Fall Fun

Our freshly carved jack 0' lantern

Was Zsa Zsa and Pops' house built on an ancient Indian burial ground?

Kenzie helping me make caramel apples. Yummy!

Mackenzie and her classmates are ready for Halloween.
As the kids get older I keep having more and more fun! I feel like an 85 year old woman saying this, but I do feel like a kid again when I see K & E so excited. This is just a hodge podge of pictures from our weekend and today's Halloween party at school. Enjoy! How does the witch keep her hair in place? scare spray

Early Tricks-or-Treats

Today we got an early start on our trick or treating. We simply don't get quite enough candy every Halloween-haha! A shopping center in Cooper City has a trick or treating event where each store passes out candy and they have a raffle for prizes. There's also a costume contest. We didn't see the little stripper boy this year, but we did see some singing divas, lots of pirates me matey, and even more pretty princesses. There were even a few dressed up doggies. We met up with a couple of our neighbors and had a great time. Why couldn't the pirate get in to see the movie? Because it was rated argggg. Happy Halloween! Now where are the kids' candy bags? It's time for mommy and daddy to raid them....

We have made it a birthday tradition each year to take Mackenzie to the pumpkin patch to pick a birthday pumpkin. This year Zsa Zsa and Pops came with us. It was great fun picking out a birthday pumpkin!

5 years ago today...

Isn't that how every mother starts their stories about their children's birthdays? Gosh, five years ago if I'd thought about Mackenzie being five years old, I'm sure it seemed like light years away! I took out her first picture today to look at-wow! Thinking back on that day there are so many emotions tied into her birth. I had to write it all down months later. I thought it would be therapeutic, and mostly it was. I am so grateful that God has grown this little preemie into an intelligent, beautiful, big five year old! She's come a long way from that li'l furry red baby. :)

Fun with Wevi

Wevi? Wevi who? That's Levi in Ethonics. We spent the day with Levi and had a great time! Everyone played nicely (i.e. Ethan didn't hit anyone), and, of course, my kids were in kiddy heaven being at the Hunter's house. When we first ran outside to play, Ethan and Mackenzie were running back and forth from the trampoline to the swings to the trikes to the sandbox, not really sure what they wanted to play with first. We enjoyed playing Cariboo, and Levi kicked Ethan's butt in a game of chess. Mackenzie discovered Abby's dress up clothes. Wow! We had a fashion show with those. By the end of the afternoon, about 10 minutes before Mary came home, Levi curled up on the couch with his b squared (binky and blanket) and fell asleep. Ethan did the same on the way home. We were all tuckered out from a great day with Wevi!

What's a pajama party?

Mackenzie found out what a "pajama party" was when Abby came to spend the night on Friday. It was her first official slumber party, and she had a blast! Here's a list of the happenings:
*dress up with lots of bling
*painting flower pot pumpkins
*pizza, pizza
*playing at the park
*trading pajamas for the night
*watching a movie in a tent
*eating lots and lots and lots (candy, popcorn, ice cream -oh my!)
* bedtime and lots of giggles after lights out
*waking up before dawn (5:55 to be exact)
*playing Chutes and Ladders under the bed (?)
*pumpkin patch fun and searching for the biggest pumpkin
*more fun on the playground and being chased around by the big dragon (aka Matt)
Abby was a joy to have over, and Mackenzie was sad to see her go. Her first pajama party was definitely a memorable event!

Busy busy bumblebees

What a busy week we had last week! The whole fam damily got together on Saturday to celebrate "Abuela's" 80th birthday. We dined together at the Olive Garden, and then we went back to Zsa Zsa and Pops' house to have ice cream cake. Yum!! Auntie and Uncle Mike were able to come down for the celebration so we got to spend time with them. We had so much fun with them that we went up to Palm Bay to visit with them the next weekend! They only live about an hour away from Orlando, so we all went to Universal and Islands of Adventure on Saturday. Olivia went on her first caro-suess-al ride (although in utero), and while that was the only ride Auntie could ride she watched Ethan while we rode some other fun rides. (Kenzie will tell you that her favorite was the boat ride, and Ethan's favorite was ET.) It was a long, fun day. Overall, it was a great weekend! Thankfully, this week is slower, but next week is another story...... I think I'm going to throw away my calendar. :)