Happy Halloween!

We had quite a few celebrations around Halloween this year. On Friday Max had a Harvest Party at his school in the morning and Kyle had his Halloween party and parade at school in the afternoon. Saturday evening Kyle and I were invited to a party at the home of his two best friends from school (who are also cousins). It was a fun time with music, food, and a clown for entertainment. And tonight we went to the Harvest Festival at the Germantown Soccerplex that is hosted by Church of the Redeemer every year. The boys got to play lots of games and play in the moonbounce all while "winning" lots of candy! Kyle decided to be a ninja this year and Max went with Tigger again (same costume as last year). I dressed up for the first time in years and went to the party with Kyle as a mouse. It was a fun weekend!

Halloween Cookies and Pumpkins

Today was a snowy/icy day outside so we stayed inside most of the day and carved pumpkins, roasted pumpkin seeds, and made Halloween sugar cookies in pumpkin, ghost, and cat shapes. Jason made his own batch with pumpkin spice added and cut them in circles and made different designs in the icing. All the cookies turned out delicious!

Butler's Orchard 2011

On Saturday we took our yearly trip to Butler's Orchard. We had a great time. The weather was pretty nice - not as cold and windy as it has been in past years. We did a hayride to pick our pumpkins, played in the hayloft, went on the slides and spiderweb, went through some mazes, fed some goats and petted some pigs, played on the tractor and train, played in a moonbounce and ate some yummy food. It was a fun time as always!

Uncle Mike's visit

Uncle Mike came to visit last Saturday. The boys had a great time playing with him and it was nice to see him!

Labor Day 2011

We invited Jason's family over the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Grandma Luster, cousin Michael, Uncle Carey and Aunt Casey were able to come. We ate hamburgers and hot dogs, crock pot macaroni and cheese, and a fruit salad. The boys helped Grandma Luster make deviled eggs as well! We also got a cake to celebrate Uncle Carey's birthday. Jason and Kyle decided to get him a Pokemon theme deck to introduce him to the game and they played a Pokemon tournament which Kyle won! It was a fun day!

Fire Department Open House

On Saturday we went to the local fire department's open house. They had lots of fun stuff for kids and families! They had a brand new fire engine that we actually got to go inside. They had a moon bounce and slide, popcorn and cotton candy, vendors with activities and free stuff for the boys, a demo where the kids could dress up as little firemen and shoot a real fire hose with water at a pretend fire, and an ambulance bus that we could climb in and they could pretend to drive and check out all the stuff. It was a lot of fun. We spent about two hours exploring all the fun things to do!