Happy Halloween

Halloween is such a wonderful holiday. We started the day out by making orange Halloween shaped chocolate chip pancakes. Brie ate all of the kitty cats, Sophie had a pumpkin (minus the chocolate chips), and Marcus and I ate the bats and left over pumpkins.

Brie and I then made a Halloween giant cupcake with sprinkles and orange icing. Brie loves our new island. It is the perfect height for her when standing on her stool to help mix things.

Then the girls each took a nice nap and we had a visit from Aunt Shelley and Uncle Brian. We painted and carved pumpkins. (these pics will follow later)

Then it was on to trick or treating. We tried to get a few good shots of the kids in their costumes, but it was all but impossible. Here is what we got.

Brie enjoyed giving out the candy more then actually trick or treating, except to the kids who were scary. She made them take their own candy!

Down on the farm

After spending the night at Nana and Pops, the whole family headed down to Bylers farm for a little bit of fun.

We went on a nice hayride.

And played in the hay and dirt

Brandon tried to get some good photos!

Many trips were taken down the slide

Christian helped his brother and Brie up the ladder

Brie loved the big slide

There were also lots of animals!

Christian milked the cow

Brie milked the cow

And everyone fed the goats!

It was a wonderful afternoon! The sun was shining and everyone was happy. There won't be to many nice days left this year. It was nice to get to enjoy it!

Attitude!

Do you think we are going to have our hands full when they are teenagers?

A day in the punkin patch

A few weeks ago we went for a hayride at the local pumpkin patch.

The girls got to pick there own pumpkins


Brie picked the biggest one she could find.

But we convinced her to find a smaller one that was more her size

We now have many pumpkins to carve for Halloween.

Last nice day?

Sunday we decided to go for a little hike.

It was a little chilly, but Brie had a great time throwing rocks in the water.

And we even got a few shots of both girls smiling!

11 months already

Can you believe Sophie is 11 months already.

She is developing quite a personality lately.

She still loves to smile, but will wrinkle her nose and

scream if she doesn't like what you have to say.

She defiantly does not like to be told no and

will smirk at you and continue to do what she wants to do.

She still loves her big sister and thinks she is can do no wrong.

She is clapping, waving and will show you how big she is if you ask.

She says ma-ma, da- da and ba-ba as well as other babbling.

She still loves to eat solid foods, but still refuses the bottle.

Mommys little helpers

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Apples, Apples, Apples!

Today we visited Canton, home of the Apple and Cheese festival.

But before we hit the craft tents and good food, we stopped to pick our own apples!

Sophie helped

Brie pickes some low apples

And some high ones!

Sophie held a few apples and tried to nibble a few with her two teeth

Look at all those apples! Which one should I eat first

Then at the festival, Brie got to ride the big horse that

goes up and down!

When she was done on the little horse she wanted to ride the little one too!