Halloween 2012

I was very excited this year about Halloween because I could finally take the girls around the neighborhood trick-or-treating as both of them could walk this year, as opposed to none or only one walking.  This year we had our neighbor Tiffany and her son Tygan join us as well as our friend Tara and her son Kash, who is only a year old.  Before we headed out, Kash, who was already in his monster costume kept taking Avery's baby stroller away from her, apparently he likes things he can push.  Our plan was to put Avery and Kash in the wagon and wheel them around the neighborhood trick-or-treating.  But because Avery had already decided she didn't like Kash, she was very upset she had to share her wagon with him, so instead I ended up carrying her all over our neighborhood as a punishment.  Due to me carrying Avery all over the neighborhood I didn't get too many great shots of our adventure.

Pumpkin Carving

As daddy was working nights, mommy took it upon herself to get the girls started on their pumpkin carving tradition.  We carved a cat because the girls are into kittens at the moment.  They helped me with taking the innards out of the pumpkin and mommy used the sharp tools to carve the pumpkin.  Emily loved taking the top off the pumpkin and then after that she wasn't interested anymore so she just drew on the paper covering the table.  Avery on the other hand enjoyed taking out all the pumpkin seeds so much that she actually started to put them back in just to take them out again.  Overall we had a great time but mommy's hand now need a massage.

Pumpkin Patch 2012

It is that time of year when the temperatures starts to drop and the time changes, which means autumn is here and it is time for our annual trip to the pumpkin patch.  Last year we were too late in arriving at the pumpkin patch because we had some costume snafu's and when we got them all straightened out the pumpkins were all sold and there was no more pumpkin patch.

I am pleased to say that this time around we were ready with our outfits and the timing was great because all the pumpkins were out so we could have our choice for the taking.  The only problem was the girls didn't want to cooperate with having their pictures taken so we didn't get any of those great sister pics as we did in the past.  This year it was all about touching and lifting the pumpkins.  Avery had to touch and feel every pumpkin she came across and Emily wanted to lift them, which really surprised me at how strong she is when she picked up some of the larger pumpkins that even I would have struggled to lift.  In the end we had a great time and the girls loved choosing their pumpkins to take home even if they wouldn't face the camera to capture the moment.