Happy Halloween!!

Introducing this year's Halloween costumes...Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!!

(with sidekick April O'Neil of course)

I'm all about the family costumes.  I love them!!  And as long as the boys are young enough

to go along with it, we're golden!  We gave them a few options this year and they wanted to

be Ninja Turtles.  Lucky for me they make costumes in baby, kid, and adult sizes.  :)

We started our Halloween celebration trick or treating downtown in Oak Park on Saturday.

They blocked off the street and the kids were able to trick or treat at all of the businesses.

Then Monday night was the main event.  The kids and I went out a little bit before Ryan

came home from work, then continued with him until nearly 7:00PM.

 Miles started out strong, but quickly tired out from all of the excitement.

2.5 hours of trick or treating later, the boys had collected 6 pounds of candy!!  Well done!!

 

Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm

It's that time of year again...pumpkin farm time!  It's become an annual tradition and the boys
love it!  We take this same picture in the big rocking chair every year and while I'm not
wishing for time to speed up, it will be fun to see this same picture 10 years from now.  :)

For the past two years we've invited Tim and Val to come with us.  It's a fun thing to do together because the kids can just run around and explore. 

We checked out the pumpkin eating dinosaur (from a safe distance),

watched as Owen and Max had a blast on the jumping pillow,

then explored everything else the farm had to offer.

It's no surprise that with Joe's love for tractors he spotted the wagon ride.

It was our first year doing it, but we all really enjoyed it.

We always let them spend a good amount of time in the corn pit.  Not only does it keep them

in one place, but it tires them out because it's like walking in sand.  Always a plus. ;)

We finished our day watching the pig races, which are hilarious!

Thanks for another memorable year Goebbert's!

Wrestle Mania

One of the boys' all-time favorite pastimes is wrestling with each other.  I tried to fight it for awhile, but when I realized it was nearly impossible to stop and actually quite hilarious to watch, I let them go.  I give them friendly reminders to be careful or someone will get hurt, but otherwise it is game on!  They seriously can't get enough and they have a blast!

Happy Fall

Little Jumper

I decided it was time to take out the jumperoo.  Like both other boys, the back of Miles' head

was beginning to look at little flat.  If we're not holding him he's either in the car seat, his

bouncy chair, or lying on his play mat.  I wanted to give him somewhere new to hang out

where he could not only work on strengthening his neck muscles, but keep from laying down.

He seems to really like it.  He doesn't play with the toys much...mostly just sits and watches

everyone.  But I think he likes his new view.

 Especially when he has two older brothers to keep him company.

Halloween Dinner

With Halloween just a few days away we decided to have Ruby and Max over for a

Halloween themed dinner.  The kids have a great time together and I thought it would be fun

to get them into the Halloween mood.  They started by painting pumpkins which has now for the second year in a row kept them busy for quite awhile.  I love activities like that!

Then I made them mummy hot dogs and Jack-o-lantern mac n cheese cups for dinner

(thank you Pinterest).

The kids really enjoyed themselves and now we have some awesome decorated pumpkins

to set out for Halloween.  Thanks for coming over Ruby and Max!