Monday, October 31

halloween.

we had so much fun!!!

the day started at school. in the morning, evan’s class got to go trunk or treating so i took the morning off of work to decorate our trunk and hand out candy :) a certain someone wouldn’t put on his costume {even though we had to hide it from him at home so that he wouldn’t want to wear it everywhere – 2 year olds!!}

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once i had handed out candy to all of the kiddos, i headed inside to watch the magic show with e’s class but first, i kidnapped avery from her class and she came with me :) little mister didn’t sit very still for the magic show but in his defense, it was a bit slow moving.

i was also in charge of goody bags for both evan & avery’s classes so i made s’mores bags to go…

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after dropping both munchkins back off in their classes, this mommy headed to work.

for the last few years, we have made some kind of soup or chili, had brian’s family over, trick or treated, and handed out candy. this year did not disappoint!

we made stew that we ate before the festivities began. we also had cupcakes that the kiddos loved!

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evan then put on his elephant costume and we put avery in her giraffe costume. we attempted some pre trick or treating pictures…

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and we’re off!

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avery made the first few houses and then we headed back with cc so we could hand out candy to the other kiddos in the neighborhood. we thought evan would be about done as well…haha! after going around the entire neighborhood, our little elephant was done. apparently, he would knock, say trick or treat, get his candy, say thank you, and then ask to go to “next house” or “across street”. silly boy!! i’m glad he had so much fun!

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our “punkin”
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e’s stash…
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happy halloween!

Sunday, October 30

punkin carving.

sunday afternoon, we did a little punkin carving…

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the only pumpkin guts he touched:)
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aunt ashley & brutus
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a little bike riding…
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working on avery’s first homework assignment! she started her big girl class and they handed me a turkey feather that we had to decorate and bring back. this little girl had fun!!
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and dinner time…
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fun day!!!

from the mouth of a 2 year old.

we had our first almost embarrassing moment with our 2 year old. we were checking out at walmart and the lady in front of us was wearing a compression sleeve on her very obviously swollen leg. we were playing around in line when evan said something i couldn’t understand. i asked him to repeat it and it went something along the lines of “mommy what wrong with her foot?” awesome! luckily, he said it somewhat quietly and it was enough 2 year old babble that i don’t think she heard him. out of the mouth of babes:)

Saturday, October 29

game day with nanny & vanpa.

we have aggie season tickets and are so thankful that nanny & vanpa are amazing and watch all 4 of our kiddos {yes, the 4 legged versions count :)} for us while we head to college station.

these are the pictures we got while we were at the game…

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it’s rough being at nanny & vanpa’s house :)

Wednesday, October 26

pumpkin patch.

we decided to take the munchkins out to our church’s pumpkin patch this afternoon. i wasn’t sure how long we would make it since the mosquitos have been so bad but it actually wasn’t terrible and we were able to pick out some “punkins” :)

first stop was the photo op but our two weren’t having it!

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then we picked out two “baby punkins” and one big “punkin” for our house. evan carried his pumpkin around the entire time and was amazed that he got to take it home with him! sweet boy!