Halloween Parties #4 and #5,3 will come tomorrow, :-)

Michelle had a parade and party at school today. She was super excited as the pictures show!

What a great night we had celebrating halloween at the Fredo's!

Three houses in I had already been handed half of everyone's costumes!!

Charlie and his Nicky!

While Michelle's energy didn't fade at all, Charlie's did. He sat down and started sucking his thumb in one of the driveways, LOL!!

When we got back to the Fredo's I was presented with the best costume trophy!!

Michelle and the BPD

Perhaps it was that she had just gone on her first official field trip with Mike to BPD,

Or it was just her love for dogs, but when Michelle found out a police dog was missing this morning she went into action. First she made a poster (I thought she was just doing a drawing but was so impressed with the words she added too),

She then tried to tape it to the tree in the front yard but quickly realized that was not going to work because of the wind and rain. She decided she would mail her poster to BPD for them to use.

The great news is that within seconds of addressing the envelope Mike called and said the dog had been found. Michelle is convinced her poster did it, :-)

Halloween Party #2 -- Check

WLYC

The club is always fun but it certainly would not be the same without the cousins!!!

Halloween Party #1 -- Check

Zooquarium Halloween Bash

Michelle really thought there were brains in the cauldron even after we showed her the spaghetti, LOL

It might have rained but we had fun.

On to the next party......

Library book!!

The day has finally come, Michelle was able to check out a book at school today!!!!!

Just because

Charlie: "I have plenty of energy Mommy, I have 2 bars"

8th Anniversary Celebration

Mike and I were going to take the kids out to dinner tonight to celebrate our anniversary but Auntie Jenn offered to take Charlie for a playdate so we were able to enjoy a nice lunch date. Thanks again Jenn!!

Tonight when I told the kids they wanted me to put on my wedding dress. (I must admit I am so happy I didn't pay the money to have it cleaned and boxed it is much more fun to play with it!!) They wanted to dress up themselves and ran to their rooms to select their attire. Charlie really wanted a tux but I convinced him a tie and button down would be just fine, LOL!

We had a wedding procession and danced it was really fun. The kids thought it was the best thing ever. Truly a wonderful way to end the day.





Dancing!



Maybe next year Mike and Kosmo will make the picture!

Pumpkins

Our Columbus weekend was so jam packed I guess I forgot to finish up with the festivities of Sunday and Monday.

Michelle was so anxious to get her pumpkin and carve it after the pumpkin patch on Saturday. (I would like it noted I was willing to purchase but thought carving was a bit too soon)

We bought our pumpkins and had to go right home and carve them. Next year Charlie is going to get Mike to cut his as Mike clearly has the artistic gene that I do not!



Charlie concentrated very hard on cleaning his out while Michelle just had a great time with it.

Bourne Farm 2011

Before Mimi and Grampy set off for Florida tomorrow we spent some time with them at Bourne Farm for our annual pumpkin day visit.

We were there for 30 seconds, literally, before Charlie conned Grampy into buying them an ice cream!!!




We then headed to the slide, clearly Michelle has come a long way from the linked post above!!!




Face painting is always a hit.



We were happy to see the pony rides. Charlie was happy to see the mini pony but he was still a bit apprehensive. Michelle on the otherhand couldn't understand why they didn't adjust the stirrups to her size.



Tree climbing at Mimi and Grampy's is awesome too!