Halloween 2010 in a Nutshell

Super Daddy and Pumpkin Parker

Uncle Icecream and the little pumpkin

Paislee the "ex-mummy", Uncle Bret and that smiling pumpkin again

Me, Heidi, some little girl I don't know, Kaylynn and Bret's hand

Ella and Kaylynn dancing in a circle

Grant the Green Dinosaur

The dinosaur and his friends swimming like little fish through the grasses

Cinder Kaylynn and the pinata, she was one of the first kids to take a whack and she scored a little smartie out of it

The Little Mermaid Ella, she has my hand/eye coordination and missed the pinata the first few times, this is her expressing her frustration with the swinging pinata

Three little princesses all in a row

The dinosaur taking his turn

Our little crew before the Trunk or Treat on Saturday

Muddy Pumpkins

We had a fun, semi chilly, very muddy morning at the pumpkin patch with a few of our friends from church. The kids absolutely didn't mind the mud and had so much fun on the farm.
Grant was so excited to find a pumpkin that sported his favorite color, green, that he had to get it! He even packed it around for a few minutes before handing it off to me. Later they learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin and when they showed the photo of a green pumpkin he was so excited and told the lady that it was his favorite color. He had so much enthusiasm he was yelling and jumping as he announced it.

Ella's pumpkin. She quietly walked through the pumpkin vines until she spotted the one she wanted. Once she had decided which one she stuck with it.

Grant with a fiesty little pony. These guys did not like their stable mates at all, there was some bullying and biting going around. Definitely not the greatest example for these kiddos to see but hilarious at the same time.

Parker the red nosed baby. It was a little chilly and since she wasn't running around she was a tiny bit cold. She had a shiny red, runny nose but was happy anyway (when isn't she)?

The ever popular hay maze, they ran back and forth through this thing for a good ten minutes. Every now and then they'd hit a dead end, turn around and run smack into another little kid, good times!

My little buddy, who insisted I take his photo. He cracks me up, don't you just love how he wears his hat like a little old man, crooked and askew.

The Big 3

We celebrated Grant's third birthday in September. He's growing so fast and is the funniest little boy! I asked him early in the week what he wanted to eat for his birthday dinner. After a long pause he responded with, "Rotten eggs and snails". I had to laugh, then figure out how to make him what he wanted. For breakfast he had "rotten eggs" and bacon!
And for dessert he had snail cupcakes (they had green oozey stuff in the middle).
He asked for a green bean bag for his birthday and was so excited to open it, then go watch a movie while he sat on his own bag!

And for our activity we went bowling, he loves to bowl.

We invited our local family to come with us, above is his cousin Tripp.

Aunt Sarah with Parker.

Grant telling Grandpa Bret that he's three.

Grandpa Bret taking his turn with Parker.

Tripp became quite the bowler by the end of the night, he caught on very quickly and was throwing that ball down the lane like a pro.

Paislee and Grammy Shar.

Ella bowling left handed?

The wildest bowler of the night was Paislee, both her body and her ball were all over the place.

Uncle Allen and Parker. Papa Bill smooching on lil' P.

The birthday boy:

His favorite color: green

His favorite food: fruit snacks

His favorite toy: Buzz

His favorite movie: Toy Story

His favorite candy: Chocolate

Daddy and Grant, such handsome men!