Halloween playgroup

Our Wednesday playgroup decided to have a Halloween party for the kids this week in honor of Halloween. Each mom brought fun things for the kids to do and it turned out great! The kids had a lot of fun!

Cupcake decorating.

Her works of art.
Costumes. 3 of 5 kids isn't bad, right? We should have taken the pictures before cupcakes because trying to get them to all stand still proved quite difficult after.
Coloring/decorating pumpkins. Concentrating!
Face painting. She picked particular colors, but wouldn't say what she wanted so we decided on a butterfly for her.

Pin the parts on the mummy.
Cheating.
A long and sugar-filled party!

Pumpkin carving

On Monday, Hannah and I tackled the job of carving our pumpkin. Hannah helped by cleaning out the pumpkin and then choosing the face (Mommy's repertoire of faces isn't that big, but she took it seriously).

Here she is cleaning it out....yuck!

And then with our finished pumpkin. She was so excited! Wait until she sees it lit up!

Anaheim and Disneyland

The next stop in our vacation...Anaheim where we met up with Gramma and Gramps and Uncle Rob and Aunt Danielle with Tyler, Lyssa and Ryan.

Friday we went to Downtown Disney for lunch and some shopping.
And spent the afternoon (after naps) at the hotel pool.

That evening we were joined by Buddy Joe, Uncle Pete, and Aunt Jen and Uncle Joe with Ryan for a big family dinner.

Hannah and Tyler. This was Hannah's first time meeting her cousins and she took to them instantly.

Picture with Buddy Joe (their Great Grandpa).

After dinner, Hannah shared some of her Daddy's ice cream cone.
Saturday was Disneyland.

Our first ride. This was actually Hannah's 2nd ride as she had already rode them once with her Daddy.
1 of the 2 things she wanted to do at Disneyland...ride a roller coaster.

The 2nd thing was meet Donald Duck (who was apparently sick this day) so instead she met Mickey Mouse. By her face, I would think she didn't mind.

Hannah and Lyssa.

Gramma and Gramps with all of their grandkids. Tyler (14), Hannah (3), Lyssa (4), and Ryan (5 months).
Our family picture with Hannah's mouth full of something??

We had a great time! Hannah really enjoyed it. Her favorite part (according to her) was the jungle cruise when the guy driving the boat was making jokes (she didn't get them, but somehow it stuck with her).

And her favorite part from the whole trip (again, according to her) was the airplane ride.

San Diego

Last week was our vacation to California! The first part of our trip was spent in San Diego at our friends Karen and Oscar's house. It was a busy few days, but we had such a great time seeing all of our friends and eating at our old favorites! And you just can't beat the weather!

Our first stop....In-n-Out, a Southern California staple.

While there, we managed to make it to the beach several times for short visits. Hannah as usual loved the beach and playing in the water!
A different day, another beach.

We also spent a day at Sea World. They have an Elmo play land with rides and a 4D show plus all of the sea life and shows.
The polar bear cave. It was fun until the "polar bear" roared really loudly. She was petrified, but quickly got over it and said it was her favorite part of the day.
After we fed the bat rays, they were all hanging around so we got to pet a lot of them.
Elmo's 4D show. More posts from the rest of our trip later....

4 month baby bump

So I finally figured it was time...

If you don't already know, we are going to have a baby. It caught us completely by surprise (to say the least), but we are very excited! The baby is due towards the end of March and we find out early next month what we are having (if Hannah gets her way, it will be a boy).

Here's a picture (taken by lovely Miss Hannah) at nearly 4 1/2 months. She's quite the photographer! : )

1st trip to the dentist

Today was Hannah's 1st trip to the dentist. She had been bugging me to make the appt. since her doctor told her at her last checkup that she could go to the dentist now. She was very excited.

All ready to go.

Getting her teeth cleaned. She said it tickled a little, but her favorite part was spitting into the sink attached to the chair. She did so well!

So proud with her new toothbrush and toy.

Oktoberfest in Harvard Square

Yesterday, we went to an Oktoberfest in Harvard Square. We never did figure out how it was even remotely close to a German Oktoberfest, but we had a great time nonetheless.

Hannah and her friend, Cai riding the bus to Harvard Square.
Loads of people.
After we ate lunch, there was an eclectic parade that came by. Both Hannah and Cai were fascinated by it.
We stopped for a rest while the kids played.

Sweet potato harvest

Today is the day that we dug up all of our sweet potatoes. We probably could have waited a bit longer as there haven't been any frost warnings, but we're going to CA next week and will be gone for the next 2 weekends so better to have them now than ruined by a frost while we're gone.

Hannah was excited as always to help Daddy in the dirt.
Found one.
Here they are.
Our loot.

Proud of their sweet potato harvest!

Drumlin Farm

Yesterday, our playgroup went to Drumlin Farm. It was a beautiful day for it too! We saw all sorts of animals...mules, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, a skunk, a fox, and goats (I'm sure I missed one or two but you get the idea). We had a blast and the girls had loads of space to run around! There was even a hayride!

Waiting for the others to arrive.

Caroline, Hannah, and Sophie with pumpkins.
The girls with one of the many scarecrows around the farm.
Mooing at the cows.
On our hayride....

Joe's birthday

A little late as Joe's birthday was September 27th, but I just found these pictures when I went to download the latest ones and I thought they were cute...

As usual, Hannah and I made a cake for Joe that she got to decorate all by herself!

Helping Daddy blow out the candles.