Green Friday

On the day after Thanksgiving, we went with Dave's Mom to a local garden shop (among other places). Alex was fascinated by the train set up outside and Aubrey loved her arm painting.

Thanksgiving

We had Ghatool and her family over for Thanksgving. Ghatool watches Alex and Aubrey during the week. She and her family are wonderful and love Alex and Aubrey so much. We were glad that they were able to come over for Thanksgiving. Dave's Mom was also able to join us for Thanksgiving too. We were very thankgful to have everyone over.
(One of these years, I am going to remember to get my camera out while we are eating dinner. I always seem to forget.)

On of these years I will actually take pictures of us eating and sharing together, but maybe that time is just meant to be shared at the moment.

Fall Leaves

Ok, is it crazy for me to admit that I like to rake fall leaves.  Well at least once or maybe only once.  Then I like them to be all gone and my yard clean again.  I think Dave wants that too.  Most of the time he collects them with the lawn mower, but on Saturday, I suggested that the kids help us make a pile so they could play in it.  Alex and Aubrey are great workers and took their job of making a pile very seriously.

But after just a couple minutes, it was time to play.  They loved playing in the leaves.   There was even a pile of leaves at the bottom of the playground slide that they would slide into (for some reason, I don't have any pictures of that).   We can't wait to do it again next year. 

And, if all the leaves that fell after we raked and mowed on Saturday would miraculously disappear, that would be great too!

Some of Our Favorite Things

Alex still continues to be fascinated by trains.


Aubrey's new favorite activities are crafts and playing with playdoh.
This weird color of playdoh is caused by mixing dozens of colors together.

Picture Time

Last Friday, we went out and got some pictures taken. It's our somewhat annual trip to a professional place. Here are a few of the pictures that were taken.

Halloween Day

Halloween night with the neighbors.




Even Dave, Marissa, and I got all dressed up.
(I am not sure why Aubrey looks so sad.  She was excited the rest of the time)


Alex and our neighbor A who was also a spiderman.
They had fun being spiderman together.

Checking out the candy.
 
And more candy and this is just a quarter of what she got.

Carving a Pumpkin

On the day before Halloween, Dave carved a pumpkin with the kids.




However, halfway through the pumpkin carving, "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,"on the laptop won the kids over.

Fall Farm Fun Day

Alright, I am going to apologize now because I just couldn't decide which pictures to put on the blog. So I put more than normal. But I like them all. We went to a local farm where they have huge slides, hay rides, hay forts, kettle corn, dinosaur slides (Alex's favorite), and so much more. We have been going for the last 3 years. We thought we might miss it this year because the weather was not cooperating on the days that we could go. But we finally had a nice day on Halloween so we went in the morning and had a great time. It was cold when we started, but the sun warmed everything up and it ended up being a great day.

We were so glad that Marissa (Dave's daughter) was visiting for the weekend and that we were able to check out the Fall Farm while she was here. Alex and Aubrey think its great when their sisters and brother comes to visit.

Alex on the Dinosaur slide. It was his favorite slide of the day. Aubrey was afraid of it, so she wouldn't go on it.  But as we were leaving, she did say that next time she would go on it because she wouldn't be afraid anymore.

There is a new sheriff in town!!!

Making Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

On the evening before Halloween, we decided to make some Pumpkin Oatmeal cookies. Alex, Aubrey, Marissa, and I all made them together. They were delicious.