Fall Fun!

We are having lots of fun this fall - with tons of park, playground and general outside time. the leaves have been so pretty and so fun to see through new eyes as we experience the season change in this house. The kids enjoyed some frozen blueberries one day - yes we decided to feed them the blueberries while seated on the kitchen floor instead over the white carpet of the dining room :)

- including their play kitchen. One morning Brent and I were fixing breakfast in the kitchen - within sight of the table but had our backs turned for a couple of minutes - we turn around and see Sam on the table hanging from the light - yes I mean hanging and swinging while holding onto the chandelier! We are in trouble :)

Sam is a climber! He gets into all sorts of places

Yeah you caught me ~

One day after preschool Brent joined a couple of other families for a lunch at the pumpkin patch across the street from the preschool. Ms.Maddy wasn't in this pic but I included it b/c it had most of the kids smiling :) Yes Sam is in his PJs - his class in school had PJ day all week - then on the last day Brent and I were able to join the class for a parent/child pancake snack - lots of fun! Both kids are having a great time. Seated in this picture are our buddies AnnaBelle, Kaitlyn and Sully.

So Halloween turned into a multi-day event. Sunday evening we got dressed up to go to a local church's trunk or treat. The kids enjoyed seeing the costumes and playing games and receiving candy. Hannah couldn't make up her mind about her costume - in the end we settled on a princess/ballerina/bunny. She has entered the princess phase, continues to love to dance and of course loves bunnies so this was perfect. The tutu was actually a hand-me-down from her cousin Avery - thanks Avery and Aunt Alicia! Sam wanted to be a cow for weeks - fortunately it was easy to do. I could have added ears but decided to skip that this year. And notice the cowboy boots - get it cow-boy ;)

And can you see it - he has a tail :)

And tonight - on Halloween - we started the day with a fun playdate with friends, complete with lots of toys, fun friends and sweet treats. Later we decided to try out the Fall Festival at the kids' preschool and it Rocked!! It brought up lots of fun memories. I have never been trick or treating - instead growing up my parents always seemed to have the church we were appointed to host a Fall festival which was lots of fun. We got to dress up, play games and collect candy - what is not to like?!?! Well I didn't know if we would find that again but I am pleased to say we have. It was a blast - the kids thought so too :) There was plenty of candy, games, prizes, cotton candy, snow cones, a photo booth and several bouncey houses/rides. They have done this on Halloween night for years - I will look forward to next year. Here is Sam sporting one of his chosen prizes - he is imitating Opa.

There was also someone doing balloon animals - Hannah's choice was a flower. Sam chose a cow - but they could only do a dog so this is a dog-cow.

Do you think they were having a good time ?

Nonni and Opa were able to join us which was a fun treat.

We returned to light our pumpkin - Brent's handiwork from earlier in the day - I think he did a great job!

Ending the night with a couple of stories before sending the kids off to bed to dream about the fun they had today. Life is Good.