Let's review!
We had fun at Eden's birthday party. Funny kids.
We've gotten pretty into Harry Potter! We started our second illustrated version! And, as you'll see later in the blog, Everett decided we needed to do a Harry Potter themed costume for Halloween!
Lydia loves painting. And wearing her dinosaur hoodie.
Rozzy loves playing in mud . . .
And dirt. Get that baby away from the potted plants!
I can usually plan things so I don't have to take multiple (or any) kids shopping with me. So when I have to, it can be a pretty fun adventure. What cute kids!!
It was Open Studios time again! We went to visit. Mom showed the kids her bead making contraption and we all ate acorn goodies (and admired the art, of course).
Weird, wacky fun at our house.
Katie came to visit! She surprised Everett when she helped pick him up from school. She got to see his classroom. And eat In-N-Out, apparently.
Playing a fun game of Monopoly Junior.
Colony Days was a little drizzly, but we still had a great time. We waved at the Hunters on the Atascadero city float!
And we met up with the Thompsons, Peter, and Henry (who walked in the parade for his dad Bruce, who will be competing in Dancing with the Stars!--locally, for ALPS).
Rozzy's been getting some special days with Phil and Gion and it's wonderful! She loves her alone time with them.
Smart baby has seen Mom and Dad turn the sound machine on with their toes a few (hundred) times. Ha.
Adorable baby opening her Halloween card from Phil and Gion.
Gretchen and Mark came up to visit! We're always so happy when they make the trek up from La Quinta. Playing Bingo and Roz and Mark watching Baseball.
Lydia asked and asked until I agreed to help her make and decorate cookies. Pay no attention to the countertops. That is what happens when I spend all my extra time (which isn't a whole lot of extra time) making cookie dough, cutting shapes, and whipping icing. But they had fun! Worth it.
Phil and Gion have started taking Roz to gymnastics. Ack!! How cute!
Roz was the first kid to "help" carve a pumpkin. The next day it was Lydia's turn.
Cuties the Friday before Halloween. And the grass that's started spouting in our yard.
Then it was Everett's turn to carve! Ooshy gooshy!
The Saturday before Halloween (which was on a Monday this year, oof), Brian earned all the husband/dad points by deciding to take the kids to the ocean so I could finish up my costume projects.
Rozzy's learning to growl like a bear. Grrrr! And here they are making Grandpa George proud as puppeteers! This is the Morro Bay Museum of Natural History.
And here it is! Our family Harry Potter costume! Everett was Harry, of course. Lydia was the Grey Lady. She didn't want to be Hermione (she doesn't know the characters), and she mentioned a couple times that she wanted to be a ghost, so she was a Hogwarts ghost, the ghost of Ravenclaw House. Rosalind was the golden snitch (the most important ball in the game of Quidditch). I was Professor McGonagall and Brian was Professor Dumbledore.
We had my parents come over Sunday to take pictures and wrangle kids. Our photoshoot got rained out, but we got some good shots on the front porch.
On Halloween, as has become our tradition, we headed over to San Pedro for a yummy dinner and trick or treating in the neighborhood. It's a great little place for the kids to trick or treat. A few people know us and like to see our costumes, most people are home handing out candy, but it's not super busy, so they get good candy (really good candy!).
Halloween was a lot of fun this year! It gets more and more fun as the kids get older. Looking at Lydia beforehand thinking "just you wait."
Facebook quotes:
"Lydia is so sweet I can't handle it. She complimented the bagger at the grocery store for being very fast. Then she said good-bye to our fire engine shopping cart and told it she would miss it."
"Me: in a patriarchy, women are oppressed by,
Everett: Jabba the Hutt?!?"
Best wishes for November y'all!
No comments:
Post a Comment