase to his ever-growing vocabulary

showing Dad how it works

*on a side note, candy was tricky this year with the whole nut allergy, but we picked out all the "bad" stuff, and let them go to town on the rest. Our pile became significantly smaller, and thankfully was gone much faster!!

A Fall Music Show

The 3 & 4 year olds at Andrew's school put on a fall music festival complete with a parade of costumes. It was so cute!! We heard fall songs for weeks, so it was great to go to the performance and see the kids sing. Andrew only participated a little bit, but no meltdowns!

Trying to get a picture of 8 - 3yr olds, good fun

Got lucky and stood in the right place for the costume parade. Someone was in such shock by the whole production that he walked right past us without noticing!

Pumpkins

We hit up our local pumpkin patch, and tried to find the perfect pumpkin. On a scary note, both boys can now lift the pumpkins, I'm afraid in years to come, we may be going home with all the ones we break! Fortunately, we found some great ones!

Thankfully they could not pick this one up, even with a little teamwork

The cars driving by are much more interesting than Mom trying to take pictures

Everybody getting in on the action

It got too dark outside, so we had to finish at the table

Box Fun

We are re-doing the downstairs bathroom, so we've had this toilet box in our house for about 5 weeks. Needless to say, the boys have found a really fun use for the box. I think it's almost hit its limit, but it does seem to make a nice slide!

Not a box, but we've had a blast playing in the leaves this fall

They fit in it too. I keep joking that I'm going to send them to their Grandma's house. It even has built in air holes, I think they'll be good, I'll just make sure to add in some snacks!

Getting Sooo Big

We say it all the time, but it's hard to believe how big our little guys are! They spend most of their time together, mostly playing, mixed with some arguments over who had the toy first. They are definitely best buds! The conversations are starting, mostly, "C'mon B" or "B, let me help you", that one is often followed by a resounding "no". It's very sweet to see their friendship beginning, but still crazy enough to listen for the roughhousing.

If big brother does it this way, then so do I

I'm thinking the see-saw will even out as they get bigger, for now I am really happy to have Grandma at the other end to make sure everyone stayed on!

A little trip to VA

The boys had a break from school, so I thought that would be a great excuse to go visit Grandma. With a little help from a lot of people/things (Cousin Mandy, Chick-fil-A, and ring pops) the boys and I made the trip up all by ourselves. It was great!! We had a really nice visit, and thankfully, Brian flew up to help us drive home. Really good trip, super impressed with the boys!

Have to check out Grandma's bike, no pics with Matthew, he was terrified

This was our second trip to the park, the boys loved it

Customary family photo

There was a dairy farm about 10 minutes away, so Brian got to mark off another bucket list item by milking a cow, surprisingly clean!

We found a great exit to stop at on the drive home. Monkey Joe's, Moe's, and Baskin Robbins. Good times!

Greek Festival

How about a little fun at the Greek Festival?!?

Matthew, Hayden, Brody, & Andrew (what a cute bunch)! On a side note, I should have included the lovely image with their dads!

I have always sworn against carnival rides, can't believe I broke at the first sign of peer pressure. Needless to say everyone loved it and survived!

Matty was excited to try the "choo-choo", he however turned whenever we tried to take his photo, so this will do.