Fall

How great is it to be out in the yard with the kids in November. The weather allowed the kids to play outside in the leaves a few different days this week. Addie was determined to dig a tunnel and all Holden wanted to do was run the leaf blower.

Holden was even able to get a little business done while he was out there.

This last shot has to be my favorite of the bunch. I think it is such a great shot. Now you just have to figure out if it is Holden or Addie.

So Addie's tunnel didn't really work... She loved it anyway. ;-)

Princess-Cowgirl & The Monkey

For the past several weeks, Addie has been determined to be a Princess-Cowgirl for Halloween. She has had a definite picture in her mind of what it would entail, and every few days or so she would reveal another part of her costume. In the end, she ended up with her princess dress, necklace, gloves & shoes; horse-on-a-stick; and cowgirl hat with a tiara attached. She was quite proud of her costume.

Holden, on the other hand, refused to choose or try on a costume (could it be because he knew that they were all hand-me-downs?)... UNTIL....he realized that wearing a costume & smiling cute while saying "dick-or-deat" meant that EVERYONE gives you candy.


As we walked around the neighborhood, both kids were really more interested in all the other kids and their costumes. Addie was determined to find the "lady-bug's house." Every house we went up to she said "Is this the lady-bug's house?" (A little girl had come to grandpa & grandma's dressed as a lady-bug earlier in the evening & Addie really wanted to make friends with her.). Holden's repeated observation was "Those kids are running...I better run too!" Holden was really disappointed when we were done. He hung out by Grandma and Grandpa's door greeting all the older tricker-treaters hoping anyone would take him with.

It's amazing how innocent he can look when he wants to. For instance, when he is creeping towards the door. I think he is even doing the "look nonchalant," whistle in the first picture.

Either way, its pretty obvious that they even out did Uncle Josh and Aunt Bethany's costumes this year. Don't worry guys there is always next year.