For the second year in a row, we have gone over to our friends' house for a thanksgiving dinner and trick or treating with the kiddos. It has really worked out well and we have a great time! This year, not being pregnant worked out a lot better. No swollen ankles after! The kids all looked so cute, and I think Katy and Jessica enjoyed just being there and watching them all!

Cecilia trying on the hat once again as we are getting ready to leave.


One hot Momma and her little Chili Pepper!

The whole family!

Papa and his little Duckie.

Katy holding the red hot pepper!

Cecilia showing us her first piece of candy!

There they are again!

So happy out of the costume! It was a HOT afternoon!

On to the next house!

Miriam checking out Jessica's pretty.

The cowboy couple!

It's a pencil!

Wow and a sucker!

Papa with Mir....oh no! No costume!

That's better!

Happy Halloween!

At home Halloween morning

Like I said, Katy and Jessica ended up coming over on Halloween and we were so glad to see them! Our family had been up very early, as per the usual, and started garage sale-ing at about 8am. We had some wonderful finds and useful things for the girls as well as at home. Ask Matt about his table saw. What a deal! There will be more woodworking projects I am sure!

Trying on our duckie again. She loved that thing!

Ta-da! The cake that I made was a bundt cake turned into a pumpkin.
I was so proud of myself!


Mir just being cute.

Cecilia rocking out on Winnie the Pooh

Mir, in a bumbo!

Cecilia loved Jess' hat.

Jessica asked Cecilia what goes in the pumpkin. Her reply was, "Celia."

Mir trying on her costume for the first time.

Um, probably the cutest chili pepper I have ever seen!

(Pay no attention to mommy's bad crazy hair.)

There's our little duckie!

So adorable!

Happy birthday to you Jessica!

Making a cake!

Saturday for Halloween Katy and Jessica were coming over to hang out and trick or treat. I knew the 30th was Jessica's birthday so Cecilia and I decided to make her a cake. I had a great idea for a Halloween themed cake, but would need to frost it the next day. Here is Cecilia mixing the cake batter. What will it be? Check out our next post to find out!

Malloween

They had a trick or treating event at the local indoor mall, so I thought I would try and take the girls over to see what it was all about. We went with some friends from playgroup as well as ran into a few friends there too. Miss Marcie had a late start at work that day so she decided to join us. We are so glad that she did, otherwise we would have been in big trouble! There were toddlers everywhere not to mention that our toddlers wanted to adventure out themselves too. It was nice to go around to the participating stores and get a dum dums sucker (those seemed to be very popular). In the end we had a great time wearing costumes and enjoying the air conditioning. I think it was like 85 at 10am that day. Geesh.

Cecilia was a duck. She had a hard time keeping on her hood.

Posing for mom. How nice.

Pumpkin carving

Last year we didn't think Cecilia was really old enough to understand/"get" carving pumpkins. This year, we figured it would be more fun and that she would want to help out. We were prepared for the worst mess you could imagine, and instead it somewhat backfired. Cecilia was terrified of the "pumpkin goo" and wouldn't come anywhere near it. Of course that meant that Momma and Papa had to try and get her to do it all the more. Matt quit when she almost started crying. I didn't think orange mushy yuck could really scare someone.

Getting the table ready. Large knives in the front left.

Papa digging in and Cecilia watching intently.

The goo emerges and Celia freaks out.

Look at that face!

Checking out the goo.

Large bowl of goo and one carved pumpkin. That's as far as we got.

Papa's masterpiece.

Sisters Picture

I try to take pictures of the girls together as much as I can, playing and things, just because I think they look cute and have tons of fun together. This was when Cecilia was playing really nicely with Miriam on the floor. All was well for a while, but then Mir started crying all of a sudden. I asked Cecilia what happened and why was Mimi crying. She said, "I sit on her." Well at least she told the truth.

Do you think they look like each other? I'm not sure...

Fall Hayride!

Believe it or not, there are hayrides in Florida. Now the hay might be imported, the tractor might be 50 years old, and we just go through some overgrown woods, but it was cheap and a fun thing to do as a family. Again, all this sponsored by a local church. It kinda makes me laugh that the churches get so into Halloween, but I guess that's the way they roll in these parts.

Momma, Cecilia and Mir sitting on the hay trailer.

Family Picture!

Future farmers of America, look out!

Cecilia driving the tractor!

The older gentleman driving it was so nice!

Had to get the pumpkin, kid, wagon shot.
I think it weighed about as much as she did.

Papa being the scarecrow.

Cecilia was being like the kitty. Random. Note her tongue sticking out.

I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too!

I think she was afraid of the bird.

Frankencelia

Say cheese!

Just hanging out!

Mir was just playing around on the floor, and I thought I would catch a picture!

So cute, but no smile I guess.

Temptation

Cecilia loves the computer, but knows she's not supposed to touch it.

Really Papa, I'm not touching, just looking.

Meanwhile, Mir and Papa were hanging out in the next room.

Look how well she is holding up her head! Sitting up by herself is just around the corner!

So smiley!