Halloween and dress up

Halloween was postponed due to the storm. We got to go out a week later.

Evan loves dressing up  like a vet.

October storm

The view out our front window

We ended up cutting down one of these trees.
The fire was cosy, but not really good at heating the house for three days we didn't have power.

Nick's new room

After a frantic week of painting, Nick got his big boy bed...

... the day the snowstorm struck.

Tenth Anniversary and Public Garden

Dave and I had a nice, little trip to Cape Cod to celebrate our tenth anniversary.


I can't remember if I published these shots... we went to the Public Gardens in Boston. It was a gorgeous day. We took a ride on the swan boats and visited the famous duckling statues.

Evan's Birthday and riding a horse

The gang!


Our neighbor's second birthday party featured two horses walking around the bakyard! My kiddos rode them constantly!

Kitchen pics for Sarah

Sarah's been asking for pics of our new appliances for months. Here they are.

Colorado Halloween

Link to our Halloween pictures.

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Halloween - VA

First, a family shot from last weekend (the weekend of the 23rd). Note the beautiful weather. One week from that day there would be 5 inches of snow on the ground. Boo.

Okay - Halloween. This year the kids were spiderman and a tarantula. Chloe really couldn't think of anything, but once I suggested a spider, she latched on to this tarantula idea of hers and RAN with it!

Here is Chloe's costume... her two extra sets of legs, her extra eyes, her backpack mounted web, and... of course, her black tutu... because when you think of tarantulas EVERYONE thinks of tutus, right??

Gavin wanted to be spiderman. Halloween really wasn't that big of a deal because he wears this costume at least once a week. Seriously.

Close up of Chloe's face. Only 7 eyes on her and she was unhappy about the missing eye but there just wasn't room on that tiny little face. The purple sparkly glasses? Added by Chloe because they look "spidery."

Pumpkins

Counting the loot

Really, this Halloween was the best yet. They both had a great time and really got into the projects and decorating and the whole shebang. Gavin was such a little kid this year, running from house to house. And then stopping to examine his loot. They were adorable.

Afternoon is Estes Park

Cake Pops!

I thought the cake pops were a bit of a disaster, but they turned out to be a big hit at the party! 

You make a cake, add some frosting and form them into balls. We didn't do frosting but did a mix of peanut butter and nutella. Very good!

 You then dip the stick into candy coating and put the balls on the stick and chill

Then melt up some candy melts and cover the balls in that. This part is NOT kid friendly. You have to work quick and the candy is hot.

 I rolled some in sprinkles and placed them in flower foam covered in wrapping paper.

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