One last Halloween pose

We enjoyed a quiet weekend at home...towers built, family yahtzee game, family play time outdoors, family walk, and lots of cooking! Because they always had to have layers of clothes on with their costumes, we braved the outdoors one last time. Presenting, Halloween 2012, Toy/Monte Story!!!!!!

Trick-or-Treating

We had a great time trick-or-treating with friends on Wednesday! Matthew enjoyed a twizzler as he sat comfy and cozy in the stroller, while the other kids had a blast running up and down the neighborhood. We ended at our friends' house, where we were treated to chili and "mummy dogs". Matthew enjoyed feeding himself his yogurt...we should probably practice that a bit more!

Pumpkin carving and school events

We enjoyed pumpkin carving last Saturday! There was only one pumpkin that we couldn't get through, and we did some fun pictures. Max had a costume Halloween party at school, and the girls had a "Fall Festival" parade at school in which each class made a mask or hat. Madison's class were spiders and Macy's class were bats (please see the demonstration below)!

Viking Halloween Party

Viking Village always has a wonderful family fun Halloween party. This year they had cookie decorating for the kids (I cannot imagine how much frosting/toppings was used that day), hot dogs, many other samples around the store, pears on a string, coloring contest and pictures outside this year. We also got our pumpkins last Saturday while in costumes...I also just noticed that the $2 pumpkins have a limit of 3...OOPS! Anyways, it was a fun time had by all!

Health Care Center and Pumpkin Parade

What a great day! After the play date, we rested and started in with the festivities! I took the boys to the Health Care Center where they enjoyed the cool fountain, more than the candy. The whole family went on the pumpkin parade down Main street. It was very chilly, but yet there wasn't any complaints! Woody, Rex, Barbie, and Jessie did great! That evening, I took the girls to the spooky swim at Swim Reedsburg, while Jesse did some grocery shopping and picked out a movie with the boys. I wish everyday could be like this!

Spooktacular Halloween Party

I wanted to host a Halloween Party this year, and when I looked at the list, I thought I'd call it "Spooktacular" Halloween play date! Everyone brought a fun snack and we played in the morning to attempt tiring out the kids before all the other festivities of the day. There were 19 kids in my house under the age of 8, and they did amazing! We had such a great time, and would definitely do it again! I gave out party favors as they left, and of course the teeth were the most popular!

Fun weekend

We had a great last weekend with fun and family! The nice weather has been great for the park...we have been going a lot and enjoying some leaves. Matthew was very photogenic this last time, and I took these pics as his 16 month pictures! I can't believe it! Last Sunday, we went to Madison and met my Mom, Lauren, and Katelyn out to eat with Aunt Ellen. Afterwards, we went to the mall and played in the play area and even got some ice cream before we left. It was so nice to see the nieces...I miss them!

Tooth Fairy and soccer

What a fun and exciting week for Madison! On Tuesday, right after we picked her up from CLC to go to Culver's for dinner, her tooth came out! We thought it was so cool that we were all with her, and she was pumped! At dinner, she was continually scanning the dining area for people she knew so she could run up to them and tell them she lost her first tooth! The tooth fairy came and left her a gold dollar coin, which she was SOOOOO excited about! Mom and Dad each gave her $1 as well, since her tooth was going to be extracted by the dentist if it didn't come out on its own!

The next night was Madison's soccer banquet. She had a wonderful coach and a great team! Madison received "Most Improved" and "Good luck pants" awards (they did one serious and one silly, and she wore the same soccer ball pants every week)! What a great experience!

Matthew and Pumpkin Math night

Poor Matthew is starting to realize that he can't do everything the big kids can :( We put the bunk back together in Max's room, and the kids were hanging out on the top with POOR Matthew down below and sad! He also loves raiding my jewelry stash and then will walk around all proud. Max wanted to pose as well, and it shows the size difference between the two. Max weighed more than 20 pounds at his 9 month appointment and Matthew finally hit 20 at his 15 month appointment!

Macy's class also went to Country Bumpkin and that night was Pumpkin Math Night. Thankfully Uncle Duke helped us out so I could go with Macy by herself. We had many different stations, and at the end got to carve her pumpkin. We had a great time!