Halloween festivities

Warning: there are a LOT of pictures in this post. Please browse as much or as little as you would like. Enjoy!

The Clarke family came down for a visit this weekend, and we had a great time with them. On Saturday morning, some of us went to the library for their Halloween party. We generally go to the library once a week for storytime, but obviously Daddy does not get to be a part of that. So, it was fun to be able to go as an entire family to listen to books and do some crafts.

That afternoon, our church had a fall festival kind of event. Here are all the kids, ready to go play lots of games and bring home an abundance of candy!

Our little giraffe and Tinkerbell:

The Clarke kids:

Thankfully, Addie and Addisyn got to see each other real quick:

Sunday night, it was pumpkin carving time with Daddy:

Sweet outfit, huh?Ready to go trick-or-treating!

Happy Halloween!

Addie the Mommy

To say that Addie has motherly instincts would be quite the understatement. The past couple of weeks, Addie has especially taken an interest in being pregnant, or as she puts it, "having a baby in her tummy." Most mornings, I find her pregnant (her blanky is inside her pj's somehow). The baby proceeds to come out sometime around breakfast, then the baby inevitably has at least one birthday at some point during the day (they of course get to eat imaginary cupcakes to celebrate). A lot of times, the baby gets sick sometime during the day, takes naps, and nurses (from her mommy, of course). She needs new diapers (most of the time they are stinky ones, according to Addie) and Addie is actually able to complete an entire diaper change. I wish she could pull that off on Levi! Anyways, all that to say, Addie loves her baby dolls and takes such great care of them. She is a lot of fun to watch and listen to (as her babies get put in time out, need a spanking, or need to say they are sorry). Addie is also teaching them some Bible verses.

Awake and pregnant:

Close to delivery time!

It was a little harder to get the blanky in there, but she found a way-apparently, she slept all night like that!

Feeding time:

Fall

We have been enjoying fall and all the fun activities that come with it these past couple of months.

Playing in the leaves with neighbors:

Craft time! I am not a craft person. In fact, I'm the opposite of a craft person-whatever that would be. But, I've been trying to introduce our kids to as much "crafty" stuff as I find do-able on the internet. Here's what we've been able to accomplish so far:

Craft #1: Baby food jar pumpkins.

Stuff torn orange paper into an empty baby food jar.

Cut out pieces of black construction paper for the face of the pumpkin and hot glue onto the jar.

Hot glue a twisted pipe cleaner to the lid.

New fall decorations!

Craft #2: marble painted pumpkins.

Cover marble in fall-colored paint and roll around in a box lid. (I haven't done this part yet, but you can laminate them, then put them on a string and hang them somewhere in your house).

Craft #3 (our last one thus far): Paper pumpkins.

I didn't have a chance to take any pictures while these were being made since Levi participated and glue was involved. So, find a printable pumpkin online. Print it and cut it out. Tear up orange construction paper, then glue to the printed pumpkin. Color the stem green.

Happy fall!

Skytop Orchard

Some friends from Charlotte, the Murdock's, came down and went to Skytop Orchard with us on Saturday. It was a lot of fun! Though it started out pretty cold, we all warmed up really fast. Skytop not only had tons of apple trees, but they also had lots of equipment for the kids to play on. We hope to go back again soon...if it is warm enough!

Addie on a tractor. Our little farm girl.

3 out of the 5 kids (our 2 with Jonah)

The Pumpkin slide was a big hit.

There goes Addie!

They also had a "petting zoo." More like random farm animals that you could feed.

A house to play in-also a big hit!

Jonah and Addie looking out:

Levi going down the slide the RIGHT way...

And then apparently getting bored with it, deciding to go down face first...and loving it! The problem is, now it seems like Levi thinks everything would be more fun face first instead of feet first-not good!

Daddy, Addie, and Levi peering through the holes:

Around 3 feet tall this fall:

All of the kids-they're growing up so fast!