Pumpkin Carving

So the pictures are out of order... so sorry! We had a great time carving our pumpkins. The girls loved getting their hands in the slime.

Scoopin out the goop!

Helping the girls get all the seeds out. I remember this as a kid and my mom helping us get all the left over stuff out of there and it had to be clean.

Hayden loved the pumpkin because he thought it was a ball and if its round he loves it.

Getting ready to carve pumpkins!

Happy Halloween

Disgusting I know, but I love to make a fun Halloween dinner for the kids. So this year the menu was.... mummy pizzas, string cheese fingers, apple "bites", witches' brooms and jello pumpkin. I swear I get more excited than they do. I just remember my mom making fun dinners on Halloween so I have to keep up the tradition. It was fun. I want to do a mixed up dinner sometime (thanks Chels) but this year I felt like they were a little young.

Gorilla costume........... $10 3 bags of candy............. $8 seeing Hayden in his costume for all of 3 minutes.........priceless!
Mr. Hayden was a gorilla and absolutely hated this costume even though he looked so cute. He really would pull at it like crazy so he didn't last long. But it was hilarious!

My OCD was coming out really bad when my kids did not want to be anything coordinating this year. Dave said I had to let them be what they wanted. As hard as it was for me, I did it. Aubs wanted to be Dora, so Dora she was. But it was really cute and she got a lot of comments on the hair.

Mallory insisted on being something that wasn't to hot! After trying for weeks to get her to be other things she was determined to be an Indian (again)! [Dave insists she's a "Native American"]. She still looked so cute in the costume and it was a warm night so it's good she was something cool.

And finally, the pink flamingo. Chandler likes flamingos, so when she saw this costume it was a must for her. It was quite awkward but she pulled it off. She likes to be the different one. Go ahead and keep laughing because she knows people kept laughing at her.

Chuck E Cheese!!!

Hammy and Papa (that would be Grandma Schramm and Grandpa Schramm) and "Aunt Nellie" and "Uncle Fancy" (that is what Aubrey thought their names were) Really its Aunt Nancy and Uncle Francis came to visit us for a few days and we had so much fun. We went to Chuck E Cheese the last night they were here. The girls had a blast. I remember going there as a kid and that place was so huge and fun. Well, its still fun but the girls really had a good time. Chandler has it down now that its all about the tickets so she was going for those big time. We came out of there with the lamest toys ever for 250 tickets split 3 ways. They know how to get ya thats for sure. We sure had fun with family there with us. Hayden just hanging out in his stroller. He loves to look at the wheels go around on his stroller.

Hammy and the girls playing games

Hooray for family coming to visit us.

Chandler loved riding on this horse. She has a new love for horses all of the sudden.

High School Musical 3

So the girls just could not wait to see the new High School Musical 3. Grandma and Grandpa came to town with Aunt Nancy and Uncle Frans. So off to the theater we went on saturday. We went like 30 minutes early and had bought our tickets the night before since we were for sure it would be a total sell out. As we rush through the theater to get in to get seats for everyone, I kid you not, we walk in to the theater and there was like oh... 4 other people in there. And 4 other people were all that was there the whole time. We laughed that we were in such a hurry to get seats and we didnt even need to worry. We loved the movie, it was really cute. I love the music in these shows. We had a great time. That darn sun was really in the way!

Growin Up!

Look at that face, I just love it! He is getting so grown up all the sudden. He loves to play outside.
Ya, so now his dad thinks he needs to be a Mizzou fan! He loves being pushed around on this thing.

He also thinks he can walk now. He cant yet.... Hes trying real hard. He is all BOY!!

Ice Blocking!!

Last Monday we went ice blocking at a local park for family night with a bunch of families in our ward. It is so much fun as you can see on their faces.
Seriously, she made this face knowing I was taking the picture. Its a beauty!
Here they come down the hill.
Mally would fly down the hill on her block of ice. Next time we need to go earlier, so we can stay longer. It got pretty dark but we had tons of fun.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

This is Mallory and Maren, her good friend from her school. The kindergarten had a field trip to the pumpkin patch. I was able to go with them. It was so cute. There were goats to feed and pet, a hay maze, a hay ride and a huge pumpkin patch for all the kids to pick a pumpkin.
Mally feeding the goats
Me and Mallory on the hay ride. We had so much fun! I am so glad I can go do these things with them, thanks to daddy who stayed home with the little ones!
Isnt she so cute!
Mallorys whole kindergarten class with Mrs. Shaw.