Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! I hope you have a spooky night!


Everyone is always telling me how much Braden looks like Madeleine. I agree! I could barely tell them apart when putting this together:

Party Girl!

Madeleine is a self proclaimed party girl...and she's right! She had her preschool Pumpkin Carving party last night and is off to another Halloween party this afternoon! She told me that I should I call her a "party girl" :-)

Madeleine had to bring her "special guy" to her preschool Halloween party so of course she picked her daddy! They carved pumpkins (we gutted ours before so it would be easier, see pics below), had a bouncy house, ate spooky treats, went fishing, did some bowling and had lots of fun!


Madeleine is "First Mate" at preschool on Monday (ON HALLOWEEN!!!) which means she unveils her Halloween costume and brings a special snack to share. Since her preschool party was before her first mate day, she decided to wear her princess costume so she wouldn't ruin the surprise on Monday.

Here are some pictures from her preschool Halloween party with daddy!

One of our pumpkins all lit-up!

Madeleine Jumps!

Madeleine is back in swim lessons which she LOVES! She is getting better and better each lesson!

When Madeleine was younger, she would jump in the pool without a worry or care but lately she has been scared and wanting someone to hold her hand when she jumps in. With lots of encouragement from us and her teacher, she finally jumped in all by herself on Monday night and tonight Jeff got some pictures of it!

Right before she jumped in on Monday, she looked over at me and stomped her feet saying "I can't do it, I can't do it" and then her teacher really encouraged her and she did it! She was so excited and proud of herself! She couldn't wait to jump in again tonight :-) We are so proud of our brave little girl!

Braden eats a cheerio!

Braden Laughing!

Braden was cracking up last night when I would make a smack sound...so cute!

This could be trouble...

Braden is loving driving our little red car and big sissy is having even more fun pushing him :) This could be trouble...she doesn't always remember he's a baby and can't go fast but that's okay, mom & dad were close by!

Here's our big boy! 7-months old with 7 TEETH! #8 is taking it's sweet old time.

Pumpkin Carving with Grandpa & Grandma!

Jeff & I headed out to celebrate Jeff's birthday on Saturday while my parents brought Kathryn up to carve pumpkins with the kids. They had lots of fun!