Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween 2011









Emily and Peyton invited us over to their house for the annual pre-trick or treating Papa Murphy's pizza dinner. It was much more low-key this year since my parents are in Israel for 2 weeks. And thank goodness for Nanny Alva, or I am not sure my kids would have had cute outfits.

The kids love running around the neighborhood with their cousins, Avery and Paige. Avery (4.5) was Mulan, and Paige (2.5) was Minnie Mouse. They looked adorable!

Alivia settled on the jaguar costume. Alva did her make-up and hair prior to my arrival home. She was thrilled with how she looked and got lots of compliments while we were walking the neighborhood.

Will was a cute little cowboy if I say so myself. Alva found some beautiful black boots for him to wear. He wore his cowboy hat for about 5 minutes before removing it for the night.

And sweet baby John. . . well. . . he is a pumpkin, without a real outfit or hat. He simply would not keep anything on his head and I knew he would last trick or treating for about 30 minutes so I decided to let it go. He was fascinated by candy and kept bringing all sorts of confections for me to open for him. We broke off around 7:20 when he started acting really wild and nutty.

Happy Halloween to all! Let the Holiday Season begin - WHEEEE!

Carving Pumpkins






I usually take the lead on carving pumpkins around our house, but this year I was feeling pooped, so Matt helped out quite a bit. We ate dinner while the carving occurred and John looked on from the high chair pretty fascinated by the whole thing.

I think our final products look pretty good!

Veritas Fall Festival






Alivia's school had a great carnival/Fall festival complete with bouncy houses, pony rides, and lots and lots of candy. It was nice to meet some new families involved with the school. Alivia was so excited about getting her face painted and the mom that was doing it did an amazing job. It was sad to wash it off that night. The weather was surprisingly cold which only added to the feel that Fall is finally here!