Fun Weekend

We had another great weekend! Saturday night, Grandpa Monte came up and we had a Badger get-together with some friends. We are smelling ROSES!!!!! We celebrated Grandpa's birthday a little early, and even had cake for breakfast! After that, we headed to get our tree, and had a fun time decorating and baking for the rest of the day and evening. The girls enjoyed trying on the tree skirt! What a fun Christmas it will be!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend at home this year. Bumpa and Nana spent a few days with us, and Ellen, Randy and Sabrina's family joined us Thanksgiving Day. The kids loved helping Jesse start getting the lights up in the mild weather.

Funny pics

It has been awhile since I've updated! These are just some fun pics from mid-Nov. I came home one day to find Max "nursing" baby Diego, the girls are sporting their painted faces from the La Valle spaghetti supper (yes, those are supposed to be goatees), and the kids have enjoyed snuggling together in the mornings! We are enjoying each other!!!!

Snow

We had the first snowfall today! The kids were so excited right from the start. I even was excited, until I had to go out in it :) Max and Macy enjoyed playing outside before enjoying the warmth of inside. I also posted a recent picture of the kids stretched out on the floor...so big!

Milwaukee Zoo with Bumpa and more!

Last Saturday I had a baby shower in Milwaukee so I brought the kids with me while Jesse could get some much needed work done around the house. Bumpa met us at the zoo and stayed with the oldest 3 after I had to leave a little while later. They enjoyed lunch, and the train ride the best! Thanks to Bumpa for keeping them occupied while I had a great time at the shower with high school classmates! That night we had a great dinner at Northstar with Kirk and his girls. The kids enjoyed the chalkboard wall and toys while waiting for our food. Kirk also had our girls stay overnight, and they had a blast. When we got their the next day, they had a show that they put on for us. Kirk also made a yummy breakfast, including the BIG pancake just for Max! Thanks for the great time!

Matthew at 4 months

Matthew is such a sweetheart! Although he cries more than any of the others did, he has a sweet smile and laugh. He is also the smallest one we've had...was just under 13 pounds at his 4 month, only in the 25%. He sure loves his brother and sisters, and they enjoy reading and singing to him and making sure that he gets taken care of. We are so blessed!

Halloween Weekend activities

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Max enjoyed wearing the fake rotten teeth they won at Knucklehead's last weekend...the best pic was the one where he is holding the floss up! We had a great time Friday trick-or-treating at the annual pumpkin parade, where we start by the library and go around downtown Reedsburg. Friday night Macy got to go with a friend to a party, and we enjoyed time with Madison after the boys went to bed. Saturday we headed to Viking Village grocery store and had pictures, bobbed for pears, entered a coloring contest, and enjoyed some goodies. Saturday night we had a great time at the Olson's Halloween party, with many fun families! Sunday the girls had a "bug" birthday party, and of course, tonight, trick-or-treating ended with a free meal at Culver's! The funniest about tonight, the two dogs dressed as Batman and Robin, and a neighbor passing out free hot dogs and jello shots, along with candy! Crazy! What a great time! We had such a fun Halloween this year...it will be hard to top!

Mission Pooh Bear...completed!

Max would not be in the same room with his Pooh Bear costume! He would scream and run away! Today was a great day, as Daddy somehow persuaded him to try it on! Now we have our very own characters from the 100 acre woods! Matthew also got to try on his Puppy costume I found! Now to get Max back in for trick-or-treating...hopefully no problem when there is candy involved! This will be a great Halloween!

Pumpkins and Dance

Daddy enjoyed carving cool faces for our pumpkins...pictures to come soon! The girls enjoyed dance class in costume this week, too!

Spookfest at Knucklehead's

A friend told me about Spookfest at Knucklehead's in the Dells, so I decided to brave it with all of the kids and give it a try! We had a blast! It wasn't very busy, and the deal was great. Our kids didn't go on many of the big rides, but enjoyed the play park, pirate ship, obstacle course, airplane ride, jumping pillow, carnival games, decorating caramel apples, free arcade games, among other things. The kids received treats from all of the rides, and Madison even won a door prize! She got some dress up stuffed kitty cats, along with a gift card to go back! It was a wonderful fun day, and definitely a new family tradition. We even made the paper! http://www.wiscnews.com/image_c7c24194-ff4a-11e0-bc1f-001cc4c002e0.html