BOO!

Happy Halloween everyone!  This year's festivities were a bit more fun, as Caelin and her friends were a little bit more on board for participating (i.e. they can walk, talk and love to take things and put them in buckets/bags)!  Halloween started off with the annual Monster Mash party at cuz Addy's house where the girls enjoyed cider donuts, lots of treats (thank you to all the aunts/uncles) and a good ol 'ring around the rosie' dance in the kitchen.  Next up was the class party at school- there was a moose, 2 monkeys, a cheerleader and her football player and Thing 2!  Caelin thoroughly enjoyed picking each jimmie of her frosting covered cookie at this party!  Last up was the actual day itself!  We met up at buddy Emmett's house and together Emmett, Caelin and Reese with all 6 parents successfully trick or treated to 3 houses!  By the 3rd house the kids totally got the concept of taking candy and putting it in their bags.  The walking part was a bit long though so we headed back to their house for some spaghetti and spooky cupcakes....oh and a kit kat too! All in all, a very successful Halloween!  Hope you all enjoyed it too!

Little Red Riding Hood, the Monkey and the Peacock!

The Penguin Class!

 Monkeying Around!

Apparently she looked like this all day.  She was trying all day to take her shirt off and put it back on! 

 The Moose, The Monkey and Thing 2

 Kit Kat's please!

 Goodnight Monkey...

"More sa-wing, PEEZ"!!

A new swing set arrived in our backyard this fall!  A HUGE thank-you to Caelin's buddies Colby and Makenna who donated their swing set to Caelin upon moving to their new house.   Since it's set-up, Caelin has come home from school everyday to swing, climb and best of all fly down the 'fastest slide' in Aland!  Our little daredevil loves the slide and the swings- we can only imagine how psyched she will be once she discovers the monkey bars!!!

New friends...Faith and James!

A HUGE welcome to Faith and James! We are so happy you are finally here to play with! Caelin has been looking at pictures and saying "baby" and "baby, paci" over and over. We look forward to our first playdate! Congrats M and C on doubling your family!!!

tiniest little feet!

 Little Miss Faith rockin' the big bow!

Hangin' with my Cuz!

Bailey Boo came to visit recently and it was a lot of fun to see the girls get to play.  Caels and Bails get a long pretty well and so we played a bit inside then headed outside to play with the red wagon!  Thanks for coming to visit Bailey!!!

Perfect Pumpkins!

 Wagon rides!

 Love the pigtails Boo!

 Look, it's BooBoo!

Fall Fun

Headed to West End Creamery today with Emmett, Savvi and Merrit.  After enjoying some ice cream, we visited the petting zoo and practiced our favorite animal sounds!  We checked out the hay maze but the kids decided on a tractor ride around the farm.  The ride was a lot of fun and the kiddo's enjoyed driving by the corn fields and the maze!  Thanks for a great day everyone!

Savvi: "Look, it's the perfect bench for the babies!"

 Good times on the tractor ride!

"Aah-Ple Peez"!

Mum: "Caelin, do you want to go pick apples?"
Caelin: (for the next 2 hours while driving and while picking...) "Aah-ple, aah-ple, aah-ple peez"
Needless to say, Caelin was super enthusiastic about apple picking this year!  In the past few weeks she has started to eat actual apples- both cut up and she'll try to bite into the apple.  Now-you might be thinking- huh she's just starting to eat actual apples?  Yes- with only 4.5 teeth, chewing up several foods has proven to be a challenge for the Bug! Regardless, we headed off to pick some Cortland's so that we can make some apple crisp and a pie or two!  once we got through the traffic and parked, Caelin was a trooper.  She walked just about the entire time, carefully placing each apple in the bag.  She even carried it up until it was overflowing!  To finish off the trip we enjoyed some yummy cider and donuts- so good!

Ready to go!

 2 at a time...although she would have liked to carry many more!

 Picking apples with Mum!

 Aah-ples!!!

 Hay ride = $4, Piggy back ride with Mommy = FREE!

 Apple Picking 2010