Happy Halloween!!

We didn't get around to carving any pumpkins this year, but I let the kids decorate a couple with markers today. We trick-or-treated on our block with Cousin Sage and then passed out candy to about 500 trick-or-treaters! Happy Halloween!!

Trunk or Treat!

Pics from our MOMS Club Trunk or Treat on Friday!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fall

I always forget about "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" until I read about it on my friends' blogs and on Facebook statuses, when it's too late. Luckily this year they had an encore presentation last night so I planned ahead and let A&A watch after bathtime. Today they had a Halloween Hat Parade at Wee School and these are the hats they selected to wear.

Church Fallfest

Here are some pics from the fall festival our church had this past weekend. They did an outdoor "Trunk or Treat" theme and the weather was great! The kids debuted their costumes and got rave reviews :)

In the bounce house with Aidan's friend Tate:


The fishing booth that our Sunday School class did:

Meow!

Cookie Walk:

Aidan and his friend Chase:

Avery was fascinated by this random kid wearing a pumpkin on his head. He was just sitting there and I was terrified he was going to jump out at her and scar her for life ;)

Baylor Homecoming

We went to Waco for Baylor Homecoming this past weekend. Jenna and I went to the bonfire on campus Friday night (I hadn't been to bonfire in forever) and then we all got up early to go to the parade. Jenna, Katy, and Hannah were on a float for the girls' school so they got to throw us some candy! After the parade I tried to get Avery to take an early nap...she didn't sleep a lot but at least she rested. She and I joined Daniel, Aidan, Grandpa, the Brooks family, and some more friends at the Baylor game at halftime. The game was terrible but thankfully we had great weather for the weekend! We had an early dinner with Grandpa and Nanna before heading home. Sic 'Em Bears!

Pumpkin Patch

Grammy was visiting until today, and she and I made a spontaneous decision to take the kids to the Owens Farm pumpkin patch on Tuesday afternoon. I'm so glad we did because it rained all day Wednesday and has been cold and wet ever since. But the weather was great on Tuesday and the kids had fun running around. We also fed some of the petting zoo animals (like we haven't done that enough lately!) and enjoyed a hayride. I tried my best to get some decent pictures of them but they are NOT posers.

Halloween Preview Part 2

Check out our little kitty cat! This outfit was inspired by one I wore when I was about Avery's age. The outfit itself was very simple...just a black leotard and tights, and my mom made the hood and sewed a tail onto the leotard. I'll draw on some whiskers when we go out.

Avery also had her 2-year check-up this morning and has hit a growth spurt! She is 26 lbs (25-50th percentile) and 35 inches long (75-90th percentile!). She did NOT enjoy having to get the H1N1 flu mist followed by a finger prick and two shots in her legs, but a yummy lunch and a nice, long nap helped.

Happy Birthday Avery!!

Our little girl turned TWO today!! Avery is an animal lover so I decided to do a petting zoo for her birthday party. A friend of mine had recommended Cathy's Critters and they were terrific. They brought tons of baby animals including chicks, pigs, rabbits, goats, guinea pigs, and a goose. Grammy also begged us to let her pay extra for a pony which we did :) So Avery, Aidan, and all their friends got to take a ride on him! Our whole family was here except for Papi and Aunt Lindsay. After the petting zoo everyone came inside to enjoy cupcakes, hot dogs, and hamburgers before we opened presents. Thank you Cousin Sage, Amaia, Aitor, Erika, Kaelyn, Bella, Becca, Bianca, and Lillian for helping us celebrate!! Happy Birthday Avery Kate :)

Watching the petting zoo crew set up in the backyard!

Aidan with Aunt Kathleen, who drove down from college. She is an animal lover too!

Aidan on the pony!

Avery on the pony!

My sweet kids :)

The best group picture we could get:

Erika:

Kaelyn:

Cousin Sage:

My brother took this picture from the second floor window:

Time for cake and singing!

Avery and her entourage opening gifts: