State Farm Candy!

After the kids school parties we picked up Ellie and ran over to State Farm for some trick-or-treating from the doting ladies there.  This is the kids favorite place to trick-or-treat because of all of the attention and candy that they receive.

This evening we went trick-or-treating in a friend's neighborhood.  This neighborhood is the ideal place to take your little kids for Halloween.  There are kids everywhere and every house is decorated and handing out candy.  After we went around a few blocks we hung out with our friends, the Smith's, and helped them hand out candy.  Then we went to the Heaston's house for treats and friends as well.  We had a fun and exhausting day!

  Our annual picture at Daddy's desk.

  

Ellie figured out the rewards of looking cute and saying, "tick teat."  She was thrilled with all of the candy!

 The one-eyed-monster is on a mission.

 The three kiddos getting it done!

Halloween Parties

Today the kids had their school Halloween Parties.  I dropped off Ellie at a friends house to take her nap while I went to play.  I went between the two parties and got to see both kids show off their costumes, play some games, and eat their treats.

 Hannah's class.  Hannah is on the very left side.

 Hannah's parade with the entire elementary school.

 Jacob's class party.

  

Jacob showing me his pumpkin cookie. 

 Hannah's class with their treats.

Preschool Halloween Party

Today was our Halloween Party for our co-op preschool.  The kids had a great time making Jack-o-lanterns, marshmallow ghosts, and decorating cookies.

 Crafting

 Cookies

 Anneliese Miller

 One-Eyed-Monster Jacob, Spider-Man Crew, Princess Anneliese, Knight Joseph, (Charlie didn't want to be in the picture).

Jack-O-Lanterns

Tonight we carved our pumpkins!  The kids had fun, but of course complained about the yucky insides and how it made them itchy.  We kept Ellie entertained by letting her loose with the markers on her pumpkin (and herself!).  

Jacob scooping out his seeds. 

 Ellie from across the table.

 Brent doing his cleaning.

Hannah cleaning her pumpkin. 

 Ellie eating a marker.

Ellie is sad because she got yelled at for eating markers. 

Our pumpkins are a little hard to see because we used glow sticks instead of candles. 

 Daddy's pumpkin

 Hannah's with star eyes and a heart nose.

 Jacob's vampire pumpkin

Mommy's heart eye pumpkin.

Ward Halloween Party

Here are a few pictures from our ward Halloween Party tonight.  The party was at the Walpole Family farm.  The kids had a great time playing in the hay maze, riding on the hay ride, and playing games that the youth provided.  There was also a chili and cinnamon roll contest that was super yummy.  It was pretty cold with the breeze and we were definitely ready to go after a couple of hours.  We finished off the afternoon with a trunk-or-treat.  The kids took home tons of loot!

 Ellie was mad at Brent for trying to hold her during the hay ride.  She wanted to do it by herself!

 Miss Independent walking around

 Ready to go get candy!  Jacob was the Hulk, Hannah was a Butterfly Princess, and Ellie was a Bunny, "Hop, hop hop!"

 Tired Ellie didn't get a nap this afternoon and promptly fell asleep on the way home.

Our first snow!

We got snow!  Jacob and Ellie were loving the snow today.  I wasn't sure how Ellie would react to the snow this year because of her great dislike for it last year.  She LOVED it!  Hannah got to go and play in the snow with her friend, Darby Allison, at her house today.  Here are some snapshots of our fun time.  Here are a couple of videos to watch from Facebook as well.  One and Two.

Ellie was giving the stick horse some loves in the snow.

Jacob shoveling the driveway.

Ellie exploring wanting to sit in a chair from the garage.

Hannah's 7 year old Birthday Questions

How old are you?                                      7
What makes you happy?                            Playing with my friends
What is your favorite animal?                    Koala
What is your favorite thing to eat?             Pizza, chicken rolls, lasagna, spaghetti, chicken nuggets & patty, hot dogs, apples, cookies
What is your least favorite thing to eat?      Grilled cheese sandwiches & tomato soup
What is your favorite thing to do?               Read
What is your favorite TV show?                   Arthur
What are you really good at?                       Doing the mermaid, it's a ballet move
What is your favorite movie?                      Mirror, Mirror
What is your favorite color?                        Purple, Blue & Pink
What is your favorite song?                         Mom & Dad's wedding song (from Anastasia)
Who is your best friend?                             Abby Redfearn
What do you and your mom do together?     Crafts, work on stuff
What do you and your dad do together?       We go on bike rides
What is your favorite sport?                        Dance & Basketball
Where is your favorite place to go?             Abby's house
What is your favorite book?                        Ramona the Pest
What do you want to be when you grow up? A ballet teacher

I asked Hannah if there was anything else that she wanted to say and she said, "I miss Abby so much."

Ellie's Issues

I gave Ellie some pudding for her snack today.  I walked away and came back to a sticky mess!  She was sticky enough that it was worth just throwing her into the bath tub.  Later she bonked her noggin on the coffee table and got a pretty good goose egg.

 Sticky!

 All clean!

 She bonked her bean!