Party Pooped...

I love fall... it is absolutely my favorite season of the year. But we are party pooped! Between pumpkin picking, Halloween parties, birthday parties, fall festivals, etc... & the everyday things that must be done, the past two weeks have been a little hectic. Don't get me wrong... we have had a blast and LOVE doing all of these things, but having 2 or 3 events planned in the same day is difficult while trying to maintain somewhat of a nap schedule for the twins and my sanity. Anyway... we have had a great time, but we are taking things slow this week. James is out of town and Jaycie has strep throat... we are praying that no one else comes down with it... but this has given me the opportunity to relax at home and love on all my babies. It is nice to just sit on the couch in our PJ's and cuddle... knowing we don't have to do anything all day! I know the excitement will pick back up on Friday... but in the meantime, we will share a few pictures from the past two weeks:

Pumpkin picking with our playgroup at McLeod Farms

We loved the hay ride... Jacob couldn't take his eyes off of the tractors in the field.

After picking pumpkins, we had a picnic, played on the tractors, and the old carousel... then headed home for a long nap!

A Halloween party with many guests including super heroes, princesses, Minnie mouse, clowns, ballerinas, a train conductor, and even an appearance from Elvis... thank you Kayne, Sandy, and Katie for hosting and to Anna Grace for sharing her backyard! We had a spooktacular time!

Spiderman (a.k.a. Hunter) giving our little Spiderman and our ballerina a wagon ride... what muscles!

Our little fairy enjoys riding the tricycle...

Ms. Beth led the kids in parachute games... Jamie watched from the tricycle for a long time, then eventually joined in the fun.

Jaycie was the first in our family willing to bob for pumpkins... followed by Jessica, then Jacob. Jamie refused to pick one up with her mouth and just opted to pick it out with her hands.

We also dressed everyone up for the Moms of Multiples Halloween Party. There were some terribly cute costumes there... what great ideas for twins... Thing 1 & Thing 2, Minnie & Mickey, a flower & a butterfly, Wonder Woman & Super Man, Winnie the Pooh & Tigger, and once again... many princesses & superheros! James convinced me to just let our kids completely pick their own costumes this year. If it were my choice... the twins would have been Peter Pan & Tinkerbell... maybe another year! For this year, we have a ballerina, a fairy, Pocahontas, and Spiderman. I guess every house should have at least one superhero!

This is as good as it gets with this many little ones...

Our Spiderman and Thing 2 help keep the skittles off the floor during the skittle relay!

Jessica, Katherine, and Anne Marie enjoy their Girl Scout skating party! This was one of the few pictures I took... as Jessica informed me that I didn't have to stay... it would be fine to just come back to pick her up. At least I knew there would only be little girls there!!! She is growing up too fast...

Off to the park with our playgroup to paint pumpkins on the COLDEST morning this season. The wind was blowing, the sun was hiding behind clouds, and the kids sat still for all of 5 minutes until their lips turned blue. After attempting to paint, they played on the playground for a few minutes... then we just ended up coming home and having friends over for pizza. Once the sun came out, we went on the back porch and played with play dough & it turned out to be a very nice afternoon!

I took the girls to their school fall festival this weekend... it was CROWDED to say the least. Usually, they would have the big blow up bouncy things outside... but since it was pouring down rain, all of the activities were held inside. For this reason, James opted to stay home with Jamie & Jacob... a good decision b/c I don't think we could have made it through the hallways. The girls and I had a nice dinner (BBQ... yum!), played games, went through the haunted house (Jaycie kept her face buried in my shoulder the entire time)... and Jaycie won a cake in the cake walk! Of course, the night would not have been complete without a visit to Jessica's old 2nd grade classroom to see the hermit crabs!

Boo...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!