Monday, October 31, 2011

October 31: Halloween- the real deal :)

The kids were SO excited for Halloween! Here they are with their pumpkins:


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Amie and Paw-Paw came to help with trick or treating since Mike is out of town. The kids practiced trick or treating with Amie a couple of times:

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Peter wanted gummies too!!
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My super kids:
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Sara was a pro trick or treater this year! Mick was excited and started strong, but after a mask and some eerie decorations, he was a little nervous and wanted me to hold his hand the whole time. The scary stuff didn't keep him from actually trick or treating though. After every house, he'd say "go to another house"? So funny! Peter eventually figured out what was going on and insisted on trick or treating too. He was too cute- he'd walk up and hold his arms up for the candy :)
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When we got home, the kids passed out a little candy. Mick was hilarious- he held out some candy to a couple of 8 year old boys and said "here ya go, guys" :)
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Check it out!
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Thanks Amie and Paw-Paw, we love you :) Hope your Halloween was great too!

Sunday, October 30, 2011

October 30: Super dancing!

Excuse the mess- its been a crazy week!

October 30: Trick or Treating Part 1 :)

This afternoon Hanna and I took Super Mick and Super Sara trick or treating on sorority row

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I'm so lucky Hanna came with me because there is NO way I could have done it solo without losing a child.
Thanks Hanna :)
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One of the houses had a bouncer and the kids had a blast in it- Peter was so cute- he loved it :)

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Mini super hero!
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Sara was all about the games:
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I'm not sure what to say about this:
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I had to take a picture of this frat house- the sorority houses had all kinds of stuff set up and the frat house literally had a table with candy on it. And nothing else :) ha!

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My Super Kids!
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Thanks again Hanna! We love you :)

October 29: Pumpkin Party at the Zoo

For the one day Mike was home, we headed to the zoo for the pumpkin party. They fed the animals pumpkins or gave them treats in pumpkins. At least that is what they said we didn't really see any. There were lots of pumpkins around the zoo though!

Sara brought the belt from her Halloween costume and used it as a prop for the pictures she demanded we take:

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I really have no idea what she was trying to do, but it was rather entertaining:

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The pumpkins were supposed to be M&Ms and Skittles, but the M's and S's also were great for Mick and Sara :)
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Sassy Sara:
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Peter loved the petting zoo!

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Here's Peter trying to up with his siblings:
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Oh Sara
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We had a great day with Daddy and we sure will miss him while he's gone.

October 27-28: Getting ready for Halloween

On Thursday, we decorated our pumpkins (I got this temporary tattoo like things since when we carve a pumpkin, it rots in one second):

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Peter went for a swim:

On Friday, Peter was the cutest baby ever:
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We got boo-ed while we were in Georgia and one of the treats we got for the people we boo-ed was fun dip (because my kids were losing it in the store and it was the closest thing to me!) The kids have never had one, so they sampled it:

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And shared there dip:
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October 26: LSU

We had a low key rest of our week- we had a stomach bug run its way through our family and Mike was out of town giving a lecture and workshop in Pennsylvania. On Wednesday, Sara had her playmakers class at LSU. We usually drop her off and Mike picks her up on his way home. Since we had to pick her up too, the boys and I spent the hour visiting Mike the Tiger and the Indian mounds.

Mick was a little put off by this statue and he wouldn't get any closer than this:
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Looks like he resting up for that trip to Tuscaloosa:
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Mick was much more comfortable at the Indian mounds:

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We found a box... I remember doing this at Indian Creek as a child :) Fun times! When we told Sara about it, she was most upset she missed it!

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

October 20-24: Blue Ridge, GA Part 2

On Sunday morning, Mike and Mick started the day with a walk:


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And then Mike let the boys throw rocks off the porch:
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Later on, we headed to Fall Branch Falls for a hike

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Peter enjoyed the hike in the backpack- but he really wanted to get down :)

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It was so beautiful! I wish you could all see it first hand!
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We tried...
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We hiked to the top of the falls and Mick really enjoyed throwing leaves in the water and watching them go with the stream.
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Sara enjoyed pretending to be a statue:
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The kids tried to roll this fallen tree out of the path. It was cute to watch :)
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Here is everyone at the top of the falls:
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Forest princesses:
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On Monday morning we left as early as we could, here are some pictures from before we left:
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We got home pretty easily! We really enjoyed spending the weekend with our best friends :) We already miss you Pages :)