October extras

As per usual, here is a little photo dump of some pictures from October that never made it into a post. 

Riser has made fast friends with some of the mentor moms at my mom's group.

We've continued to join in on the homeschool group most weeks. 

Eric put together a new (to us) dining room table we got from a friend.

The rain doesn't stop these kids from playing outside.

Riser and Eric were matching at church one day. 

Then Bonnie and I realized we kind of matched too!

I went to a sweet friend's baby shower.

The kids and I were on our own for a bit this month with Eric traveling to San Diego and North Carolina.

Some of the many faces of Riser.

We still like to play at the beach fairly regularly.

Often on Fridays we meet up with friends in CW to walk and the kids ride bikes/scooter.

This man has had a busy month. We have been soaking in the time we have with him.

Riser has been very into hugging his big sister. He will chase her around just to try and hug her. She thinks it's sweet once or twice and then just tries to push him away and yell "too much hugging!"

Our girl is starting to get a little more opinionated about what she wears - she only ever wants to wear dresses she can twirl in.

As soon as the Halloween buckets came out, they started digging and using them for what else... dirt.

We've enjoyed some beautiful Fall walks collecting leaves.

October was a beautiful month - onward to November (and the start of the holiday season)!

Halloween

Halloween was extra special this year because we got to celebrate with cousins for the first time! The morning of, I had my mom's group so the kids were planning to do a little Halloween parade with their classes. I was glad they were getting a chance to dress up and do something indoors because it was supposed to be cold and rainy all day. They paraded past all the church offices where everyone handed out candy - it was so sweet!

Bonnie was so excited to be dressed up, she told everyone at church to call her Dorothy, not Bonnie. Her brother wasn't as thrilled with his outfit. 

Dad and Rachael came down to witness the chaos of Halloween night. Once Eric got off work we turned around and headed toward the Strattons' for some quick hot dogs before trick-or-treating started.

I was very impressed with Bonnie's ability to keep up with her cousins, they are so sweet to her. She kept saying her shoes were magic shoes that made her go so fast. Although after the first hour, she was laying down in the wagon saying she was done with trick-or-treating and ready for bed. 

By the time we got home it was so late we didn't have time to go through all the loot, but they enjoyed taking stock of what they got the next day. We had a great time!

Fall things

It's always fun to get into a new season. Leading up to Halloween we pulled out a few of our decorations, made our scarecrow, went to Pumpkinville, carved pumpkins, and did some pre-Halloween trick-or-treating at a campground nearby.