Halloween, Part One

Some of the pumpkins that we carved. And we had many pumpkins to choose from.

Making Halloween sugar cookies.

Ready to go trick or treating with the Ward cousins.

Batman and Pinkie Pie Pony.

Photo opportunity after breakfasting with the witches at Gardner Village.

Fabulous Fourth!

This Week in Pictures

Valentine's Day

I know it's a little late, but I couldn't resist these cute pictures. Mitchell was in charge of holding the Jell-o treats on our way to a Valentine's brunch. He was concentrating hard and holding on tight so none of the heart shapes would slip off the plate.

The valentines that Madison made for her class. I think they turned out super cute!

The kids were dressed up for Valentine's day on Sunday.

I love it when they get along. What a great valentine for mom!

Rainy days with a chance of sun

The other week we had rain and a lot of it. Afterall, it is wintertime. Eliot says we may have gotten our yearly allotment in that one week. The kids loved getting out their rain gear and I loved it too!

Between puddle jumps and sloshing around we sipped on tea and hot chocolate indoors. It was a nice change from the perpetual sunshine. I probably appreciated the rain so much because it was such a novelty. I knew the sunshine would be back shortly.

Sure enough, the first sunbeam came through the clouds on the Sunday following the rain. The first sunbeam was my future Sunbeam. I can't believe this little guy will be a Sunbeam in one more week. Since then the has rain ceased and it has been sunny and warm ever since.

Side note: Mitchell had an astronaut visit his preschool. I think that was the first astronaut I had ever seen in real life. He made a fun space hat for the occasion which he is modeling here.