Cousins at the Cabin

My sister's family came up to our cabin this weekend and stayed overnight on Saturday. The cousins had lots of fun exploring outside and playing together inside.

Fall Ball and Pumpkin Patch

Well, this is the first year we did anything with pumpkins and I guess we went all out. In addition to the Mr. and Mrs. Pumpkin Heads, we carved pumpkins. Here is M scooping out the seeds and goop.



Super goopey!



D loved feeling the insides of the pumpkin.





Daddy asked what kind of faces they wanted and he made the pumpkins look great. M wanted a scary face and D wanted a happy face.



Mr. Lion is ready for the ECFE Fall Ball.




And Ms. D is Raggedy Ann.





My parents came over Halloween evening for dinner and to go to the Pumpkin Patch activity our church has every year.




Even Daddy got into the spirit of Halloween.



D had been talking about the glow room all week. She was so excited to go in and color pictures with Grandma.



The petting zoo.



Posing with Mommy.



Playing the ring toss game.



Friends.



Doing the cake walk. M was the first one out, D was the second. Maybe we need to practice this game at home? That's okay...we really didn't need a cake along with all of the candy they brought home!



Eating cookies they got to decorate themselves.

Mr. and Mrs. Pumpkin Heads

A girl and her cat.



We decorated some pumpkins Mr. Potato Head-style on Tuesday evening. Here is the before for D's pumpkin...



...and the after. Now it's a princess.




M's pumpkin before...



...now transformed into a pirate.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

An unfortunate incident with M's hair and a gummy bear...luckily warm water in the bath made it just slip out. I thought I was going to have to buzz all of his hair off! I love that long hair.



Luna and D definately have a special bond. I think Luna knows the stories as well as D does with all the books she gets read to her.



Speaking of hair...today my friend Nikki cut both the kids' hair. D got a trim. Here she is before...



...and after. I think it actually looks longer in the after because it's wet.



I love M's long hair, but he has a serious bird's nest issue going on in the back of his head. Anytime he lays down to sleep, nap, or when his head touches his carseat headrest, he gets this crazy fuzzy hair that just won't stay down. I wanted to try and alleviate this problem, but still keep his hair long-ish. Here is M's before picture...



...and after. How handsome!

Fall Fest

We went to Linder's Fall Fest this Saturday. D picked out one of her princess dresses and M...well, I realized I need to get him a new costume for this year! I dug out his monkey one from last year, which still technically fit--as capris.

More on where in the world this room is in our house later...





Going on the horse-drawn hayride.



Standing by the giant pumpkin.



Going through the maze of haystacks.



Both kids went on pony rides. Here is D on Sylvia.



M got to ride Sparkles.



I know this is off-topic, but don't we have the most pathetic cat ever? She really wants to be outside in the nice weather.



Going for a walk in the woods behind our house.





Grandma and Papa gave M an early birthday present--a riding horse!



Saturday we went to the Teddy Bear Park, then Nelson's for one last ice cream run of the season.







Aunt Becky brought a gingerbread house for the kids to put together. They had fun building it...



...and eating it!



Here is one of the projects Grandma, Papa, and Aunt Becky helped with this weekend--transforming the last "undone" corner of the playroom into a book nook. It looks great! Thanks for your help!





One last snuggle before heading home.



Another beautiful hairstyle brought to you by Aunt Becky.