Pumpkin carving

 

We had fun carving pumpkins a week or so ago. I thought the weather would stay colder so the pumpkins would last longer.... but that was not the case, our pumpkins are now looking rather saggy and sad out on the front porch.
Maggie and Hailey helped me do a pumpkin while Matt did one of his own and helped Jackson. Notice Matt working with the dremel to carve :) The kids love to see them all lit up when we are done.

Banana Caterpillar

 

It's fun to make snacks for the kids and watch their reactions. This one was really easy to make. Matt called it a meal more than a snack :) Any other good snack ideas out there? We also like to make apple teeth if you remember that one.

Hailey climbing

 

 

Hailey climbs up and stands on this stool all by herself. She is a little braver than I am comfortable with :) Of course then she cries because she can't quite figure out how to get down by herself. She has tried to just step off but realized it was a little farther to the floor than she thought..... She wants to be big so badly

Jackson sleeping

 

I'm not sure how he got into this position or why he decided to stay there..... but this is what we found when we checked on the kiddos one night. I moved him back into his bed.

Snow day

 

We got some snow on the last day of September. It was only just the day after the fire hydrant. Funny how the weather changes so drastically this time of year. I haven't pulled out their snow clothes yet so it was kind of difficult to get them warm enough to be out in it. Hailey was kind of amazed and loved it until her hands got really cold. It just made enough to cover the trampoline. It was a great introduction to snow. The weather has been fairly warm ever since though.

Water

 

One day the city workers were flushing the fire hydrants to make sure water was running through the system correctly - anyway, there is a fire hydrant right in front of our house so we were close to the action. The kids loved it - Hailey was asleep so she missed all the fun. It made a lot of water very quickly. They only ran it for about 5 min but it was warm enough for the kids to get wet and splash around. It was funny to watch Maggie run away whenever Jackson would run by splashing then she would run to the water only to turn around and run away again as Jackson came back. It only happens once a year but it's great fun - like a holiday :)

Castle

 

A week or so ago I decided to break out the blow up castle. It kept them busy that whole afternoon. Today I packed it away again to bring out another day that we need some indoor fun. With winter on it's way that day isn't far away. This castle has been stashed in the basement for a more than a year since it needed some patching. Which was very easy to do. Don't you hate that - you avoid something for a long time thinking it's going to be hard only to find out that it was very easy.... oh well.