Halloween Celebrations

Our celebrations began last Wednesday at our church's Harvest Festival.

  As soon as the princess costume was on Kaitlyn the boys thought they just HAD to 

get down on their knee and kiss her hand. 

It was precious and she was lovin it

 My Solider

 and Ninja

 The three amigos

 My sister's pumpkin cake. 

Isn't it soo cute :)

 This was on trick or treat night

 Kaitlyn was a princess again but just another costume..

 poor baby this one was way too big

 Once again the princess needs a kiss on the hand

 While playing at the park Kaitlyn's dress really became an issue 

so Nana came to the rescue and tied a little here and there and 

now the princess can play

 They were anxious to get going so getting a picture of all the kiddos was quite a challenge!

They were so cute. When they asked Kaitlyn what kind of candy she would say "Chocit please"

Every single time she was done at one house....

She would walk down the drive way saying...

One more house

She just wanted to make sure the house she was at wasn't the last.

Now we have 3 buckets FILLED with candy 

It was a great night with family and friends. 

And there was already talk of what to be next year :)

Spur of the moment beach day!

The kids woke up and it was morning as usual( or so they thought). Chores then school. But Mat and I had a little different plan for the day. We told  the boys once they finished math we had something to tell them..... " Go get warm clothes on and a change of clothes... we are going to the beach!"

 It was a bit cold. 

The sun made its appearance for a few hours

 Daddy's nice warm fire kept us warm for the whole day

Ok so the show that Netflix has been streaming for us recently are any wilderness survival shows.. they boys have been LOVIN them. 

No surprise at all right when we got to the beach the boys went in survival mode. 

"Daddy you need to make a fire first so we can stay warm and cook our food"

"Next Shelter- so they went hunting for supplies :)"

 Gathering their materials for shelter

 The boys were very impressed with daddy's shelter building skills :)

 See that big HUGE log... 

Well that was mommy's idea. 

I even rolled it half way across the beach. 

My shoulder has been hurting ever since ;(

 Oh and Note these aren't hotdogs- they are seal dogs that they caught ( according to my survivor boys :)

 Ok so yes I said it was cold.. 

But did that stop them....

 Oh of course NOT!

 Kaitlyn took a bit more convincing...

 I LOVE this 

 Kaitlyn is still lovin the" ballaleena" thing

  Twirls and now bows every chance she can get!

 Fully submerged and CRAZY I tell yeah!

 Once again I LOVE baby feet... Makes me hungry just looking at them... But I don't think waking up a sleeping baby who didn't nap today is worth a little toes nibble right now :)

  Zack finally convinced her to go in. He was so good with her.. melted my ♥

 Such good brothers.. 

Jayden did try to take in her in his way though and she wasn't havin it

 Especially when she fell and got her hands dirty..... 

it was almost a melt down that was adverted by a picture 

 My crazy water crazy BOY !!! He didn't complain about being cold at all. He is his father's son for sure

Zack getting warm  :)

 The thing on Zack's head is a root from a bush that he dug up while "hunting" 

 We ended the day with a nice walk on the beach.. Finding whole sand dollars, little jelly fish

 A live crab that daddy rescued. 

Throwing back into the water before a seagull could get a hold of it

I am so thankful for my parents and Mat's parents who taught both of us the value of spur of the moment plans which make life long memories!