Halloween

For Halloween this year the boys insisted on being super hero's, from movies they have never seen. The super hero's weapon seemed to be key to the kids choice of costume, if there was no weapon the superhero was less super in the boys eyes. Carson was Wolverine. Lincoln was Captain America. Lily veered away from the superhero theme and was a cat. On Halloween we made our traditional trip to HP for the kids to do some trick-or-treating. The kids always get way too much candy in way too short a time at Nate's work, thus the kids LOVE this tradition. While at Nate's work a lot of people would greet Lincoln as Captain America. While we were there Lincoln says to me "mom, mom they think that I am the real Captain America," it was too cute. Lily didn't want to be put down while trick-or-treating, but definitely got the gist of Halloween. She whined and said candy every time we passed by someones desk and we didn't put candy in her bucket. After trick-or-treating at Nate's work Heather came by to show the kids her cool costume. When Nate got home from work he took the boys trick-or-treating around the neighborhood while I handed out candy at home. It was a really cold Halloween but the boys both refused to wear coats, because it would cover their costumes. We were worried that they would be cold and not last very long, but the boys ran from house to house and stayed very warm. Nate was amazed at the boys stamina they wanted to keep going and going. Nate eventually had to pull the plug on the trick-or-treating and make them come home. Thus we ended Halloween with 3 pumpkins full to the brim with candy. It was a very successful Halloween!

Halloween Party

This year I hosted a family Halloween party . Most of my siblings and their kids were able to come. We had a yummy Halloween inspired dinner, played cheesy party games, and watched some football. I think a good time was had by all.

Pumpkin Carving

We carved pumpkins this year. We make the boys dig out the guts of their own pumpkins and then draw a face on paper that we try to replicate on the pumpkins. Lily got to watch the whole process and would say "ewwww" every time someone was pulling out some pumpkin guts, it was pretty cute. i think she enjoyed the pumpkin carving tradition. Both the boys wanted scary faces on their pumpkins this year. While Nate was carving the pumpkins the kids had some stickers to put on the smaller pumpkins we had. Lincoln put 4 eyes on his tiny pumpkin and then announced to me that his pumpkin could see really well, too funny. The family had a great time enjoying this tradition.

pumpkin patch

The same day we went to the zoo we went to the pumpkin patch, thus everyone is in the same clothes. This year the kids were on the hunt for green pumpkins. Carson had decided that he wanted a green pumpkin, and of course Lincoln thought that was the coolest idea ever so we walked around the patch forever looking for the perfect green pumpkins. After much searching everyone finally found a green pumpkin that meet their discerning standards of perfection. Lily seemed to like the pumpkin patch and caught on to the idea she attached herself to a little gourd that she got to bring home. After all of our work we of course let the kids play a few games and go on a few rides. It was another successful trip out to Linder Farm.

October Zoo trip

The kids had quite a few days out of school in October, and one of those days we took the opportunity to go to the zoo with my sisters. Even though there are no photographs with my sisters they were in fact there. Lily seemed to enjoy the zoo, or at least that is how I am going to interpret all of her pointing. The boys were there normal goofy selves and of course enjoyed running around and looking at all of the animals. Lincoln was quite nervous at the Wallaby exhibit after he found out that the animals sometimes come up to you and lick your shoes (Totally gross). He was very anxious to leave the exhibit he did not want to have a close encounter with a Wallaby (and to be honest neither did I), which makes sense since this kid is afraid of cats. Overall it was a beautiful day at the zoo and we loved getting outside and enjoying the beautiful fall weather.

School

In August (I know that was a long time ago) my kids started school. Carson started the first grade. He is been doing great! On the first day of school however Carson was a little less than excited. Carson surprised me by crying at the bus stop, saying that he didn't want to go to school all day. Well that made it a little hard for me to hold it together, because I was already a little sad that he was going to be gone to school all day. So Carson got on the bus crying, but by the time he got off the bus at school he had pulled himself together and was very composed. I was proud of him for composing himself and he hasn't complained about going to school all day since. Lincoln started preschool a week latter, and has been loving it! He left for his first day of preschool with a huge smile and absolutely no nerves. He looks forward to going to preschool every week and seeing his teacher and preschool friends. I can't believe that Carson is a first grader and that Lincoln is in preschool the time just slips by soooo fast. I am sure both my boys are going to have a great year at school.