Spooky Halloween Party

Our friends, the Bellomo's, had a Halloween party tonight.  Costumes were mandatory.  There were some pretty creative and funny costumes.

Tony and Niki dressed up as a hunter and his prize doe.

We dressed up as Native Americans - to honor Dustin's heritage.  I will have to say that he looks odd as a brunette.  And although you can't tell that I am pregnant, if I was sideways you would definitely see a baby bump!

Jess and Cole were a cowgirl and cowboy - although Cole decided to take off his costume, and Jim was a vampire.

This was probably the 4th lollipop that Andrew swiped from the candy bowl.  He figured out how to take the wrapper off, so he didn't have to ask mommy or daddy for permission to eat them.

I gave Dustin my "Glamour Shots" pose.

Group shot!

I had to include the 2nd picture because of Jim.

Happy Halloween!

Meet Jack!

It's pumpkin carving time!

Andrew wanted to help daddy gut the pumpkin, but he still has an aversion to feeling "yucky" things.

He more or less pretended to scoop seeds from the outside and only touched the inside of the pumpkin if a seed was at the very top of the opening.

Mommy's turn to draw the pattern.

Andrew helped pull off pieces of the pumpkin as mommy cut them off.

Captain Hook!

He was pretending to eat the parts of the pumpkin for the camera.

Almost done!

Andrew decided to hide out under the trash bag.

More pretend eating.

The pumpkin is finished and Andrew deemed it worthy of a kiss.

And an eye poke.

Scary!

Blue or Pink?

Last Thursday we went to the doctor's to find out what we're having.  After telling myself that I would most likely have a boy (even though I wanted a girl), Jesus must have been listening to my prayers because we are having a little girl! 

More treat than trick!

Halloween is right around the corner, which means it's cookie baking time!  Nana and Papa sent a care package last week and included Halloween cookie cutters and assorted sprinkles.  Andrew was more than ready to help in the kitchen.  

Andrew loved his cookie cutters and took great pleasure in using them.  He identified all of them: ghost, pumpkin, bat and cat.

He had to take a break and consume some sprinkles for energy.

I kept telling him to say "cheese" while I took the picture, but every time he heard the click of the camera when I took a picture, he made this face.  Attractive, I know!

Yummy cookies!

Punkin Patch

Hi, everyone!  So sorry that it's been TWO months since I've last blogged.  Suffice it to say, there has been a lack of excitement in our lives.  Besides a garage sale, multiple failed attempts to go camping, and sickness, we haven't really done anything blog worthy...until now!

Last weekend, we headed to Beasley's Orchard for their annual Heartland Apple Festival with Jess and Cole.  It was a cool morning, but we all had lots of fun.

The boys played in the corn box.

Climbed the hay mountain.

I had to inspect Andrew's butt for stray hay.  

Nice photo op if you can get past Andrew's expression.

Mid-morning snack.

Corn maze!  The boys actually told us where to go about 90% of the time and with the exception of skipping our 2nd marker all together, they did a pretty fantastic job.

Going on a hay ride to the pumpkin patch!

Once again, I had to check Andrew's butt for hay.

Andrew tried to lift many pumpkins.  He just didn't understand that he couldn't lift twice his own weight.

If you can't lift 'em, then sit on 'em!

Cole had to participate, too!

We were there for almost 3 hours and I wish we could have spent more, but Dustin had to head to work.  Andrew had such a fun time at the pumpkin patch.