Tunk or Treat and School Parades

JAVINS SCHOOL COSTUME PARADE AND BUG BALL

Javin's second grade class just finished a science unit on insects and to cap it off they all dressed as bugs and are having a bug ball this afternoon. He is obviously a praying mantis. Good thing we had a dad home to help put it all together.

This is Zadek trying to sit up in his car seat and look up the stairs in the school. He always wants to sit instead of lay back.

Caellum had to wear a costume today too since Javin was and this is what he did while we waited for the parade.

Pictures before school.

CAEL'S SCHOOL COSTUME PARADE

This was him coming off the stage. They had the kids parade into the room and then the classes took turns going up on stage to sing their songs about Halloween. I didn't really get a great picture because the baby was screaming and whilst holding screaming baby it's hard to take good pictures with left hand. Oh well..

Caellum's preschool had a Fall Festival that Zadek and I went to and helped. They had pumpkin bowling, an apple toss, balloon decorating, tattoos, and golf. He had tons of fun and I'm so glad he's in preschool this year to take part in festivities.

THE TRUNK OR TREAT

I love my little turtle and so does the cat.

Ryan decorated the car and then tortured the kids.

Can you tell which SpiderMan is mine?!? Cael and the other little one didn't leave each other's side almost the entire time. Isn't it amazing how wearing the same costume makes you instant friends!! (PS Cael doesn't have muscles)

Javin and Emma were both vampires. She's probably his best friend from church.

We love turtles but forgot to take his costume to the trunk or treat. Oh well at least we have pictures of him in it.

My Birthday

For my birthday this year I decided I wanted to go to Georgetown Cupcakes. It's the bakery that's on the show DC Cupcakes on TLC. Since I probably will never get to go to Ace of Cakes or Carlos Bakery I wanted to go get cupcakes. It's probably a little silly but nonetheless off we went. Ryan came home early and we went downtown, yes during rush hour, picked up the cupcakes and then went to an Indian restaurant for dinner. I thought it was super fun. Thanks guys for indulging me.

Cute package right!?

Yum we love cupcakes.

Good thing I have so many helpers to blow out the candle. Also a really good thing that once you hit 30 you go backwards in age. I love being 29 again!!

Aren't they cute. And, most of them tasted really good too.

Renaissance Fair and Blessing

The week after Conference we had our parents here to help us celebrate Zadek. We did his blessing at our house and on Saturday we went to the Renaissance Fair in Md. It is our second year going and it's super fun. The kids were knighted, we watched the jousting and we had chicken on a lance. All of the usual things you do at a Fair. It was a beautiful weekend and we were glad to go with the entire family.

The elephant ride. How many of us ever get a chance to do this?

Caellum is a knight for doing a goodly deed.

This ended up being a scary spider with sparkles and everything.

Javin took the knighting a little more serious this year

The awesome skull

Zadek 4 month chekcup

While yes he is actually 5 months old now I thought I'd give you his stats.

Weight, 16 pound 75%

height 26 in 70%

We always think he's huge but turns out Caellum has him beat on all accounts. He has found his toes and loves to get them whenever the occasion presents itself. He can sit for a few seconds by himself and he is such a GOOD baby.

Soccer

So, both boys have been doing soccer this year. They both have games on Saturday and then Javin has practice two times during the week. IT's been fun and crazy and they are both getting really good. Soccer seems to be the sport for Javin, always running and kicking and he never has to stop for the entire hour. Caellum is an excellent ball handler but insists every week that he doesn't want to play. Good thing he always manages to have fun. As for me... while I've loved every minute I'm super glad that it only goes for two more weeks.

He's such a good hustler