Halloween Excitement

I have always known people who said Halloween was their favorite holiday and I confess I always thought they were weird for saying that. But this year something has come over me and I'm so excited for Halloween! We took these pictures before it was even October and we have had Oliver's costume since the first of September I think.

This was the first time, but not the last time we've had Leah dress up in hers. She's put on a show for both grandpa and grandma when they came. I don't have a video of it, but the cutest thing to me is to be behind Leah when she runs. It has a stuffed "bum" and it shakes back and forth as she run and it just makes my cheeks hurt I'm smiling so big.

Unfortunately Halloween is on a Sunday so we won't take the kids trick or treating that day. I do have Leah signed up for the library fun on Saturday morning. I guess we can live without all the candy a.k.a. the loot.

Sears Pictures

A few weeks ago we took the kids to get their portraits done at Sears. Is it illegal for me to post these since they're professional? I hope not.

Another Flake Visit

This last weekend we went up to New York to visit Levin's brother Taylor and his family. While there we went to the PepsiCo sculpture garden. Taylor works for Pepsi. We also went to an apple orchard 3 minutes away from their house.

My sister-in-law Shelley gave Oliver this adorable little outfit and how appropriate that he is finally the right size to wear it the week we were at their house. Sadly I don't have brown socks for him.

It was a costly trip. We lost Leah's monkey and one of her shoes there and I almost thought we lost our camera. I may or may not have given Levin a lecture thinking he'd lost it . . oops! I did apologize.

Pony Update

I forgot to mention that Levin sold the pony - and for $100 more than they paid for her. Go team!

They're Finally Paying Out!

After 18 weeks of being chicken owners - we finally got our first egg! It is a little smaller than my Grade A Large store-bought egg (see picture) and we can't eat the eggs for a couple of weeks, but hey, we're finally seeing the fruits of Levin's labors (and a little bit of mine - I had to try and help him catch one last week which was not easy considering I refuse to touch them.)