Halloween!!

Yeah!! Halloween!! We love Halloween at our house. These pictures are in no particular order and certainly not in order. We start off with the day after Halloween we had a family party with all the grand kids, we're up to 8 now. So we have (Left to Right) Koen, Aidan, Dallin and Kael.

There were spooky shaped sugar cookies and cupcakes in cones that the kids got to decorate with their choice color of frosting and load whatever candy they could fit onto their cookie. Of course after a while they ditched the cookies and cupcakes and went straight for the bowls of candy! I am happy to report that we still had a lot of candy left over.
Aidan, I mean Captain Jack Sparrow, bit into a gummy worm that was a little too sour for his taste.

Raquel helping with the sugar distribution.

More delving

Little Munchy entertained us throughout the evening with her animal sounds and blowing kisses!

Very smart little girl.

Munchy in her costume, riding bikes outside with the kids before the party. Such a cute little stinker!

Captain Jack Sparrow slaying the princess! He was on such a slaying spree that both of his pirate swords were broken halfway through the evening.

A better shot of Munchy in her costume with her fluffy tail sticking out the back.

Dallin was Spiderman of which he wore his Spiderman p.j.'s the entire weekend switching between the blue and the red ones and then washing them to wear them again. This helped him tune into his Spidey senses.

Aidan displaying 3 missing front teeth and one of his pirate swords before the terrible sword tragedy.

Caught in a duel.

OK, now the twin's costumes need a little explanation. Barry and I procrastinated and went looking for their costumes the day before Halloween. Surprisingly, nothing that cool and matching in some way were available. After looking at a few stores and ready to settle for a couple of lame costumes I thought we might look in the baby section. Browsing around we found the perfect costumes! They were Superman and Batman pajamas! They were half the cost of the costumes on sale, they could wear them more than once AND they both had detachable capes! We thought these 2 characters would go good with our Spiderman. Barry held the costumes out for the twins to pick from the next day and Koen ran up to the Batman p.j.s, so it was settled.

Kids playing in the driveway with Uncle Bubba, waiting for everyone to arrive.

This is now Halloween night. Hannah is showing her bucket of goodies. I had to work so Barry braved the trunk or treat with the kids.

Some of our little Superheros!

Hannah and Dallin big smiles and lots of candy, faces of anticipation to start eating whatever dad will let them have.

Hannah dressed up as a Rainbow Fairy Princess.

Dallin was our little Spiderman.

Cool Autumn Days

Just hanging out, enjoying some cool October days. Kael with his handful of leaves getting in position for a good leaf toss.

This particular day we all are doing a little cleaning. Dallin is sweeping the kitchen and having a good time at that. Kael was outside helping Dad suck up all the leaves with the lawnmower. What a good little helper! Job shadowing... Believe it or not our driveway and carport was covered with leaves. Thanks to the helping hands of dad, Kael and Hannah (sweeping), everything looked nice and clean for about an hour.

Koen did some great help with supervising the Operation Fall Clean-Up, along with his assistant Mr. Faceless Potato Head.

We took a day to play in the leaves! The kids had a fun time gathering a pile of leaves in their hands and throwing the up in the air. Everyone took turns. Leaf tossing is a very technical activity. You have to throw accurately to make sure all the leaves are falling separately and spaced out evenly for a nice floaty fall. Dallin is more of a casual tosser.


Kael looked like he was trying to make his leaves hit the bottoms of the clouds. Look at the range in his arm spread!

Clumpy toss by Hannah and the judges rule it acceptable and creative tossing maneuvers.

Another toss by Hannah and she scores a 10! Unbelievable! Perfect form, floating leaves, and all with a smile on her face!

Hannah sweeping up another pile to throw.

Another perfect toss!

Here is another day at home enjoying the kids. Who needs TV when you have kids? You have your drama, comedy, adventure, discovery, entertainment around every corner! We introduced the twins to the sit and spins. It would be a great toy if it didn't have lovely music accompanying every spin.......

Kael learning how to spin.

Kael a little apprehensive about the uneven surface. Koen got the concept right away and instantly was a pro spinner.

And they're off!!!

Playing piano with dad before bed.

Kael making a funny face.

My musical boys.

Kael's goodnight smiles.

Riding Horses

This weekend we went to ride Uncle Bubba's and Aunt Heather's horses! We all had a ball! I put up a ton of pics so enjoy! Hannah was the first brave soul to pet the horses. This was the smallest of the 4 horses.
Dallin soon found the courage to pet the horse once he saw Hannah did and she was still ok.
Koen is examining his new surroundings and the water quality of the horses drinking water.
Koen had quite a bit to say about his discoveries. Kael doesn't show up in any pics for a while since he was practically glued to my side was very unsure about these creatures.

Dallin has made friends with the horse. Saddling up Billie to take her out for a bit.
Hannah goes first. Her own words "this is actually more fun than it looks!"

Dallin's turn! He has his dad's natural animal senses.

Hey Cowboy!
Meanwhile, Koen and Munchy were walking around the stalls, playing in the water and throwing died horse "cookies."

Teaming up for another ride.
Munchy's turn. She's an expert rider.
....and splashing some more!
I hopped on with Kael who was a little weary about the idea at first. After he stopped whining and decided it's not so scary he enjoyed the last half of his ride. Koen's response was pretty much the same.
None of the twins were brave enough to go by themselves. Maybe next time. Hannah and Dallin were helping to guide the horse around the circle. They did a great job.

My turn to go solo at a little faster pace.
Sorry ladies, this one's taken!
Getting in touch with his roots... while onlookers are mesmerized.
Hannah is helping uncle Bubba feed the horses.
Farmer Koen

Hannah and Dallin are helping to give the horses some grain.
Kael examines the hey and then starts throwing it.
Group shot (a little blurry)
A little better. I figure 4 out of 6 are looking......the group shot was a success!