Happy Halloween

Yesterday we went to a Halloween party at Carey's work.



Tonight, I took the girls trick or treating while Carey and Seth stayed home.







Uncle Nate, or should I say Uncle Sam, stopped by to "trick or treat" at our house!

Seth

I don't have a baby book for any of the kids, so I depend on the blog for documenting their lives! So, this post might be a little boring, but, there are some things to document.

Seth's at one of those ages where he is doing SO many new things. About a week ago he started saying "hi" and "bye", which is so adorable. He says "hi" if I walk past him playing. He says "hi" as he looks out the window and sees cars go by. Usually the "bye" comes after a person walks out the door, but it's still so cute.

Also, two days ago he stood up without pulling himself up on anything, "stooped and recovered" (bent down and stood back up without falling), and took his first steps. He's certainly not walking yet, but he is doing good taking anywhere from 3-10 steps at a time. Carey and I were in the kitchen and I could see him out of the corner of my eye, going towards Haley. Haley said "Ummm...Seth's walking." and I realized that he wasn't holding onto the wall like I had thought he had been. I love that his first steps were toward his big sister Haley.

A Little Practice

Today at Haley and Abby's preschool they got to "practice" trick or treating. It was so darling. Parents were invited, and when Carey and I got there, all the kids were sitting on the edge of the sandbox, looking as adorable as can be in their costumes. Their teacher was going over trick or treat etiquette with them (knock, say trick or treat, say thank you). When it was time, they went in groups, with parent escorts to four different doors with teachers and candy waiting for them. They went to the front and back door at the preschool, and then the front and back door at the head teacher's house (which is on the same property). Afterward everyone gathered back in the play yard and enjoyed some treats. I over heard a mom tell her son that he could have one treat and he replied "yep, and the rest is for the morning!"


Abby and Haley are in the middle with the jack-o-lantern bags.

Fall

Abby and Haley are really "into" fall right now. So, I thought it would be fun to take a rake to a neighborhood park and make a leaf pile for them to jump in. Well, let me tell you, we were the hit of the park. We made about five other little friends that joined in the fun. Oh, and I'll take this opportunity to brag a little and say that the girls did SO well taking turns with all those other little kids.

Pumpkin Patch Fun

We took a trip to the pumpkin patch this afternoon and had such a great time. Last year our trip was so lame we shouldn't have even done it. I really wanted us to go, pretty much just for the sake of going and taking pictures. It was right after we had bought our house, so Carey was ALWAYS gone, working on getting it ready for us to move in. Plus, Seth was a newborn, so I was still adjusting to life with three kids under three years old. So, we went really quick on Carey's lunch break to the world's most expensive (and scary) pumpkin patch. Needless, to say, it didn't take much for this year's trip to be much better than last year's!
Haley and Abby LOVED climbing on this big haystack. Haley collected all the white pumpkins and put them at the top. Abby got stuck on the top of the top pumpkin (like a kid getting stuck in a tree)!

Gosh, it almost makes you think they love each other!




My darling little pumpkins:)


The lucky pumpkins (and butternut squash) that we selected.

Happy First Birthday!

My first breakfast as a 1 year old:) (It's purple grapes, not olives.)

My Little Turtle

Yesterday morning Sethy was fussing in the living room and when I walked in there to see what was going on, I saw this:

He was stuck in his toy basket with his arms and feet flailing. He was like a turtle stuck on his back! Of course, the good mom I am, before I helped him out, I had to take a picture.