Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Where's Peter Pan??



We've got the pirates... we've got Tinker Bell... I wonder who is Peter Pan!!! Pursuant to Mike's request, I decided to leave his costume all to your imagination, rather then document it via photograph!

We trick or treated through a couple streets in our neighborhood ... and Josh and Taylor had fun taking turns ringing the doorbell. We knew it was time to call it quits when they were just going through the motions and not really getting excited anymore! I guess walking for miles at the park that very day proved to be a good choice, because they could only take so much trick or treating!

Halloween Day








For playgroup we went to Maymont Park on Halloween Day! The weather was wonderful... in the 70's... and the kids had a blast!! We walked probably 2 miles through the park checkin' out all the animals... turkeys, fox, hawks, bulls, buffalos, goats, and NaDene's personal favorite, the vulture!

The highlight was probably feeding the goats... Josh liked it, but I think he liked it better when the goat would eat directly out of the bowl! Caleb liked to admire them from afar and say "oh oh oh!" But as soon as I put some grain in his hand and tried to get him to feed them, he freaked out! But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get him to let go of the grain! He had a death grip on it... probably out of fear!!

Sunday, October 29, 2006

A pirate says "Arrrrgggg!"






This year, Halloween was the never-ending holiday! We kicked it off with a little Halloween Party at our house! We played games, made a craft, ate lots of junk food and even went Trick-or-Treating through the house! Josh and taylor had a great time with their friends... and Caleb and Cole were hilarious strutting around in their little pirate costumes, that were just a tad too tight! At one point, we played with some glowsticks in the dark and the little kids had just as much fun as the big kids! Mike is being a good sport and playing "Make a Mummy out of your Daddy"!
After the Halloween festivities were over, we sent the kids upstairs to watch a movie and the adults played a friendly, non-gambling game of Texas Hold 'Em!

Our ward didn't do anything this year (ba-hum-bug), so we found another party to go to.... at the YMCA! They had a magic show, a giant bouncy slide thing, cake walk, and they even got their hair colored, which didn't wash out of Josh's hair for 3 days.....a lovely look for church the next day... and even fake tattoos!

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Pick a Peck of Pumpkins







For playgroup we took a trip to Ashland Berry Farm for a hay ridin'-pumpkin pickin'-good time!!! The kids got to trudge through the dirt of the field, find the "perfect" pumpkin and pick it straight off the vine and haul it back through the fields... a real "country" experience... the real fun came when the kids got tired of carrying the GIANT pumpkin they always wanted, and so the moms had to drag the pumpkins, kids and cameras back to the wagon!!! Thank goodness fall only comes once a year!

But, despite the October Heat, we had a great time. There was even a little "Hay Maze" with a wobbly bridge and zip line that the kids LOVED!

Running in the sprinkler in October... WHO DOES THAT???


One October Day, it was blazin' hot... so despite the fact that it was 'supposed' to be fall we let the kiddos run through the sprinkler!!! They had a blast and we got to get a sun tan!

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Stop, Drop and Roll!



We went to a "FIRE PREVENTION DAY" where the kids got a chance to check out a police car, ambulance and even do a mock fire drill, complete with fake smoke in a miniature house! (way cute!)