Trunk or Treat!!

This evening we went to Trunk or Treat at KingsWay. Luke dressed in his Darth Vader suit but Kate opted out of the costume for the night. Instead, she wore an adorable Halloween dress. We're saving the princess Leia costume for Friday.





Luke found a fellow Darth Vader to pose with.



There were lots of cool pumpkins. The two small ones were done by cousins Lauren and Sam. They won for cutest pumpkin. The other one was a cheeseburger which looked like the most delicious pumpkin!!



After eating pizza and playing games we headed outside to Trunk or Treat. There were some spookily decorated cars. Luke thought they were awesome, Kate wasn't too sure. But she was good to say "Tick o Teat" and "tank you" to all of the candygivers.







After collecting all of the treats, we got a picture of our crew: Sam, Luke, Kate, Lauren, and Madison.

Getting close to Halloween!

Halloween is getting closer and we're getting into the Halloween spirit! Luke and Kate felt like posing for some pictures tonight. Kate was more into the posing than Luke however. Grandma (or as Kate calls her, Ba-maw) is going to be helping us adjust their costumes to fit them. I'm starting to think Luke should have been John Wayne instead of Darth Vader because Kate now calls him "Duke".

Buddies!

Tonight our friends, Jason and Shelly came over for dinner along with their adorable daughter Kayley. Luke and Kayley spent some quality time together talking and playing. Jason even talked Luke into giving her a kiss!!

Poor Baby--

As you can see, I wasn't kidding about these kids being sick! Here is Kate having her breathing treatment before bed. Not her favorite thing to do, I might add.

And We Lotion Them Up!!!!

Part of the nightly routine since Luke was a baby is for Daddy to Lotion Them Up!! He has a little song that he sings as he puts lotion on "their legs, their legs, their arms, their arms, their belly, their belly, and their back, their back" after their bath. Since we've added Kate, Matt has invented the double lotion where he lotions them both at the same time and then they jump on Luke's bed.






Tonight in the hub bub of cleaning and straightening up, I suddenly realized Kate was very busy saying something over and over again. I finally looked over and she was playing with her doll and saying "Low-she Up" as she pretended to put baby lotion on her doll before bed. It was hilarious!




P.S. Ignore the dirty floor...I'll clean that tomorrow!!

3rd Haircut!

I finally clicked a few pictures tonight of the kids before they went to bed. Kate had her third haircut tonight. As always, I think she's pretty darn cute!!

Here is our tall, thin young man reading books before bed!

Bad, Bad Blogger

I guess I got my answer for how I'd keep up with blogging once school started! I haven't done very well at all with it!! We've been busy with illnesses at our house. Luke and Kate both went to the doctor last week. Luke had pneumonia and Kate had croop. In other words, there's lots of coughing going on at our house. Luke is quite the man to take his Augmentin without flavoring...he has been awesome! Of course, he gets m&ms whenever he takes it...bribery always works. We've been spending out time really enjoying being together as a family. Kate is more independent everyday and such a little lady. She loves clothes, shoes, and purses. It cracks me up. Right now, Luke loves all things baseball and Star Wars related. You'd think he'd be all about Luke Skywalker since they share the same name...but he is all about the dark side for Halloween. We already have his Darth Vader costume hanging in his closet. I've hidden the new lightsaber that goes with it because I know it would be worn out or broken by Oct. 31. Since Kate doesn't have much of an opinion yet on costumes, she will be decked out as Princess Leia...buns and all! Her costume came in the mail today. I will definitely have Halloween pictures to post!