Pumpkin Carving - 10/29/13

 A few days ago, we carved some pumpkins for Halloween! Harrison and Declan were very excited and proud of our finished pumpkins. Declan likes to 'visit' our pumpkins on the front porch every time we get home from going somewhere. I think Halloween might be his favorite holiday. He told me (many times) he wants to fill his trick-or-treat bag to the 'tippy-top'! They are very excited for Halloween tonight!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Boo at the Zoo! 10/27/13

This morning, we headed to the zoo for some early trick-or-treating! The weather was perfect and we all had a great time. Declan was especially fascinated by all the types of candy. Every time he got a new piece of candy, he would check it out and ask us about it. I guess he didn't recognize most of it, but he seemed to know it was good stuff!

 Checking out the striped hyena. There were very few opportunities to stop and look at the animals, because Declan was there for the TREATS!

 A shark and a sea lion...I guess they could go together!

 About half-way through, Harrison had to take a break, but Declan used the opportunity to sort through all of his candy! He tried Skittles for the first time and had the funniest look on his face while he tried to decide if he liked them....he did!

 He sorted through his brother's candy, too!

 Waiting for Daddy to get some popcorn!

 "That was so much fun!!"

Happy Halloween!

Happy Feet - 10/26/13

 There's only one more Saturday left in Harrison's second season of Happy Feet soccer...and he scored his first goal today!! He was so excited! The picture above is his team and the picture below is all the kids in his league this season. He has been having a lot of fun!

Bug-A-Boo Party - 10/20/13

 We kicked off our Halloween festivities today at at the Butterfly Pavilion's 'Bug-A-Boo' Party! Finn joined us as a Power Ranger, Harrison repeated his shark costume from last year, and Declan was a Frankenstein monster! It  was tons of fun, with face painting, balloon artistry, snacks, candy, cockroach races, pumpkin decorating, butterflies and bugs!

 Monster's, super heroes, and sharks get hungry after so much fun!!

Mommy's Little Helpers - 10/17/13

 

After dinner tonight, Declan decided he wanted to do the dishes! He pulled the small ottoman over to the sink, hopped up, turned on the water, and started doing the dishes all by himself! If I didn't have pictures, I would have thought I was dreaming. I put the dishes in the dishwasher for him as he washed them off. Then, Harrison decided he was missing out on some fun and they starting fighting over who got to wash the dishes. This could go on for the next 15 years and I wouldn't complain!

Pumpkin Harvest Festival - 10/5/13

Today, we celebrated a gorgeous autumn day at the Pumpkin Harvest Festival at Four Mile Historic Park in Denver. It was so much fun! We picked pumpkins in the pumpkin patch, took a ride in a horse-drawn stage coach, panned for gold, tried some Indian Fry Bread, and enjoyed the beautiful autumn day with friends.

A trio of 'pumpkin heads'!

The inside of a reconstructed Native American teepee.

That's our Indian Fry Bread he is making! It was delicious with honey, cinnamon, and sugar!

Panning for gold.

Declan struck it rich!

That's the stage coach we rode...the horses even trotted for a short time! Declan LOVED it, he kept saying, "go fast again, go fast again"!

Waiting patiently to ride the stage coach.

A happy Declan riding the stage coach.

Declan also loved petting the horses that pulled the coach.

Yippee!

There were lots of historic recreations all over the park.

An 'old-timey' Harrison.

HAPPY AUTUMN!