Pumpkin, parties and celebrations!

We may have started a little too early with the pumpkins this year.  This poor Jackolantern only made it a few days before we had to toss him.  Luckily the kids didn't care and were excited to carve again!

 Although our back deck is STILL not done and we STILL don't have grass, we have been able to access the pond a little more lately!

We joined our friends at the pumpkin patch.  We have gone with the same group for 4 years now!  Love these holiday traditions. 

 We have learned to just buy a few small pumpkins at the patch (so you don't have to carry them all day and back to the car).  Instead we get some smaller ones for the twins.

 My sweet godson in his adorable pumpkin bubble!

 Love these little pumpkins!

 We also went to the local market to get our big carving pumpkins.

 The club had their annual Halloween party.  This was the first chance the kids had to wear their costumes.  I need to explain these...mostly so I don't forget.  First of all they picked batman and robin.  They love pretending to be super heros and "saving the day".  I got Ellie a cute robin costume on Etsy that she loved until she saw Bobos batman muscle costume.  "I want a super hero robin muscle costume!!!" So we got her one.  And she insisted on wearing a tutu on top!

 They loved playing with their twin besties at the party!

 I was shocked when they asked to ride the ponies and actually got on!

 Here is an attempt at a group shot of all the kiddos.

 We have joined up with a few families to do kid friendly service projects.  This month we dressed them up and took them to Ryan's grandmothers assisted living house.  They passed out candy to Grammy and all her friends.

 I can not tell you how proud we were of these kids.  They were so quiet and slow and patient.  They would politely tell each person Happy Halloween and hand them candy.

 It just melted my heart to see them being so gentle and polite.

 Grammy was so excited to show us around and introduce us to all her friends.

She even let Ellie ride around with her.

 Grammy loves her pictures and insisted on showing the twins every picture in her album haha!  I love these kids and hope they understand how blessed they are and how important it is to do for others.

 I also celebrated my birthday this past weekend!  Dinner with Ryans family, dinner out with friends, a few sporting events and a low key family day Sunday!  Great weekend overall!

I ended the weekend with more pumpkin carving and a boat ride with my 3 favs!