New Boots!

We recently took a trip to the University mall so we could take the kids to play in the amazing Dinosaur/Treehouse play area. Its huge and tons of fun! Payless shoes was right next to it, so beforehand we bought Grecia a new pair of winter boots! She was utterly thrilled and insisted on putting them on right away! Ayden was so cute helping Grecia get on the slides and was more than happy to get his pants all wet on the water ball thingy! Needless to say it was a very fun Saturday! I've also added some extra random pics of the kids and I, as well as Grecia's day of independence in which she chose her own outfit: headband on head like a hippy, pink puffy jacket with matching pink tutu from Grandma Tresa! Ayden also got a new soccer goal this summer after his soccer team season ended. Enjoy :)

Halloween Countdown

Our dear friend Whelmar Greenland came up with the cutest Halloween countdown I've ever seen! We started on the 19th of October, and will continue to open 1 little door a day until the 31st! It's been a lot of fun and gives us great indoor activities to work on since it's getting so cold outside! I will list the 5 we've done so far, and will continue to post the rest as we go.
Day one: Read a Halloween story. We read "Clatter Bash" and "The Runaway Pumpkin"
Day two: Make a neat Halloween crat. We made Happy Halloween signs
Day three: Create a special mix of spooky tunes. We couldn't quite do this so we listened to spooky songs and watched "The nightmare before Christmas."
Day four: Take pictures of cool Halloween decorations in your neighborhood. Ayden and his "brothers" and I walked down the block by our house and took pics together in frront of the houses. There weren't many choices, but it worked and the boys had fun which is most important, right!? :)
Day five: Create your own Halloween cards. We made a Happy Halloween card for the Greenlands!

Trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

I will be going backwards some days just to catch up, but to post something current, here are pics from our recent trip to the Farnsworth Pumpkin patch with our friends and neighbors the Greenlands! Ayden refers to these boys as his "brothers." This thrills him because he feels he finally has brothers like Daddy! This place was so much fun. They have a great pumpkin farm, homemade apple cider doughnuts, a free Charlie Brown movie in the park at dusk, and tons of fun booths for painting faces, "fishing," frisbee toss, bounce houses, etc. So needless to say a very fun night, and surprisingly inexpensive! Always love a good deal :)

Day one

Well we've done it! We've broken down and finally entered the world of blogging! We hope this can become a good way of journaling our family adventures for our kids, and any other friends and family that want to see pictures and updates that Lis was previously very bad at! :) Enjoy!