Saturday, October 31, 2009

Halloween

Halloween brought a tough fireman and cute ladybug to our house. Alex decided on his costume this year and really got into playing a fireman! We started off our Halloween fun by going to the pumpkin patch. Our neighborhood had the cutest pumpkin patch at a local church so I took the kids there a couple times with playgroup friends. They kids first listened to a story then played in the pumpkin patch. They loved playing games at the end and Alex especially liked 'fishing' for pumpkins.

I hosted our playgroup Halloween party this year. What fun but SO chaotic! The kids played, decorated cupcakes, colored Halloween masks and worked on an art craft then paraded around the house in a costume parade.

David and I took our fireman and ladybug to the annual Halloween party at Granny's assisted living home. The kids love the music and trick or treating. It's always fun to see the cousins dressed up together.


On Halloween day we carved our pumpkin and put on costumes. We trick-or-treated with neighborhood kids Joey and his baby brother Cole and Gavin with his older brother Zach. The kids had a blast and Alex REALLY likes trick or treating. Fortunately he's not into candy and didn't notice a couple days later when I sent the candy to David's office. The neighbors came to our house after trick or treating. Fireman Alex and Scary Monster Joey ate candy and played around while the adults tried to stay warm under heavy coats and blankets handing out candy to the neighborhood kids. It was a fun Halloween night!


Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Megan - 17 months

Megan suddenly looks older to me! I can't believe how fast she grows. Megan is talking and she's very clear. She won't sign like Alex did which is fine since I can understand most of what she says. She has 3 new teeth (I think, it's hard to tell since the new teeth are in the back) and hopefully her hair will grow soon! It's still so thin. Here are recent pics of my sweet girl.