Happy Halloween II

Just wanted to post a few more pictures. Holden didn't enjoy Halloween so much this year. He really wanted to go with his friend, but we made him stay with us. He had very little candy, which for him isn't a big deal. Hope, however, was thrilled with her booty. In fact, I thought she was just admiring the luminaries in the last picture, but she was trying to get better light to see her candy by and not let us see she was enjoying more than the one piece we said she could have.

Happy Halloween!

What a great day! Tom and I had a wonderful time. I realized that it was his first time home in five years for Halloween. He hasn't been around for one (and it's our favorite holiday) since Hope was a baby.
Hope was a cowgirl complete with lasso rope and cowgirl hat she wanted Tom to wear halfway through trick or treating. This picture is of her before school. Doesn't she look happy?
Tom and I decided to have a short party before trick or treating was to begin. He created the games for them to play. The one with Holden (aka Indiana Jones) below is where the kids had to make it through the spooky haunted house with arms that were alive and couldn't touch you to get the silver apple. The kids thought it was great and had a good time. One of the other games we had was Dress Tom for Halloween. Tom couldn't decide what he wanted to be so we decided on a mummy. With everything going on he didn't have time to wrap himself so we let the kids do it. I think they enjoyed that the most. To his credit, he wore the wrappings through the housing area the whole time stopping every so often to pick up parts that had fallen off. The last picture is from Tom and I sitting on the swing waiting for trick or treaters (which didn't really come becasue of the construction). He pointed out the big spider right beside me and I thought it might be cool to try and get a picture of it with the luminaries in the background. Kind of turned out neat. Wish I had a better camera (perhaps for Christmas).

Whirlwind Trip to Kansas Part II

This shot of the kids in the hotel turned out great. What you don't see is the fifteen others I took trying to get them all to look at me and not the television or to stop touching each other, or to be still long enough for the camera to click. It was well worth it, could they be more adorable?

Two great shots of Baby Jonathan. He is such a good baby. He didn't mind all the kids trying to hold him or Anthony's version of loving on him or Hope swinging her hair in his face. He quickly learned to grab himself a handful of hair which made her stop it.

I was pretty impressed that Hope wanted to hold him. She was pretty facinated with him and how much he could do. I tend to forget she's not been around babies that much. This lasted about thirty seconds since Jonathan weighs almost as much as she does. She was trying to keep a brave face for the picture, but you could tell he was getting heavy for her as she started to droop.

Whirlwind Trip to Kansas

A few photos from our trip over to Kansas to see close family and far-flung extended family. Anthony was a hoot! I must tell you he enjoyed his Indian and the Jones Lego set Grandma bought for him at Wally World. He played with it with Holden and Hope, but he liked being Indian and the Jones (Indiana Jones).


When I finally got my camera back from Holden (the future Ansel Adams) I had to crack up at this picture which could not be worse of me or my mom. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree does it. I'm pretty sure we were getting on to one or all of the kids. The best part is that baby Jonathan is wearing the coolest shirt ever that I got for him. It says My Aunt Rocks (size 18 mo). It fits him quite well and we had a good time sporting it that day.


This is one of my favortie shots we got during the trip. Have you seen a cuter baby? He may be ginormous, but he's gorgeous and the sweetest baby you would every see. I think I saw him actually cry once the whole time.

Peter Pan Park

 

I can't believe how much Peter Pan Park is still the same. I don't even remember the last time I was there since taking the kids, but I was amazed at how things are still the same. Though there is more modern playground equipment there is still the old stuff I remember playing on and according to the local paper they are getting ready to tear it down. Kind of sad, but necessary too. I love that the monkey house is still there, but completely filled in with grass. We had Holden run through it so there would be a "monkey" in the monkey house. My favorite shot of the more than 300 I took on the trip is this one with Tom and the kids leaned over feeding the lone duck that would come near us. I think they spent a good half hour with it. I loved it enough to want to move back :)!