Happy Hallowe'en!!

William was dressed as a dalmation! I had a heck of a time getting a non-blurry smiling picture so this one will have to do.
Patrick was a ghost and Kathryn was a fairy princess.

We had a great time trick-or-treating. We walked down one street to Grandma and Grampy's house, then home along another street. We were gone about 1.5 hours and the kids hit lots of houses and were given a LOT of candy. The bags were very heavy!! I think the will be eating it till Easter at least.

We celebrated Patrick's half birthday with a little party (no gifts) and a cake! Grandma and Grampy were able to join us too.

Happy 5.5 birthday Patrick!!

Sleepy baby snuggles with Daddy:

Such a happy kid!

He's become a drool factory. There are definetly teeth bothering him and we've had to keep a bib on him anytime he's in a semi-upright position to keep his chest dry. We go thru about 4 bibs a day. This particular one was crocheted by one of my customers from the pharmacy. She made him 6!! I like that they are adjustable because I can button them just about anywhere at the back which is very handy.

W had his 4-month check up today. He is 16.5 lbs and 26.5 inches. He's following a nice growth curve!

He also had his immunizations and cried really briefly. I was able to console him just by talking to him, holding his hand and kissing his little chubby cheek.

Pumpkins!

We decided today was the day to get our house decorated for Hallowe'en. After we got groceries, we took the kids to Hi-Berry so they could pick out a pumpkin.

After lunch, we cleared the table, spread the newspaper and helped them carve up their pumpkins. Patrick was pretty grossed out by the whole thing - he even gagged when, after much persuasion, he put his hand inside the pumpkin to pull out some of the goo.

Both kids choose how they wanted their jack-o-lantern to look and we carved them up.

Here is the finished product:

Our plug-in pumpkin is on the far right beside William.

For some reason Blogger decided to upload them in reverse order. Here is KJ looking inside Patrick's pumpkin:
And here is KJ with her finished pumpkin:

Had some fun with the newly-fallen leaves in the backyard today:

Shaun took some great fall photos of the big kids while we were at my parent's place over Thanksgiving weekend. Here are a few of the better ones.

First time in the Jolly Jumper!!

He wasn't too sure what to do at first. The kids helped him figure out the sounds mat and he did try to 'jump' around a bit, but mostly he just hung there and looked around! I'm sure he'll be just as crazy about the jolly jumper as the other kids were - in time.

Such a happy baby in a new sleeper (9M!!)
Love that happy smile.

PUMPKINFEST!!!

We had a great time yesterday at Pumpkinfest. The weather wasn't so nice, but at least it wasn't actually raining.

I picked up this outfit for Mr. W the night before. I had seen it listed on the FB classifides for $3 and I was able to go and pick it up and get it washed and ready in time for him to wear it to the festival. Its a good thing too, because I suspect that by Hallowe'en it will be too small. The tag says 6-9M.

Mr. Serious didn't actually object to the outfit of course, but this was the best picture we got! He was a big hit, though, and we were stopped a few times with people commenting on his attire.

A bit short in the legs, but mostly he was covered with a blanket so it didn't matter.

Kathryn just LOVED the merry-go-round. I think she went on it 3 times! Once with me, once with Grandma and once with Daddy.

Patrick's favourite was the ferris wheel. He went on that twice with Grampy!

William just generally hung out in the stroller and was happy about it.

The kids also rode the ponies.

They wanted to ride the camel too, but it was too expensive for a 5-minute ride.

Here they are on another ride that Kathryn was very excited about, and Patrick was more 'meh' about.

They both loved the fun house this year and went on it twice! The 2nd time I went with them so they wouldn't smack into as many mirrors in the maze.

We had some fries for lunch and checked out the crafts as well. Shaun and his Dad also checked out the monsterous veggies in the grower's tent too!

Delicious hands: