Halloween Fun

Here is a summary of all of our Halloween fun!  

The pumpkin Brian and I carved at our ABF's small group night.  It was actually the first time we had ever carved a pumpkin together and it turned out pretty well - maybe we'll do it again next year. 

The girls got all dressed up in costume for Ballet class!

We had a fun trip to the park - I got in a good 3 mile round-trip walk/run with the jogging stroller and the girls enjoyed the playground and just running around in general. 

Naomi said several times that she wanted to dress up as a helicopter for Halloween, so I found an online idea for making a helicopter costume and set to work.  One bankers box, 4 rolls of duct tape, one reusable shopping bag, one paperclip, one beanie hat, and one nut/bolt = 1 Happy Little Helicopter Girl with working propellers and rotors!  I love her independent spirit and uniqueness!

Olivia loved dressing up as Minnie Mouse, but couldn't resist trying on big sisters costume after we were done trick or treating on a couple of little cul-de-sacs in our neighborhood.  

Pumpkin Patch

 Typically we have gone to the Owens Pumpkin Patch with my MOPS group, but, aside from it closing, it didn't work out with our schedule to go with the MOPS group this year.  So, one Friday afternoon, we just took the kids to a little pumpkin patch at a local church.  

They loved it!  It was a wonderful reminder that they don't necessarily need some big broohaha of a pumpkin patch.  They just loved running around and picking up pumpkins and putting them in the cart.  We left with way too many pumpkins, but very happy kiddos!  

 

 

Trampolines!

Brian took off on a Friday so that he could go to the trampoline park with us because it is super fun and honestly Brian and I probably wanted to jump on the trampolines more than the kids did.  :)  

Yep, most of the pics are blurry... 

Yes, if you are the fun parents jumping on the trampolines, all the kids in the place gravitate toward you and want to jump with you.  I had a few random kid stalkers that would follow me around the trampoline park.  So, parents, jump with your kids!  

Naomi grabbed some water and pulled up a bench to watch the tv that they have.  

First Day of MDO 2014

After much debate we decided to do one more year of Mother's Day Out before moving to a more formal "preschool" program.  The girls love their MDO program and drop offs were a breeze with both kids and everyone had a great day.  Newly potty trained Olivia actually came home in her same clothes so that was a win (we haven't been 100% on that since, but you take a win when you get one). PS. Thanks Aunt Terah for the cute outfits!  :)

Both girls all grins for their first day:

Summer Fun - Outtakes

 This is just a bunch of random, but fun shots that I took over the summer.  

At this age, the everyday is sometimes where all the magic is at and I had to have it documented somewhere!  

The girls in a box and sidewalk chalk

Olivia playing dress up

More dress up:

Big sister dressing little sister and Naomi's arabesque as a princess ballerina

 Olivia at a birthday party (Naomi was in a weird mood and refused to go).  

Love them!

Naomi had to take a picture - turned out pretty cute!

 

Giving check ups and singing in hula aprons!

Park time!

The girls found the decals that I was going to decorate Olivia's room with and decided to do it for me!  Needless to say they've become more of a toy than anything else and that's okay.  :)

More photo fun - practicing selfies (God help this generation of kiddos!) and taking pics.  

These two on a Wednesday night after our Financial Peace University class!