Happy Halloween!

This was our first year dressing up for Halloween. It was so much fun!  The kids went as characters from The Wizard of Oz.  Carter was the Cowardly Lion.  Brandt was the Scarecrow and Elina was, of course, Dorothy.

The festivities began with a Halloween night at the hospital.  I was apprehensive that the boys wouldn't want to wear their costumes, but I kept talking about them and how cool they were.  The day of the hospital shindig, the boys didn't take a nap.  I thought the evening was going to be a complete disaster, but the boys did fine.

Elina as Dorothy

Carter as the Cowardly Lion

Brandt as the Scarecrow.  Brandt had fallen asleep just before I had to start getting him ready.  He was in such a foul mood when I got him up!

Eric got off just when we got there.  I love this pic of Carter and his daddy.

Brandt wtih his new friend, Grayson.

Eric and his princess

Here's the boys' good friend, Cole.  Cole was a ferocious shark!

A rare family picture

We also went to the local pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkin to carve.  The boys had so much fun running around through the pumpkins.  There was also a bubble machine and the boys would try to catch all the bubbles.

Running after bubbles

Me with my little pumpkins :)

Elina enjoying the view from the stroller

Got to find the right one!



Later that night, Eric and I carved the pumpkin and roasted the seeds.  We look forward to the seeds every year and there were hardly any in our pumpkin.  It was such a bummer!

Later that week Elina and I ran an errand while the boys were in Mother's Day Out.  Here she is in her Halloween tutu.

Wee took the boys to a trunk or treat at the church were the boys attend Mother's Day Out.  Those pictures are on another camera so I will have to post those when I download them:)

The night of Halloween, Eric got home right before the trick-or-treaters began to arrive.  Since we'd already taken the kids trick-or-treating at the trunk-or-treat, we opted not to go door to door.  I'm so glad we didn't because the boys had a blast handing out candy. Every time the door bell would ring, they would start running around and screaming.  They'd give each trick-or-treater some candy and then say "bye-bye!"  It was too cute.  Celebrating the holidays are getting more and more fun as they get older!

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7 Quick Takes

1.  The reason for the lack of posts lately is well, see below.  Some short little person stepped on the laptop and boke the screen.  It is beyond frustrating to use!  You have to minimize the screen you're using and then move it around to be able to see. Ugh...another thing to replace!

2.  Eric has been working a TON.   Below is a picture I took a few weeks ago when Eric was post call.  Poor guy.  He loves the time he's able to spend with the kids. You should see their faces when he gets home.  They clobber him and he's so happy.

 3.  The kids are doing well saying their prayers.  Even Elina joins in!  When she folds her hands, it looks like I Dream of Jeanie. Brandt is very good at reminding me when I forget to say a prayer before we eat and makes sure that his siblings are also folding their hands.  He also likes to say numerous prayers during the meal and before bedtime :).

4.  Elina took her first steps a few weeks ago!  She can take several at a time, but still crawls and then stands up everywhere.  Less than a month to her birthday!

5.  Elina is saying several words...mama, dada, bug, poopoo (a common word around here!), and hi.  Eric taught her how to do a high five the other day.  It's so cute!   Oh, and she's begun to use silverware.  I think she's going to be an over achiever in life:)

6.  Costco opened up yesterday!  I've been waiting oh so patiently. It was completely packed but I managed to get most of the things on my list. The opening was a huge event in Augusta.  Seriously, it is the talk of the town.  The mayor and news crews were even at the opening.

7.  The boys have become such big helpers with picking up.  They enjoy putting their dishes away which is such a huge help.  We're sticll working on putting their toys away, though.  For some reason, they tend to get too tired to help with that.  Hmmm....