Halloween 2013.

The kids had a great time trick-or-treating around our neighborhood.  There were a ton of people out and they had a blast seeing all the costumes.

We snapped a picture of just some of the neighborhood kiddos.  It is crazy how many young kids there are in our neighborhood.  After we were done trick-or-treating we came back to our warm house and handed out candy to a few of the later trick-or-treaters.  I think Landon has just as much fun handing out the candy as he does getting it!  And…now we have a bunch of candy that we don't need and definitely won't let our kiddos eat.  At least it was fun!!

Kindergarten Pumpkin Painting.

 Kadence had a pumpkin painting party at her school and Kenzie and I were lucky enough to join her.  It was really fun to see her in her element and how much she enjoys Kindergarten.  I had brought a little pumpkin for Kenzie to do hoping it would make it easier for me to help Kadence which worked out pretty well.  She was dressed up as Cinderella for their "storybook dress up day."  It was pretty cute to see Cinderella in her paint shirt creating a masterpiece.  Love her so much!

Spooktacular Carnival.

 We got our cute little witch, Franky (Monster High), and Optimus Prime all dressed up for an early Halloween carnival at Veterans Memorial Arena.  It was a great way to get out of the house on a Sunday after another weekend with undesirable weather.  The kids were excited to wear their costumes since they are not allowed to dress up for school.

The carnival started out with a little "haunted" maze.  Then we moved on to the face painting.  Definitely amateur but fun nonetheless.

 The kids decorated and then ate their pumpkin sugar cookies.  I think this was Kenzie's favorite part!

 We had to wait in line for a long time for some games and a visit with the witch.  Luckily the kids were entertained with a hockey practice!

We ended with a quick picture with the witch and a bag of treats!  All ready for halloween!

Somedays...

Somedays there is just nothing better then curling up with your baby and a blanket on the trampoline…

and then falling asleep on the couch.  It is extremely unusual for any of our kids to fall asleep anywhere but their beds so obviously she wasn't feeling very well.  It was adorable nonetheless and I enjoyed not having to fight her to get her to go to sleep.  Precious.

Pumpkin Painting and Cookie Making.

As another colder, rainier than normal October weekend was upon us, I decided to start our Halloween activities for something to do.  For the last few years we have painted our pumpkins instead of carved them.  The kids (even Kenzie) can do their own pumpkins totally independent and have so much doing it.  We will save carving for when they get a little older and can actually participate.

 Normally we area able to paint our pumpkins outside but the weather was too bad for that this year.  I think Kenzie had the most fun painting her pumpkin.  It she used every color and mixed them all together which turns into a pretty gray color.  I think she was just excited to do it all by herself!

Kadence also had fun painting her pumpkin and used A LOT of paint as well.

Landon is much more organized about his painting.  He doesn't use very many colors and always tries to make some sort of picture on it.

After pumpkin painting was done we made some yummy Halloween cut out cookies.  It is quite the project with 3 kids helping but they had fun and the cookies sure were yummy!  Here's to hoping we have some nicer fall weather soon...

Fun With Aunty.

 Aunty came for a visit and we all had a great time.  The kids love to have Aunty around to play with and also love snuggling (tormenting) Roxy and Leonard.  Did she really think she was going to get a nap at our house?!

 Aunty wanted to eat lunch with each of the kids at school while she was here so we ate with Kadence one day and Landon the next.  Kadence was really excited to have us there but was definitely quieter than she is at home!  It still amazes me how well her school is run.  Almost 20 classes of just Kindergarteners and it is totally organized and everyone seems to follow the rules very well.

Kenzie was the most excited about eating with big brother and she definitely thought she was pretty cool.  Landon was a little embarrassed to have us there and pretty shy.  It was apparent that he was well liked and his friends talked our ears off the entire time.  It started to thunder while we were there and every time the kids would all scream.  It was comical but also heart-breaking to see the few little 1st graders who were afraid of the storm.  It was a great experience and I was glad Aunty suggested it because I had never eaten lunch with them!  I was actually impressed with the food as it was well proportioned and pretty healthy!  Good job West Fargo Schools!

Thank you to Aunty for coming to the Tundra to visit us!  Can't wait for the next trip :)

Twins Game.

We went to the twin cities for the Twins game that we had bought tickets for my dad for Father's Day.  We rented a hotel room for Friday and Saturday and made a weekend out of it.  It was a nice little birthday celebration for me as well!  Dad, Ryan, Landon and I all went to the game while the girls stayed and swam with Grandma Debbie at the hotel.  They had a ton of fun doing that and were wiped when we got back to the hotel!

It was the Twins last game of the season, they are terrible, they lost and the weather was terrible.  I won't even mention the fact that they had traded Justin Morneau a couple weeks before…  Despite all of those things, we managed to have a good time.  There was a 3 hour rain delay and we ended up being at the stadium over 6 hours, so it did get kind of long.  Landon stayed entertained with phones and plenty of snacks.

 Even rally caps wasn't going to help…

I saw this sweet cafe on our walk to the stadium.  It looked just lovely, and what a fabulous name!

We had a nice dinner with Amy, Mike, Kym, Jenny, Morgan, Henry, and Casey on Saturday night at a fun little restaurant called the Chatterbox Pub.  It was good to see them all and the kids were all entertained with all the games at the restaurant.

Fun weekend of swimming, eating, baseball and family!