Andrew strikes again!

I was making dinner when Kalin said, "Uh, Mom I think you should come here." I responded with, "I am trying to make dinner." She said, "I really think you should come." Then I found Andrew in his usual hiding spot (behind the rocking chair) with my new hand lotion smeared everywhere. I had to make an important parenting decision, take his picture or give him a serious lecture....so I took his picture and them gave him a lecture, which may explain why he looks a little confused.

In case you can't tell Andrew drew a picture of his cousin Hannah!

Jumping in the leaves.

Bob raked the leaves so that the kids could jump in them, roll in them, and bury themselves.

Trick-or-Treat

Kalin decided that she wanted to be Sleeping Beauty this year for Halloween. She was so excited because we curled her hair and I let her wear my makeup.

Andrew was a bear, which cracked Bob and I up because we seriously think he is like a bear. He is always getting into things he shouldn't and then taking off and hiding somewhere to play with whatever he snuck away with.

Try getting 8 kids who are dying to get candy all together to take a picture and this is what you get. We had alot of fun trick-or-treating with our friends the Taylors and Gradys.

Our loot. I love the fact that my kids would rather have Smarties than Snickers (leave more for Bob and I!)

Pumpkin Carving

This is really the first year that Andrew got to experience the whole pumpkin carving thing, and I thought that he would love it since he seems to like anything messy. Once we cut the tops off of the pumpkins and he looked inside he started to gag....like I seriously thought that he was going to get sick. Needless to say, Bob and I did the scooping and then I did the carving. Kalin's pumpkin was Sleeping Beauty and Andrew's was Mickey Mouse. Next year we may be painting them instead!

Kalin's pet caterpillars.

Kalin found some caterpillars while we were out trimming the bushes, so we got an old jar poked holes in the top and she had some new pets. After a few days I told her to think about the caterpillars living in the little tiny jar when they are use to having the whole backyard to crawl around in and asked how she thought they felt. She thought a little sad and that they might miss their mom, so we decided to let them go. It was a very sad time for Kalin, but we captured it all via camera. My lesson didn't sink in too deep, because we now have another caterpillar in our jar!

Andrew was brave enough to hold one.

Letting our caterpillars out of the jar.

New hair styles.

Addi came over to our house to play one Sunday afternoon and the girls decided that it would be fun to do each others hair. They had a squirt bottle, some play scissors and a brush....that was all it took and they turned into giggle boxes. Unfortunately Addi had to go home, and so then Andrew got to have his hair done. We had to move the chair in front of the sliding glass doors so he could watch the combine in the field while getting his hair done.

Bloomsbury Farm

In October, we had some special visitors: Aunt Becky, Ben and Nick. We spent the day at the Bloomsbury Farm. The kids got to feed the goats, play in the corn box, ride the tractor train, see pig races, and even to a corn maze! After all of that we had some pretty tired kids and parents.