The second half of October (2014)

We had a very eventful October! The second half of the month was full of Halloween activities, a visit from Aunt Katie and the kids, and a trip to Hershey, PA for the state tennis tournament.

Here is just a fun video of Sammy playing with Timmy. Timmy was talking to Sammy and he was talking back. Of course, once I filmed it Sammy didn't talk much, but they love each other and it is really cute.

We went to a little pumpkin walk thing at the Panhandle Trail in Collier township that was really fun. It was our first chance to wear our halloween outfits and get some free candy and hot cider. It was really simple but fun to go out together as a family.

Timmy has become our little reader. Lucy loves to read, too, don't get me wrong. But Timothy will sit there all day and just flip through books all by himself. Sometimes he even hides in quiet places. It is too precious.

This is what my morning looks like. Sammy wakes up to eat a bit too early for mom and dad. So he gets to snuggle for an hour or so. Lucy and Timmy join us at some point and apparently take pictures of us. It is one big happy family each morning, but at least it isn't in the middle of the night!

Kaelyn and Lucy has some girl cousin bonding time watching TV one day while the boys were napping I believe. What cuties.

Kaelyn was not quite as interested in the show as Lucy :)

We did some service and raked up Grandpa Steve's leaves while he was on his LAST BUSINESS TRIP EVER! and the kids had a blast. Lucy was a really big helper actually and Noah  took a turn raking as well. Timmy, well, he held the rake a few times but wasn't so sure how to use it. haha.

This is proof that Jared is alive. He is working as a technician for security systems and as a high school tennis coach. He took some time one night to practice on an old loaner device. So I took a picture :)

So our raking was split between two days. Here is our front lawn adventure. The kids LOVE to run and jump into the leaves. At one point they all disappeared to the back yard and came back with sticks and were swinging them at the leaves. I asked what they were doing and Lucy said, "We are dusting!" I am not sure what that means. I don't really dust so I have no idea how she knew what that was, but it was so fun to see them play together outside.

Timmy and Noah really like to rummage through Grandma's fridge. Luckily they can't reach much, but they can reach the produce drawer. They came into the family roome eating two bell peppers and said to me, "We love PEPPERS!"

Lucy keeps asking for a baby sister, and she took advantage of Kaelyn being in town to get her message across. She LOVED to put Kaelyn's bows on Sammy. What a goof :)

We got to go with them to Zoo Boo at the Pittsburgh Zoo, where they have a few fun activities and some trick or treating stops along the way. It was so fun. We love the zoo in general and it was just such a nice day. I love fall weather.

 

Sammy and Kaelyn became quite good friends on the trip. Sammy taught Kaelyn how to suck or thumb (hehe) and convinced her to roll over and play with him on the floor. They were so fun to watch.