Our Little Pumpkins

Brother & Sister, the best of buds!

Digging out the slop & seeds

 

designing the perfect "silly face with a tongue" - Jack's requested jack-o-lantern

Jack's silly faced pumpkin

Stella's kitty-cat punpkin

Happy Haunting

 Happy Halloween from our little Badger football player & Dottie the Clown...........we had a fun evening trick or treating, it was so much fun to watch the kids excitement! They are both seasoned pros with trick or treating etiquette now.  Our little "Dottie" proudly wore her costume all day long...for school runs, to the grocery store, luckily she did agree it could come off for nap time.  Tonight after I tucked Jack into bed and was leaving his room, he said, "Mom, I had so much fun going trick or treating with you and Dad and Stella, I had so much fun mom." and then he snuggled into his pillow...........precious :)   

Winds of Change

Stella setting up a picnic for her babies  :)

my future's so bright, I gotta wear shades

last picnic lunch of the year!

cheese!

 

Here we are, enjoying what will likely be the last warm day of the year. It was even warm enough for a picnic lunch and short sleeves.....a little weird actually for late October, but we took full advantage.  This week has brought us much cooler temps however, and with the air a little crisper and the breeze a little brisker, I can feel winter right around the corner.  The kids are excited for snow and we have a mudroom stocked with little boots and snow pants waiting to be worn.......so bring it on winter, we are ready!

Chef Jack

Franken-Krispies

our little ham - seriously, we just had family pictures taken, and Jack was hamming it up with the photographer the whole time!

mmmmmmm....... nummy treats!

Jack has been very into baking up Halloween treats in the kitchen..........Franken-krispies and Mummy brownies, delicious!

Maple Leaf Parade

the whole group - Oktoberfest 2012

Auntie Heather joined us for the parade!

Jack & AC positioned to pounce for candy

enjoying some parade candy

the newest members of the band.......look for Jack & Cullen in next year's parade


The kids loved the bands, all the action and of course the candy being thrown at them :)  It was a beautiful day for Maple Leaf parade 2012!

A is for Applesauce

 

peeling the apples

                                                          squishing the apples into sauce

Thanks to Grandma, Jack and Stella, we have a freezer stocked full of homemade applesauce.........mmmmmmm!

Fall Brings......

......cozy & beautiful evenings.

 

Bundling up a bit on our trips to the park

 Soccer practice for Jack

soccer with friend Alivia from Jack's class in Preschool & Sunday School

 

freeze like a popsicle!

Fall brings cozy coupe races in the driveway

cheered on by Stella

Go JACK!

 Fall brings chasing each other around the yard with the crunch of leaves beneath our feet.

The Two Amigos

Although they fight like cats and dogs and the sharing is a work in progress, these two cuties have plenty of moments together where you can tell they love one another.  The other day, Stella was nervous about going to her new daycare, and I overheard Jack telling her, "It's okay Stella, I get scared sometimes too going to a new place, it's okay Stella, it's okay to be scared.  You're going to be okay." and gave her a big hug...........melts my heart, moments like those.  I must remind myself of these moments when they are screaming and fighting with each other!