The happenings

What? My kids are playing quietly? I found a fun little activity that they both enjoy! And... SILENCE! It's amazing! Caelan has been wanting to snuggle Evy all the time which is so cute. He was laying with her on the couch and singing and talking to her. soooo sweet. Laidy looked so cute today with her pony tail and designer jeans.

I tried

I thought it would be fun this year to make our own wrapping paper. I have tons of paper bags that I thought the kids could decorate and then wrap our gifts with extra love. I always think that if just give my kids the opportunity they will really enjoy painting and doing crafts. Turns out they have no attention span. They were happy long enough for me to take a few pictures and then it turned into body art, then they were done. We spent 5 mins at the table. I was hoping for at least 30... Also Evy tried riding forward for a little bit. She liked but just couldn't stay awake.

Laidy Loo Hoo

Trying new things

So my aunt and one of her friends are starting up a little business. The are teaching kids how to ride horses! They wanted to try it out and my kids (and Jessye's) got to be the Guinea pigs. It was so fun! Caelan took a little while to warm up and then loved it. Adelaide was bossing the pony around from the beginning.

Evelyn enjoyed the horses too!

The videos were taking forever so I'll try another time.

BATMAN

Happy Halloween

This year we wanted to be intentional about our halloween. We wanted it to be a night where we could display the gospel to our neighbors. Usually we hand out candy and try to hide but this year we made hot dogs and apple cider and stood outside to try and meet our neighbors. We got to talk with some people. Some people passed us by and some just came to get the food and go on their way. Caelan and Adelaide did get rather bored and ended up watching tv on Nathan's computer and I was in and out of the house the night changing diapers and feeding. BUT Nathan got to be out there the whole time. I think I want to make this a tradition. Maybe find out something else to make other than hot dogs. Nathan said you aren't supposed to take baked goods from people... so I guess that's out. I would just rather have some pumpkin bread than a hot dog... We have a year to plan I suppose.

The weekend

Tailgater with wonderful rainy weather. We all came home wet and cold but had great food, thank Jenna! Also, enjoying our new small camera that I can take everywhere with me!

We braved the streets of Corvallis on Friday to go trick-or-treating downtown. It was CRAZY. Caelan only almost got lost once. I wouldn't let Adelaide out of the stroller and dear sweet Evelyn slept the ENTIRE time! We were out and about for 4 hours and I didn't need to stop and feed her on a park bench or anything which was nice for me.

My own little zoo.