Pool Party!

We were super excited to head to a pool party for a friend yesterday...A Pool Party in Oct?!?! How cool! M couldn't believe it since all the pools she knows about are closed!

Relay races...M had a blast! The men folk stayed home and napped and played things like Mr. Potato (ARM) Head...Carter is convinced the arms go on top of his head...it's really funny to see them shake hands or give each other "fist bumps"...but there is no convincing him at this point that they should be on the side of his body...good times...good times... :)

Trunk or Treat

We went trunk or treating with friends on Fri. night...Girls from one of my playgroups invited us bc their soccer team had a "trunk" in the lineup....We had fun walking around with Trina and Co...(Mike was chaperoning the middle school dance)...I was late getting there and the girls were so sweet to go around with us again so M and Carter could get candy...They showed us right where to go and didn't ask to get seconds once! The girls were so photogenic...the bunny and dragon...not so much!

I have never been trunk or treating, but heard it was a lot of fun...and it was!

Carter would just assume dance and eat... :)

We had a great time with you all! Let's hang out more often!

It's a Bird, It's a Plane....

It's Mags the cat!!!!!! :)

Maggie is such a cool cat...she always needs to be near us...and I guess sometimes above us!

She climbed up in the small dogwood tree in the middle of the kickball field (aka our back yard) when we were playing on Fri...(Let me just say that I love kickball and wish I could play in an adult league...it's just such a fun time!)

Down she comes...We all enjoyed watching her acrobatic skills as she went up and came back down...

Our sweet Mag-i-licious...

We love our furry friend!

MiMi Makes the Rounds

MiMi came to see both kids at their different activities on Friday...

First up...Mal's costume parade at school!

So fun to see all the kids...M missed last yr bc she was sick...

There goes the bunny chewing on her whiskers..."Nervous Nellie!" (MiMi found some other costumes and the kids love dressing up all the time...the elephant suit was way too tight for Carter and so MiMi found him a new one for Halloween and saw this bunny one too...Thanks MiMi! The kids love dressing up all yr around the house!)

Next it was Carter's turn at soccer...MiMi got right in there and played!

Popcorn Parachute time!

Team Huddle before snack time...Go TEAM! :)

Then Aunt Susan called and asked if we could meet up for lunch...What a nice surprise...So we picked up M from school and headed to a park with some yummy Chickfila...

Such a fun and chilly time...Crazy that it was so hot we had the AC on the day before...WHACKY weather!

Good times! Thanks for the memories MiMi and Aunt Susan!

One Down, One to Go...

Mal and one B&A Kid helped me scoop out the seeds of M's pumpkin on Thurs...Mal drew a pic of what she wanted the face to look like...one big eye and one little eye, circle nose, and smile....and after dinner I carved while Mike tried to learn how to play Edelweiss on the guitar and the kids played in the other room and came in periodically to show us things...Always a chaotic good time...Carving! But the seeds have been so yummy to eat!!!! Now we just have Carter's to do!!! :)

Favorite!!!!! :)!!

I was a little bit HYPER when both my sisters texted me that the ENTIRE cast of my favorite movie was going to be on Oprah today! We might be the only people in America not to have DVR so I am hoping to catch it the first time around...if not I'm hoping they will re-air it here...YAY!!! :)

Parade

Our MOPS group went to a Nursing Home today to have a parade...I love seeing the old and young together! I was worried that we weren't going to get out the door though...We had an "angry elephant" on our hands...he wanted to stay home and play with dinosaurs...I thought their might be a "stampede"! But we got there!

We walked around to and chatted with people...Carter was so excited when a lady came out with a walker with a basket full of candy...He wasn't too pleased that he had to wait to eat the candy though...We walked through different parts of the home...we walked down to the woodshop...So cool to see the little things they were carving...Carter loved the little dog one of them made...again he was not to pleased to have to leave to go to the next area...It was so nice though...the smiles on their faces...the old lady grabbing my arm and saying, "enjoy them...I was too busy and now mine are grown and live far away..." We can learn so much from our elders!