Happy Halloween / Birthday!

We celebrated the cousins' birthdays along with a Halloween party at Aunt Erin's house. Everyone dressed up, we opened presents, had dinner and cake, then went trick-or-treating around the house. The girls got SO.MUCH.CANDY!!!

Earlier in the day, the kids decorated cookies at Aunt Erin's house.

We also finished the last of our little pumpkins!

We dressed as the Wizard of Oz... the cowardly lion, Dorothy, Glenda the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West. The girls did not like my green face!

The kids loved Papa's crazy arm!

It was like Christmas! Morgan was super excited about her new Spirit toys!

Even though it's not Calvin's birthday, he still gets a cake with candles to blow out. He's the only one with a birthday not in October or November.

Aunt Sandi made all the kiddos birthday shirts with "Cousin Crew" on the front and their names/ages on the back. Since it's not Calvin's birthday, his says 4.5. :)

 

Halloween Dance

Avery's dance studio did a little Halloween party with a dance for the parents. Avery decided to wear her unicorn onesie to be comfortable and able to dance in her costume. The Hermione Granger one would have been a little difficult.

Class picture:

Here's the dance:

Halloween at school

The school had Halloween this year with actual classroom parties! Yay! :)

The kids had to wear their costumes to school and couldn't bring any props, so Toto and Avery's magic wand had to stay home.

Despite the rain, the principal decided to have the Halloween parade for the parents. The kids LOVE this! We were all standing around with our umbrellas in the mist, but it was great to see the kids' costumes. 

Hermione Granger and Dorothy Gale

Morgan made the weekly school newsletter - a pic with her friends!

Rain rain go away, Milo wants to go outside and play

This dog loves the outdoors... he was so sad that he couldn't be outside. :(

New earrings

Avery finally gets to change out her earrings! She was nervous and excited to try out her new "A's".

New 'do

Milo took a trip to the groomer this past week. He had been getting a little too furry! He came back looking adorable! :)

Pumpkin decorating party

The girls had a few friends over to decorate pumpkins. It was POURING outside, so what we thought would be a fun back porch activity got moved to the garage. 

They were so excited... just waiting by the door for their friends to arrive!

We used a lot of paint and a LOT of glitter!

Morgan was the only one that carved a pumpkin.

They were showing me their Thriller dance... good thing Matt had swept out the garage beforehand!

There was a lot of dancing!

They even made up a dance!

Afterwards, we had hot chocolate and donuts inside.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to a nearby pumpkin patch for a little fall fun. The weather was chilly, but sunny, so it was perfect. We got the right as it opened to avoid some of the crowds. By the time we left, it was getting really busy!

One of Morgan's requirements for a pumpkin farm is a petting zoo. She loves feeding the animals. There was even a pig with new little babies.

Morgan also has to have a corn pit to play in! Both the girls love this! Even Daddy does!

There was also a barn filled with bales of hay to play on.

Then, we took a ride on the pumpkins ride.

Avery was SOOOO excited to see they had funnel cakes at the pumpkin patch!

Also a hit was the large jumping pillow... but it got a little too crowded.