Halloween 2012

The kids started Halloween off at school as two Chinese ninjas and one Chinese princess.  The evening ended with Minnie Mouse,  a pirate, and yet another Chinese ninja.  We trick or treated around our neighborhood with our good friends/neighbors, and the kids had a blast.  Eli even fell, busted his lip and bled like crazy, but then cried over leaving his candy bucket!  Here is a snippet of the craziness...

 First house:  Our neighbor Bill

 Showing off his sword

 So excited to pick up our friends!

 Until Mr. Bob actually came to the door.  Eli always bails.

 T with her Mar-Mar

 L.O.V.E this expression.  I have no idea what it was about.

 Some kids ring door bells, T just tries to pry the door open

 This child LOVED her Minnie Mouse outfit.

 I often had to regulate how much candy Eli would take.

 T met another Asian Princess.

 You can see all the blood on poor Eli's shirt.

 D and Mar-Mar

 They love our neighbors with the two little doggies.

 Look at those faces.  We elected to go home after this house.  They were so worn out.

 T ditched the headband and Daddy ended up carrying it.  On his head.  Silly Daddy.

Fall fun- 2012

Fall brought cooler temps, which meant we took the crafts outside.  We painted "spiders", and glued fuzzy balls on "monsters".

 We also worked on the letter F by glueing on feathers.

 We also headed to a pumpkin patch!

 Momma was a nervous wreck about the farm animals, b/c this was right after the big e-coli outbreak in NC from the animals at the fair.

 And while I wouldn't let them touch them, I swear it looks like Drake and the pig are making out here.

 We finally made it out to the patch.

 Tessa realized she didn't have a wagon, so therefore needed to pout:-(

 This big guy loved picking pumpkins to add to the wagon.

 And the princess found a wagon.

 There were hay rides.

 And a bouncy house.

 And as always, rides on Daddy's shoulders.

 The family hay ride photo!

 And then there was the hay bale maze.

 Which Drake climbed on top of.  Go figure.

 Before we knew it, everyone was tired and cranky, and it was time for us to head home!