Halloween 2014

 Halloween this year felt like a 2 week long party!  We had a Halloween party at SC Johnson that the kids had a lot of fun at.  They got to do trick or treating, pumpkin decorating, games, and cookie decorating there.  We also had a subdivision party, trick or treating in Downtown Delafield, and trick or treating in our subdivision.  Jack was Mario this year and he loved his costume (except for the mustache which got kind of itchy and hard to talk/eat with it on).  Andy was Jango Fett - his second year of Star Wars themed costumes.  He looked pretty tough.  And Emily had two costumes - a princess and a Butterfly Fairy.  Depending on the weather and her mood, she got to pick what she was during the 4 times she dressed up over the last couple of weeks.

Our trick or treating last night was freezing cold and windy, so the kids didn't last too long.  But we have plenty of candy of course :)  They had a great time carving pumpkins.  Andy designed his own to look scary and creepy.  Jack wanted Bowser from Super Mario, so I looked up that template.  And Emily wanted Minnie Mouse - again, we needed a template for that one!  And here are the pictures!

 Princess Emily!

 Trick or Treating at SCJ

 Poor Mario is stuck in jail :(

 The finished pumpkins!

 Before Trick or treating in downtown Delafield.

 Emily was Rapunzel for her school Halloween Party.  (Grandpa got to come to that one because I was on Andy's field trip with him)

 Pumpkin Guts!  Andy won't come near them, but Emily and Jack are big helpers.

 trying to find some good candy to snack on!

Happy Birthday to Chris/Dad!

 In mid-October we celebrated Chris' birthday!  The kids were excited to share the cookie cake with him.  I think we finished it off in one night!  Happy birthday to a wonderful guy! 

Pumpkin Patch Fun, Baby Milo, and More

 October is going well and we are enjoying a lot of outdoor fall activities.  I ran the Colorama 5K, and Emily and Jack ran in the Smoky Bear Fun Run at Lapham Peak.  It was chilly and damp, but it was fun!  On that same Saturday, Andy had a soccer game and Chris got to see Andy score his first GOAL!  Andy was really excited!  I co-chaired the Dragon Dash at the kids' school (a 1 mile fun run/walk followed by a pasta dinner) and that went smoothly.  Glad to have it done, but I will be excited to help out again next year.  I think that Jack especially is enjoying running.  We are so excited to have Milo as a new nephew/cousin and have gotten to see him a couple of times already.  Emily had a great field trip to a pumpkin patch, she got to do a lot of fun activities.  The boys' had school conferences and are starting off their years very well at school.  Andy's favorite subject is reading and Jack's is math.  Funny story:  Jack's first grade teacher here in Muskego grew up in Neenah and graduated high school with Andy's 1st grade teacher from Neenah.  It's a small world!  Lastly, we visited our good friends from Neenah and enjoyed our 6th annual (I think)  trip to Cuff Farms for Pumpkin Patch fun.  So, pictures are out of order but here they are...

Emily, making her way out of the corn maze!

 Hay ride to go get pumpkins!

 Finding gourds

 Enjoying the hay bale maze

 Giant LEAP!

 A caterpillar crawling on Emily

 Crazy kids!

 But cute kids :)

 Ready for the mini-train ride

 Off to ballet, with rain boots

 Us visiting Milo at the hospital.  Emily was eager to hold him, Jack is ok with keeping his distance, and Andy thought he was super cute.

 

 Emily wanted to jump in a huge pile of leaves.  Unfortunately (or fortunuately) we don't have many leaves to rake.  But we made a big enough pile for a little fun :)

 Watching the puppet show

 Down the giant slide

 Enjoying the park on a beautiful fall day