As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Trunk or Treat

James and Heather had the winning trunk at the Trunk or Treat, and it's easy to see why!


As Hallie said, "I know why they're doing Rapunzel and Flynn Rider--because James looks like Flynn Rider!"






We managed to pry the kids away from the Rapunzel trunk for a little fun at other trunks.





Brooks loved Mr. Luther!


This better not be a sign of things to come!

Bragging

In case you didn't know, my sister is fabulous.  Should you need proof, listen to her sing here.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Fall Festival!

The Three Blind Mice had a blast at Gigi and Grumpy's Fall Festival last night!  They stayed up late, ate candy, played games, rode rides, and wore costumes...who could ask for anything more?

Aunt Melissa held Brooks most of the night--her arms are probably sore this morning!


We started the evening in costume and looking cute.  But you may notice that, as this post goes along, we lose pieces of our costumes (which Mommy and Gigi end up collecting and holding) until we ultimately look like gray blobs with pink tummies.  Good thing we're cute gray blobs!

Mommy will go with an accessory-free costume next year.





 Sara confiscated Gigi's gloves.  It was chilly outside.








 Brooks did NOT understand why we had to wait in line to ride this.  But he really liked it once it was his turn.  I kept hearing him say 'Wheee!"





The girls were in it for the loot.  They thought the games were ok, but you could kind of tell Hallie was wondering how many rings she had to toss before they'd dole out some candy!









 B was totally enamored with the ball and bat activity.  He kept trying to get the ball when other kids were swinging--thankfully we avoided any bat-upside-the-head incidents.  But he did manage to hit the ball with the bat when it was his turn--even if his swing resembled Bam Bam instead of a baseball player.



We ended the evening with a trip down the big slide.

Thank you Gigi, Grumpy, Iss, and Austin for taking us to your festival!  We had a great time and are driving Mommy nuts with the candy today!

The Three Blind Mice




Happy Halloween!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Car Ride Musings from Hallie

1.  "Mommy, when I grow up I'm going to have six kids."

2.  "I don't put dots over my "i"s anymore.  I use hearts now."

Monday, October 24, 2011

Another Saturday, Another Race

Jason ran in his third race this year on Saturday.  This one was an 8K, and he ran the whole (hill-laden) thing! We are very proud of him!




For their part, the kids have figured out that where there's a race, there's probably a bouncy house or something fun for them to do.  They were not disappointed on Saturday morning.  And even Brooks got in on the action because there weren't any really big kids in the bouncy house.


And we got our faces painted too!


It was a fun way to start the day.