Carving pumpkins!

The kids have had a great time getting ready for Halloween this year between the decorating and all the fun activities we've done and places we've gone. Luke is at a really fun age where he totally gets everything to do with holidays and is so eager for them to come and to do any activities we have planned. It's been really fun to see Halle get into Halloween this year. It's really her first holiday that she has been old enough to really get it and get into it. She follows whatever Luke says so when he gets excited about carving pumpkins, of course she is too! It's a lot of fun to have them and their excitement for life. They keep our life fun and entertaining!

Go Cougars!

We went to our first BYU game as a family last Saturday. We figured we'd last till about halftime, which is when we did! Luke and Halle loved doing the cougar fight song and cheering. Luke kept his attention a lot longer than Halle, I ended up having to resort to using the phone for entertainment for her.

Luke had a great time at the game. Not only that but he loved seeing the firetruck on the way out. At halftime when we were leaving Luke said, "I just love football games, can we come back tomorrow?"

Gardener Village...again

First big boy sleepover

Luke has been talking about having a sleepover "all by himself" at Grandma's house for awhile now, we think due to a Little Critters book he has about having a sleepover at Grandma & Grandpa's house. So I arranged for him to have a sleepover at Grandma Lori's & Grandpa Sheldon's house, which he was super excited about. He spent all day packing toys and things to take with him to Grandma's house. I took this picture when Grandma Lori came and picked Luke up. He had so much fun! What a big boy!

Halloween cookie making

I love making sugar cookies for holidays. This time we were making them to take around for our neighborhood "Boo". It was a two day process. First night, we made the dough, cut out the cookies, and baked them.The next night, we frosted. The kids had a blast and I'm pretty sure more frosting ended up in their mouths than actually on the cookies. They would frost them, get their hands all sticky, then run to the bathroom and wash them, then come back for more and get them sticky all over again.
Luke figured out the best way to clean up spilled frosting...why not just lick it up?

Gardener Village

We've been going to Gardener Village a lot this month. The kids love going and looking at all the cute witch displays they have set up. I think this was our third time there! We fed the ducks. I love the picture of Luke standing all by himself because it caught his "thoughtful" look so well. I tried so hard to get a picture of the kids sitting side by side on the bridge, but as you can see, it wasn't easy and I didn't have much success. Halle was into the picture taking this day and Luke kept running from the camera. Finally, at the end, I got a snap of both of them looking at the camera - a small miracle!

Feelings faces

Luke has been really into drawing faces that are different feelings lately (happy, sad, angry, excited, etc.). He is also really into colors and counting. So today he decided he was going to draw 10 different feelings faces in 10 different colors. He worked very hard at it so we decided to hang them up on his closet doors when he was done. Also, I took a picture of him holding the brown picture because it was the first time I've seen him draw ears and hair on a face. Up until now it has just been him drawing the head and the eyes, nose and mouth. But today he took it a step further with some of those other features. I thought it was really cute and smart.