Halloween Better Late than Never

I'm a little late getting the Halloween pictures posted, but here they are. Emily's favorite holiday. Emily was Sleeping Beauty. Abby was a Princess Kitty. Drew was a dinosaur. Emily and Abby had a great time and Drew was along for the ride. This year Em and Abby were running off ahead of us and didn't need us to walk up to each door with them. They managed to hit a lot more houses this way than years past and we still have the candy to prove it.

Growing so Quickly

Time is flying at our house. Drew sat up for nearly 10 minutes today before toppling over. He loves to sit and pull toys out of a basket just like his sister did at this age.

He looks really serious about this toy bug doesn't he?

He's also doing this adorable thing where he gets up on his hands and his tip-toes. Then he'll get back on his hands and knees and move his little bootie back and forth. Love it. And he's rolling front to back now (it had been just back to front for awhile).

We had a game night with my family and we were all so impressed that Emily and Abby played their own game of Candy Land. They looked so old!!! I don't think they actually managed to finish the game though, but still!I just had to throw this one in here because he's so stinkin' cute.

Abby is 4!

My beautiful niece Abby turned 4 on October 29th. She had a great Hello Kitty party.

The kids played hot potato with a Hello Kitty doll. It was a hit. Pin the bow on Hello Kitty.

The pinata apparently had the kids mesmerized.

My sister made the cake - isn't it fantastic? Happy Birthday Abby, we love you!

Children's Museum Haunted House

Another fall tradition - the haunted house at the Children's Museum. We left Drew with gramma so Don and I could spend some one on one time with Em. This was the first year we went during frightening hours. The greeter at the haunted house wanted to make sure we knew it was frightening hours because she was worried about Em getting scared - obviously she doesn't know our little thrill seeker. Em loved it!!!
Em's favorite exhibits at the Children's Museum are dinosphere and the mummies (Mason introduced her to the mummies, we never even knew they were there!). Here is our little paleoentologist at work. I love this picture...

How lucky are we to have a phenomenal children's museum in our city?????

Zoo Boo

There are so many fun things to do in October! We didn't even get in all the things we wanted to, but we did make it to Zoo Boo. Em was more in to trick or treating than the animals. It was a cool cloudy day and several of the animals were up and about that are usually sleeping - like the lions and tigers. But the highlight of my day was riding the carousel backwards!

Precious Moments

This was just one of those sweet moments that I wish I could hold on to for eternity. We were having a slow morning and I left Drew and Em to play in the living room while I got some laundry started. I came back and found Em showing her brother a book. I got the first picture before they even knew I was there.

I love being a mom!!!!

Budding Photographer

Cory will be so proud. Emily loves to take pictures and she's pretty good at it. She takes pictures of her Barbies...pictures of our cat...pictures of her favorite blanket

and pictures of the toilet - yes that's right - the toilet. She thought it was hilarious (and so did I!)