October Festivities

Our October fun started with our traditional family outing to Gardner Village to see "The Witches" for Emily's birthday.  The kids loved seeing the witches, pumpkins, and fun decorations.  I believe they were the best looking little witches and ghoul around.

We had so much fun with cousins at Nana and Grandpa's annual Halloween Party.  They loved the games, seeing their cousins dressed up, and treats.

Next, we headed to Peterson Family Farm to explore the pumpkin patch, ride the hay slides, and pretend to ride tractors.  Emily was determined to get a white pumpkin and an orange pumpkin.  Of coarse, Lily and Logan loved the little pumpkins.  We came home with one orange, one white, and 3 little pumpkins.  

Emily's Shining Star Preschool had their first field trip to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point.  This was a new adventure for us to explore.  The kids loved the tractor hayride, corn pit, and giant pillow trampoline.

Daddy and the girls had fun carving and scooping our family pumpkin. Emily was a great observer and director.  Lily had fun exploring the texture of the pumpkin goo.  At Emily's request, they made a happy pumpkin.  I love watching them create each year.

Throughout the month of October, the kids and I had some fun creating with pumpkins.  We made pumpkin cookies, candy corn sugar cookies, Halloween crafts, and pumpkin treats.  Lily's favorite was painting our little pumpkins.  She did it three times!!

At each Halloween party, the girls wore different costumes.  They utilized all the dress ups in our costume box.  I loved watching how excited they were to dress up each time.  Emily was Minnie Mouse, Ariel, Super Girl, and a witch.  Lily was Minnie Mouse, Rapunzel, a witch, and Elsa.  Logan was a pumpkin and batman.  It is fun to watch him try so hard to keep up with the girls.  Throughout the month he figured out the fun of dress-ups and loves to wear his Batman costume when the girls play dress ups.  They all loved trick-or-treating and figured out the fun of the treats quickly.  My favorite treat of our October festivities was seeing my children enjoy it's traditional fun.

Waiting for Preschool

Each day as we await for preschool to end, Lily and Logan share some fun together.  We play at home, go on errands, visit the library, and go on park adventures.  We sure miss playing with Emily, but I love some individual time with these two.  It has also been fun to watch their sibling bond grow over the past few months.  They sure love each other.

Family Fun

To help us take advantage of weekends as a family we have been working to take a family outing on Saturday together.  One of our favorite destinations is the local parks.  The kids love to explore the many parks in our area, including revisiting some of their favorites often.  Emily and Lily are getting to be quite brave at trying all the slides and climbing tricks.

To also help build family ties, we have created a new family tradition - "The Sunday Family Fun Bag."  Each Sunday I plan 3 to 4 activities in addition to FHE for us to do together.  They are simple, but help keep the kids happy as they anxiously await church at 1 pm.  Some of the things we have done is look at memory books, read stories, do puzzles, play games, make cookies, and create crafts.  It has been a blessing to watch my kids relationships grow stronger and ours with them as well.

Logan 18 Months

Logan is 18 months!  We love this silly, energetic, sweet loving, smart boy.  It seems he is growing up so fast and I can't hold on to every detail, but I am sure trying. 

• He is talking so much and learning new words everyday: pumpkin, skeleton, scarecrow, ghost, book, car, truck, tractor, shirt, socks, jacket, shoes, cheese, cereal, cracker, Mickey Mouse, duck, kitty, doggie, and so much more.
• Loves animals.  He likes to read books about them, watch them when they are around, pet them, and make their sounds for us.
• Loves to play chasing games with his sisters
• Outside is his favorite place to be: on walks, adventures, at the park, or exploring 
• Favorite foods: pasta, cereal, yogurt, lemonade, crackers, and treats.  His loves candy, but not much of a cookie or ice cream fan
• Mama's boy - loves to be with mom always and is my little helper.
• Great at pretending to vacuum 
• Favorite toys: Little People farm, blocks, trucks, tractor, the pantry, and vacuum
• Loves to read books, especially Good Night Moon, The Napping House, Snowmen at Christmas, and Trucks