Well, if you haven't heard the news yet, we found out that we're having another little girl! We took the whole family in the room to hear the news. The kids are excited and the funniest quote of the evening after walking out of the ultrasound room was when Spencer said out loud, "Well...you get what you get and you don't throw a fit! " : ) . He is thrilled to be adding another sister to his life! We're getting excited to meet this little girl of ours. Here's our new family picture with baby in it! (We came straight from the soccer fields, so we look awesome here).
Saryn has been doing a great job with her little reading lessons. It's been fun to get that alone time with her. She's enjoying them so much more than someone else I know did (Spencer...who ever invented fruit snacks is my hero)!
Shayla is officially potty trained! YAY! Still working on the night time routines, but can I just say that I love her in those cute little undies of hers?!! Something about seeing my kid in undies after having them in diapers for so long. : )
The girls had fun pulling out old costumes while the other kids were in school.
We got to decorate yummy homemade doughnuts with some friends.
Though these aren't the greatest pictures of these girls, we got to go the a small zoo/pumpkin patch with Shayla's little preschool group.
Shayla is the lone girl in her preschool group, but loves it! Benny, Addison and Oliver are her preschool buddies this year.
More zoo/patch group pictures
Sayrn loved the corn maze
Made cute witch hat cookies for a Halloween party we went to.
Spencer got in a little guy time experimenting with dry ice.
We got to be the BOO Crew this year and left some treats for our neighbors. I love doing this with them and love to see how sneaky/spy like they can be.
We really missed going to our friends, The Newman's, this year who do the best caramel apples each year. It's been something we've looked forward to every year, so in memory of them and the fun it is, we hosted our own caramel apple dipping party this year and had a couple families over. The only thing that flopped was the white chocolate--I should have called my expert friend, Ashley, for tips! And because I was so worried about playing hostess (and the fact that I am a white chocolate failure), I have no caramel apple pictures to show--but they were still pretty and delicious!
On to more Halloween fun...
One great thing about being here for halloween is that the kids were able to wear their costumes to school. Jeff was even home this particular afternoon to see the Halloween parade. This cute lady is Spencer's teacher (Mrs. Kelly) and if you can see in the far left distance a little hint of some red and blue that would be our very own...
...MARIO!! Oh and another Mario with Luigi. This costume seemed to be the theme this year for boys this age.
Spency's 1st grade class
I love how the mustach takes up their whole face!
Saryn had a halloween party at preschool too. Two of the boys in this picture (including the Mario) are part of our carpool group.
Shayla with her cute friend, Nia. (Ward Halloween Party)
Spence with another fellow Mario...
Sydney looks so grown up here...I don't know if it's because she has make up on, what she's wearing, or the way she's standing, but man...this girl is growing up!
Syd with friends
Spence found yet another Mario buddy.
On to the outside pictures right before trick-or-treating...
Shayla was the cutest Jasmine
Sydney a "sassy" pirate
Need I introduce this guy one more time?
Saryn a beautiful Bell.
After I'd finished taking pictures I noticed how pretty the leaves were in the backyard for a backdrop so we did another round of pictures (much to Spencer's dismay).
I couldn't get over how adorable these shoes were!!
Trick-or-treating with friends : )
We finished the night with eating candy and a yummy dinner in a pumpkin (I can't take any credit, my friend made it), but maybe next year, I'll give it a try! That's our October wrap up!
