halloweenie.

a few little decorations...

all i have to say is this. FINALLY i am not the only one in the house who cares about this part! max woke up the morning after i put up the halloween decor and gasped "OUR HALLOWEEN IS UP!!" it might as well have been christmas. i was thrilled. =) but you should have seen the day we had to put it all away! not good. i only got away with it because i promised we would get out christmas decorations RIGHT after. and we maybe let him keep one of the spooky owls in his room for a few weeks. =)

preschool party. 

max had so much fun dressing up as spiderman this year! i had a total mommy breakdown bit of a hard time accepting the fact that i didn't get to make and choose his costume this year, but you know, there's something to be said for dressing up as a white haired spiderman with a sword and yellow rain boots.  he chose it all by himself and by golly he loved it. so there you go. at preschool they had a little parade for the parents and sang some halloween songs. max sang along with some of the words but was a little quiet! it's so interesting watching your kids interact in a classroom setting- max is SO much quieter at school than at home. which is probably a good thing. =)

halloween night!

so, on actual halloween, it. poured. this is the only trick or treat pic i have and no, he did not just take a shower, he is that wet from walking around JUST our cul de sac! it was a joke and of course max wouldn't stay under the umbrella. we had so much fun hanging at our house with matt and celeste, the sorias and wes.  and this is why we love our friends- as of 4:00 pm on halloween we had no plans. by about 5:00 pm it was a full on halloween bash at our house! and that's the way i like it. =)

it has to be said. lucy was probably the cutest butterfly that ever lived. period. i was SO excited for her to wear her costume! at least i got to make sooooomebody's cosutme this year. ' )

 lu's giant wings made it sorta impossible to hold her, but i didn't care. and don't ask what i was. i wore black wings, black feathers in my hair, and black feathery fake eyelashes. done and done.

so the best part happened after we peeled of the soaking costumes, threw all the trick or treaters in the tub and put their jammies on. because after that, CANDY HAPPENED. i'm telling you, it was total chaos! they were out of control loud and spend probably 2 straight hours screaming and ROLLING in candy. like literally rolling and pretending to swim in candy. it was nuts. then radomly the doorbell would ring and each of our children had to take a turn giving candy to every single trick or treater.

here's how it all played out. max and sawyer- head psychos. the loudest, the rolliest and sugary-est ones. heather, played along and then continually stopped to say, "ok guys, it's getting too messy, it's time to clean up!" fat chance. addie- sat quietly in the corner and hoarded now and laters. it was the funniest thing i have ever seen! the girl probably ended up with her own little pile of 50 now and laters.

and yea, sawyer is wearing max's boxer briefs. i mean seriously, why not right?

halloween: the festivities.

the week before the 31st, we decided to get our halloween on and hit up some of our favorite fall spots, all in the same day!

GARDENER VILLAGE

in the morning we met up with caroline + kids at gardener village, which is just the best at halloween!
our boys had a great time checking out the witches, riding the ponies and eating halloween treats.

me + mine. sometimes i still can't believe i'm a mom of two!

max picked out a sprinkle donut of course, and proceeded to eat the top part only. 

this shot cracked me up, ezra was clearly loving his cookie. 

waiting for a turn on the ponies, max maybe had a complete melt down in line. they took FOR. EVER.

look at my big boy! he loved it and was so proud of himself.

they're crazy, but they always have fun together. 

and usually drive caroline and i a little nuts in the process!

max has a complete obsession with skeletons. i wish i could explain how he says it- it's soooo cute! sounds a little like "thde-tin." and of course right as he was putting this one back, he dropped it and it broke. we went inside and said sorry to the shop owner. first lesson in honesty folks. 

more treats. little weirdo. =)

PUMPKIN PATCH

we have taken max to the same pumpkin patch ever since his first halloween! i love it so much, it's local and quaint and max loves looking at all the pumpkins and trying to carry them around. and of course we were thrilled to be able to bring lucy for her first halloween too! 

me and my sweet baby lulu. finally a good one of the two of us! sheesh.

you better believe this boy is soooo tough. he had to carry his pumpkins all by himself! he took picking out his pumpkins VERY seriously.

yea, lucy was a barrel of fun. ;) this is how she spent her trip to the patch, except for when we coerced her into being in some photos!

my loves.

the other best part of the pumkin patch? the wheelbarrows. he can't get enough weather he's riding in it or pushing it. 

max did the corn maze this year and i died over this shot of him climbing up the wall to look over yonder for the way out. where do they pick up these things anyway? he was yelling, "HEY DADDY! HOW DO I DET OUT OF HERE?!" and "HEY DUYS! DON'T WEAVE WIFOUT ME! OTAAAY?!" 

our little family! the closest thing to a fancy picture (or any picture for that matter) of the four of us. =)

lucille, 12 weeks.

oh lucy, where is the time going? it feels as though we just wrapped you up and brought you home from the hospital, and now i almost have a three month old! they say it goes much faster with your second, and sadly it is so true. but i have to say, i'm loving this transition from newborn to baby- you are cooing and smiling all the time and we love seeing more of your little personality! you love to be held, are a great sleeper (about 8 hours at a time! hallelujah!), and snort when you cry. yes, snort. it's hysterical! you weighed 9 pounds, 14 ounces at your 8 week appointment, so i'm guessing you're around 11 pounds or so now. max is still all over you, he tries to make you smile by putting his face about 2 cm from yours and mimicking mommy and daddy's baby talk. it goes a little something like "hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii woooooootheeeeeee!! hiiii baby durl!!" oh you should hear it, you'd die.

here's a few of miss L in black and white. as much as i love all this fun girly stuff, i love my babies in classic white, and sometimes i would just rather look at her sweet face than a headband, even though she looks a little androgynous. i just love everything about her... my sweet baby girl.

water baby

lucy- 2 1/2 months. lulu looooves her tub time- she's usually all smiles! but the problem with trying to take pictures of your newborn smiling is that you can't really look at them to make them smile and take the picture at the same time. =) so here's all kinds of funny lucy faces to enjoy. the best is when she kicks in the water and completely surprises herself! you'll see her wide eyed surprised face at the end of these pictures, here eyes are the size of silver dollars. =)

p.s. internet, if by chance you don't really like stories and a bajillion pictures of chubby babies named lucy, this blog is about to get reeeeal old in a hurry. sorry about that.