Well... Halloween is over and October has come and gone. It was a good Halloween a little different this year. My dad was out of town, my younger brother not home this year. We usually do a dinner at my mom's but with things so upside down this year I told her just to come out to my house. We had a great time. The kids got a ton of candy this year. Hope everyone else had a safe and fun Halloween.
With my kids being out of school all this week, I thought that I would take them to Gardner Village to see all the witches and pumpkins. It was just me, my two beautiful girls and my wonderful mom. We had a really nice time and the girls enjoyed taking pictures with the witches. We had to make a stop in the Candy Store, which Evie did not want to do but that ended up being one of her favorite parts. It didn't take her long to realize there was candy there that we couldn't get just at any store. For those of you who know the story will understand this.... Lydia DID get back in the saddle this year. What a brave little girl.
We went to a Halloween birthday party over the weekend. I tried to avoid getting dressed up being all pregnant and stuff. I would love to take all the credit but Audrey and Heather both gave me the idea to go as Juno McGuff and Brett as Paulie Bleaker. I couldn't resist the temptation seeing as I LOVE the movie Juno. I couldn't have pulled it off without my sweet husband being willing to follow along. Guess what.... we did get Best Costume at the party though.
I haven't been very good at posting lately, between computer problems and camera issues it's been a little challenging lately. We have been very busy though. I was a helper at Evelyn's school for her Halloween party (which was earlier this month since she is on D track). It was a lot of fun, Lydia was also able to come with me. Here is Evie sitting at her desk waiting to start the activities.
My activity was dressing the kids like Mummy's in toilet paper. There favorite part was busting out of the paper.
Then after Evie was off track we got to go on a field trip with Lydia's school to a pumpkin patch. I love Lydia's preschool and Lydia seems to be adjusting well to it. Here are my girls driving a pumpkin.
At the pumpkin patch they had this really cool pirate ship that the kids could play on. They had a little hay maze for the kids too. I am so glad that I have had this little bit of time to go to both of the girls schools and see a little of how there day goes. I am so proud of both of them.
My mom has a Halloween Treasure Hunt every year for the grandkids. Each year is a little bit different but it's so exciting to see what new things we will do. The kids (as you can see) all got T-shirts before the hunt and flashlights. We had dinner at my moms house this year and it was her homemade chili. I don't like chili but I love my moms. Heather told a story to set the whole scene for the hunt and then we were off. Each child has there own turn to find the next clue at the next location. We go all over the valley, lots of different places. My mom works really hard every year to put this together for her grandchildren. She just loves to see how excited they get about something she has put together for them. Even when I was little my mom did all kinds of fun different activities so that we could build memories together and I think it's great that she still does it with the grandkids. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful Nana! Thanks mom for the great treasure hunt.
I am 26 weeks now and feeling pretty good. Having a little heartburn but I'm just keeping the Tums on the night stand. This little guy is a kicker, which I love. I am almost 100% sure this will be our last baby so I am trying to saver every movement he makes. My girls are always rubbing my belly and talking to him. They are getting so excited to see him. They both have said that they want to feed him bottles, can't get either one to agree on diaper duty. Look how big he's getting.
