A Rainy weekend in October..

doesn't stop our girlies from having a blast "outside" at the lake. Most of the time they were frolicking in the rain. A few times we were able to convince them to hang out on the deck when the rain was fierce. It was a wet, muddy kind of weekend spent with the fam.

Trick or Treating 2011

Liv: 14months: baby chick

Harper: 2 years (almost 3y): Blue from Blues Clues

Ryder: 3 years (almost 4y): Optimus Prime from Transformers

Asher: 3 weeks: cute little pumpkin outfit (not pictured)

This year we were able to go Trick or Treating with our good friends the Reynolds Family. I can't tell you how excited Harper and Ryder were when running up to the houses and ringing the door bell. They took turns at each house ringing (or at least tried to) and would run back to us elated with the treats that were placed in their buckets. We went around my parents neighborhood (2 cul-de-sacs) and called it a night. Harper was mistaken for a bunny in her costume. She didn't keep her hood on that made her look more like "Blue." Liv started the night by walking, but she couldn't keep up with the older ones and really had no idea what was going on but was just happy walking about. I then grabbed the stroller so we could keep up with the bigs and we cruised along. I eventually let her walk again towards the end of the outing. It is as if she had watched what the older ones were doing while she was strolling because she would then trail behind them to the door. She would just stand there and watch and then run behind them as they left the houses. She loved it. It was a BEAUTIFUL night with the stars and moon shining bright. A perfect halloween night!

Pumkin Carving 2011

We started off the festivities with pumpkin carving on Sunday evening. (10/30) We ate pizza and carved pumpkins with the Reynolds Fam (Derick, Sonja, Ryder, and baby Asher), Aunt Shay & Uncle Jay, and the Dorsey Grandparents. Pumpkin carving at this age seems to be more time invested with the adults in scraping, carving, and cooking the seeds. Harper and Ryder were distracted with having each other around to play and therefore weren't too in to the carving session. They did spend a few mintues at the table during the first phase of carving. The adults took on the mission and we're kinda into it:) The jack-o-lanterns turned out great!

Saved by the....

CRACKER...

When taking two small peanuts on an outing with the oldest having no nap and the littlest having only an hour for the day, having crackers on a Target run is a MUST. (especially when you brave the outing by yourself) I was about 1/2 through my shopping when melt downs started to unfold. As I am talking to myself saying "I hope you have some crackers Kandra" I reached in the backpack with a little panick and was saved by the crackers:) Thanks to the smart people who invented such a snack because they are a lifesaver when desperate times call. I know it's hard to imagine these sweet faces having meltdowns;)

Geese feeding videos..

Feeding the geese was quite the experience. We even saw a Heron. Liv enjoyed walking up and down the sidewalk and would have swam with the geese had we let her. Aunt Shannon was in charge of this. Harper was having a blast with Grandma throwing the bread and talking about the little minos that were eating the bread too. I was capturing the memories and taking in the simple things that make this life so much fun.