"Just like daddy!"

My husband is notorious for wearing a baseball hat with his sunglasses up on the rim, so.......yesterday while we played outside, the sun was really bright, and the kids insisted on having their sunglasses. But Will wouldn't let me put his on his eyes, oh no, they had to go on top of his hat "just like daddy!" So here are some pictures of our fun fall day with the kids being like daddy:At first Kailyn had her sunglasses on....but it didn't take long to catch on!Trying to get a picture of them together...........at least they are both smiling!Here they are throwing leaves in the air and then eventually at each other! After this they went on to rake piles of leaves so they could "jump" in them:) Thank you Lord for the blessing of another beautiful fall day!

Mermaid, Bumble Bee and Candy, Oh My!

For Halloween we headed to Hope to go trick or treating in the dorms....we figured at least we wouldn't be outside the whole time that way! The kids dressed up as a bumble bee and a mermaid! Kailyn was so excited that she wanted to go in the morning before we even ate breakfast:)
Before heading to the college, we went to Pizza Hut for dinner!When we arrived we were in line with Kailyn's friend, Julia, and the girls helped to pass the time!My little peanuts walking to the next dorm for more candy:) All in all it was a great night and we started some new family traditions. We ended the night at my aunt and uncle's where we enjoyed great company and some yummy spiced cider!! It doesn't get much better than that.

Spiders!

Today in threeschool, Kailyn learned about spiders!! She came home with this adorable spider cookie and since there was only one.......we made some at home! Since I didn't have M&M's in the house we just used chocolate chips for eyes and luckily I still had some pretzel sticks and some cookie dough in the refrigerator. Will loved sticking on the pretzel legs and Kailyn enjoyed coaching us on what to do next!!!!

All in all, a really fun after school baking activity.....and they were tasty too!

Pumpkin Carving:)

Yesterday we decided to carve the kids' pumpkins!!! They each chose a template, we printed them and then we went to work cleaning out the pumpkins. Go figure that I grabbed this shot of us getting on aprons and stuff and then the camera battery went dead:( Anyway, we had a great time and a few challenges.....Ryan had to get creative just to cut into Will's (not sure if it was all the bumps or what, but the skin of his was super tough). He ended up using his drywall cutting tool!!! Kailyn loved messing with all the insides and didn't mind the messy hands....Will on the other hand had to warm up to the idea and only did it because he was being encouraged by his sister:)Our finished pumpkins.....You can totally tell that they are both saying "cheese" in this one...but they loved their pumpkins, especially in the dark:)

I never want to forget.....

These are a few stories that I don't ever want to forget........

We are on vacation in Chicago this fall and one of our favorite things to do as a family was go down to the pool and swim. Our kids are water rats.....particularly Kailyn. So one morning we are getting out and drying off to get ready for our day at the Children's Museum and Kailyn and Will notice the hot tub. Kailyn asks what it is and we explain to them both that it is a special little pool, but that it has hot water in it. Kailyn is satisfied with that answer, but Will looks at us and says "blow on it!" How simple and precious!!!! We will never forget it and the hot tub quickly became our favorite spot to sit after enjoying the pool!


I'm sad to say that I forgot the other story that I wanted to put here.....but when I remember it I will update this post!

Pumpkin Theme!

Over the past few weeks the kids and I have talked and read about pumpkins and leaves....the typical fall stuff! Anyway, after several crafts and stories we took to the kitchen for some pumpkin fun. I found a recipe that sounded yummy and one that the kids could help me with.....we had a ton of fun. We all doned our aprons (and chef hat in Kailyn's case) and got busy using a cookie cutter to cut out pumpkin shapes...then we filled them with chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.....sealed them shut and sprinkled them with sugar. The kids had a blast helping put the chips in the pumpkins. Kailyn even made a happy face with hers:)I think we need to get Will a more boyish apron.......Too bad we had to cover up the smiley face!

Boots.....

I have finally found Kailyn some winter boots for this year (and hopefully next)! They were on a sweet sale and I couldn't help myself.....well she loved them!!! For the next few days she showed anyone who came over and also wore them inside. She would strip out of her PJ's and run around with just undies and her new boots:) On this morning she decided to add her winter scarf and her tiara!!!!!!!