our halloween

this year, we spent our halloween in the hundred acre woods!

i had to include this picture, even though it's not any good. i should really learn how to use our camera at night.....

Caleb is showing his daddy the moon. any time Caleb walks by an open window at night, or as soon as he walks outside, he looks for the moon and points it out to us. and i just love it, because how many times are we just going, going, going, and too wrapped up with stuff to just stop, and look at the moon. how grateful i am for my sweet boy to remind us to slow down, and enjoy God's creation and appreciate His beauty.

this was the first year that we actually went trick-or-treating. we weren't sure if little man would actually get into it or not, so we were happy to see that he got the whole concept, and he had a great time. listening to him say "trick-or-treat" was the cutest thing ever, and then he would yell out "bye-bye" as he left each house. it was a very fun night.

and what i hope will become a yearly tradition.....my two guys watching "it's the great pumpkin".

and with that, it's November.....which means it's Thanksgiving.....which means it's basically Christmas.....which means it's my most favoritist time of year!

the pumpkin patch

we made it back to the pumpkin patch this year. we missed going last year since we were so busy moving back home post-flood, not to mention i was very much with-child at the time. so, it's been two years since we took little man, and it was a very different experience this time. he had a blast, which means that the rest of us did as well.

it is no easy task to get two littles to look at the camera at the same time, especially when there are people watching you and waiting for their turn. but just when we were about to give up, they both gave in to our pleas and looked our way and we got our shot.

have i mentioned how grateful i am for an easy-going baby who is content to just go-with-the-flow? because i am. baby girl just sat and watched her big brother play and smiled at anyone who looked her way.....

hanging outside

it finally started to feel like fall outside this week. up until now, it was still feeling more like summer out there. so we headed outside one afternoon when daddy was home and we went just a little crazy with the camera.....

fall crafting

well, fall is in full swing at our house. this is my favorite time of year - even more so now that we have kids.

we've been doing lots of baking, burning our pumpkin spice candles, and staying in jammies a little longer than normal whenever possible.

so we thought it was time to do some crafting.

we tried doing a fingerprint tree, and little man really did a great job. finger-paint used to really freak him out, so we are very happy that he does so well with it now.






when we were finished with them, i held up my tree, which i thought at least somewhat resembled a tree.

anyways, this was our conversation.....

me: Caleb, what is it?
him: paint!
me: well, yes, but what does it look like?
him: {blank stare}
me: does it look like a tree?
him: {silly laugh} no!

he was so funny, acting like a tree was the most ridiculous thing i could have said!

so much for my artistic skills!


we also tried painting some pumpkins, because i am not yet brave enough to try carving them with our little guy.








and a parting shot, cause he's just so darn cute.....

curls

okay, so here's a picture of baby girl at about 8 months old.....


and a picture of little man at about the same age.....


baby girl.....


little man.....


where are her curls?

*photos by Jennifer Dunaway Photography*