October Round Up

We were in full fall swing last month juggling all the same crazy everyone else is, and also making time for a few good family moments as well.

We made it to the pumpkin patch with the Willes for our annual accidental get together (unbelievably gorgeous day), and spent trick-or-treat in West Bend with the Bansemars (windy but thank god it wasn't Halloween night which was about 34 degrees). Did we ever get around to actually carving said pumpkins? Negative. Sorry local rodents. Kiera was a zebra - I died - Lukas was Superman (oh my how his chest puffed up when he got those muscles on), and Genevieve wanted to be a cheerleader. Which we almost said no to when she mentioned, "mom, how am I going to stay warm if I have to show my belly button?"  Cue the groan.

However we had an AWESOME parenting moment which counteracted like three cringe-worthy parenting moments. Genevieve took her $40 of birthday to give away and we all went grocery shopping at Target. By the way, $40 bucks buys a LOT of pasta at $1/box. So she counted her money, handed it to the check out woman herself, and had a great big girl moment. When the check out lady found out what the food was for she reached in her little drawer and gave GG a $5 gift card for "doing good things for others". So, SO awesome. Then on a day off of school Geeg accompanied me to work and we left early to drop off our goods at Hunger Task Force. The VP of Development took time to show us around and explain where the food goes and how her efforts were helping others. It just could not have gone better if I had planned it.

Also: school photos and a random afternoon when G had control of the camera. The adorableness continues.

More to come soon for L's birthday and K's 5 month.

daisy scout. cookies anyone? anyone?

first time in the swings at the park. big bro pushing as gently as i think he is capable of

fresh air = snoozy cheekers

identifying the biggest, bestest pumpkin available

guaranteed this pumpkin weighed more than she does. notice the little feet in the shadow

you are this many pumpkins tall

first annual pumpkin chart

we didn't get around to the pumpkins outside but we did manage to spookify the inside a bit

flying, clearly

goooooooooo candy!

who could resist this crew?

team candy here RACED around the blocks gathering as much as they could

superman could often be found holding batman's hand to make sure he was ok. oh those super heroes.

dying

dying

dead

two happy trick or treaters

en route to work with mom, partaking in my friday morning treat to myself

from the Hunger Task Force's fb page. we are quite proud of this little lass

Genevieve age 5.99 - K5 Pendleton

Lukas age 2.9 - Miss Angie

Kiera age 4 months - baby room-o-adorableness

And a few random shots from a silly afternoon. I'm so glad GG likes to take pictures, so we have a few of Kieks and mama together in the archives.

baby goo goo

happiest little lady ever

she loves to snuggle. i will indulge her every time

the ladies maio

oh lukas, you slay me

this is as close as it's getting to 'normal'!