Happy Halloween!

What a fun Halloween! This year we all dressed up as super heroes from the DC Comic books. Abby and Allie made such cute super heroes and had been practicing their poses all week. It was cold and rainy for the first few minutes, but thankfully the rain dissipated and left us with a chilly evening. Our neighbor hitched up a trailer of hay so the girls rode from street to street with all the other neighborhood kids. What a blast! Abby's BFF lives just down the street from us so the two of them went off on their own trick or treating adventures while Allie met a few girls and went trick or treating with them, mommy was not allowed to go, but instead watched closely from afar. The kids were having so much fun, it was hard to get them home for bath and bedtime. It's going to be a rough day for their teachers with these kiddos' Halloween Hangovers.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

 

 

Pumpking Painting/Carving

Abby brought home a pumpkin from her pumpkin patch visit on Friday. It was too small to carve so we agreed to let her and Allie paint a couple pumpkins in addition to carving. It was a busy Sunday morning! We started with the painting while mommy & daddy prepped the pumpkins for cleaning and carving. Allison still is not into the cleaning or carving, but Abigail was into it. She loved the way the pumpkin 'guts' felt like slime. The pumpkins ended up being really cute and another special memory for our family.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Boo Bash

This weekend really turned cold on us! It was only in the 20's when we woke up Saturday morning to get ready for Boo Bash, which made it the coldest one to date! The weather really kept a lot of people away even though most of the activities had been moved inside. The only outside was the hayride and no one was brave enough for the weather except our family so we had a nice hayride all to ourselves! It really ended up being the best Boo Bash so far!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Pumpkin Patch

Today Abby's class went to the pumpkin patch & petting zoo at Wild Things Farms. She had been counting down the days for the field trip and she had a blast! So glad she has such a great teacher that will send us pictures of her fun adventures!

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Weekend update

We spent the weekend at home working around the house. Daddy installed our new light fixtures for the kitchen, while mommy continued organizing and cleaning. The girls entertained themselves for the most part. Especially Allison, who we found had commandeered mommy's makeup and decided to use some of it on herself. She put on some good waterworks after we told her no, but soon she was fine and fell asleep in daddy's chair. Sunday mornings at our house are the best part of the week, we cook breakfast as a family, mommy & daddy have coffee and the girls watch cartoons. This weekend was no exception. We've been watching Lucy while BB & Papa were on a cruise and so when Abigail got in the floor to play with Frodo, Lucy and Allie soon joined in!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Parent Teacher Conference & Mommy Daughter Time

Abigail had her first parent teacher conference of the year on Thursday night. While we did have conferences in kindergarten, there were no grades assigned. This was her first real report card and she smoked it! Straight As in all subjects and good marks in her extracurricular (art, music, PE). The conference was a little different because it is a 'student led' conference, which means the student guides the conference rather than the parent or teacher. Abigail shared her reading space, her laptop and how she logs in to her laptop daily...school is so different than when we were kids!

 

Since she did so great in school we planned a special mommy, Abby afternoon. Mommy took the afternoon off work and we went around town doing girly things. Pedicures/manicures were first on the list and she loved it. Then we ate at her favorite Chinese restaurant and then did a bit of shopping. It was a fun, girly afternoon to celebrate a super smart, fun girl.

 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

 

Fall Festival Fun

This weekend we attended the Fall Festival in old downtown Van Buren. It's such a neat festival because they close the streets to all of downtown, which allows visitors to walk the streets and enjoy shops, they might not otherwise stop by. We headed over early on Saturday to avoid some of the crowds and let the girls explore all the shops and booths. Of course, face painting was the first stop! They also had carnival rides, which Allie is not a fan of, but Abby loves! Mommy and Allie walked around while Daddy and Abby checked out the rides. Afterwards we went for a quick bite of lunch and headed home. It was a perfect Saturday!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer