TRICK OR TREAT!

Despite the stressful chaos that goes along with Halloween night (parents, you know exactly what I'm talking about- especially with girls).....we had a fun night! Lucy finally decided to be Katy Perry but as the evening went on she downgraded to a rocker, dancer, etc.....the costume came off piece by piece...she does loathe a wig yet picks one out every year!  Alice stuck with her 1st choice which was an 'under the sea fairy'....she loved it despite the clip on earrings which really were just on for the pictures in the beginning!  Evelyn was a precious cupcake....she was by far the warmest!  The night was much cooler that we expected, but we loaded her in the wagon with the cooler (important!) and she rode along with the trick or treaters......Hope you all had a good night! Happy Halloween!

Character Dress Up Day

At the girls elementary school, they ask the students to dress up as a book character on Halloween instead of just wearing a costume.  My girls went to their bookshelves and this is what they came up with!

Pumpkin Carving

Much to Josh's dismay, we reminded him right before dinner that we still had to carve our pumpkin for Halloween tomorrow! He essentially had to do all of the work as I was cleaning up from dinner and keeping Evelyn at bay from the the knives, seeds, etc!  The girls picked out the design and he did a superb job!

her true reaction to the seeds

now Lucy.........

Sorry for the shirtless baby....dinner destroyed her top

Not Evelyn's best : scratched eyes, snotty nose, drool around

josh's hard work starts

Lucy teaching Alice her math homework

3/4 to one year!!!!

Today, my sweet Evelyn is nine months old!

 You had your 9 mos check up this morning with Dr. Clifford.  You are 19 lbs, 12 oz (75th percentile) and 28 3/4 inches long (90th percentile)! long and lean!!!  Good thing we went in today b/c you are at the beginning stages of an ear infection so before we go out of town on Thursday, you have some amoxicillin coming your way!!  You are B-U-S-Y! The baby gates have been pulled back out of the attic and your forehead has already had its share of bumps and bruises!  You are finally saying 'ma ma' and 'da da' a little bit and are already grinning from ear to ear when you see or hear Elmo!

My little 'punkins'

Today, we visited the pumpkin patch!  Evelyn really loved crawling around and balancing on all of the pumpkins.  Alice quickly felt sorry for the bumpy pumpkins and chose one of those as her own.