Halloween

 Halloween time is here once again.  The kids had a blast trick-or-treating.  My cute little people.  Even Ben went with us, and slept until half way. We had batman and super dancing monkey (Abbie wanted to wear everything). Little Bennie bear was a bear of course.

Carving Pumpkins

We love when it is time to carve pumpkins.  It is always a family affair.  The kids are starting to appreciate the art of eating pumpkin seeds, but Stevie is not a big fan of scooping out the pumpkin guts.  I could not get him to participate for the longest time.

Abbie, on the other hand, had no issues.  She was diving right into that pumpkin and making a big mess.






Even Ben got in on the action as best as he could.


I think the favorite part is painting the pumpkins once we carve them.  I think the kids have more fun painting than anything.  We started to paint when Stevie was little because I didn't want to worry about the knives and the painting has stuck as the kids have grown up.

First Snow of the Year

Ready to get outside

Yummy!

We had our first snow and Stevie and Abbie were asking all day to go outside.  When it finally warmed up enough (whatever is warm enough since it was still a snowy day) I finally agreed.  We got all of our snow gear on to make the trek outside.  I don't think Abbie got too much time outside last year since she was still so young, but she had a blast once we got her gloves to stay on.  We just love the snow!

Trying to start a snowball fight

Abbie figured out how to fight back