Our first Halloween

The girls and I were in costume and all set to go right when Cory walked in the door at 5:30. We had three stops on our agenda. A. Mom and Dad's. B. Cory's mom and dad's. C. Dan and Michelle's (girls' daycare on Th and F). Everything went as planned, except in between points A and B, and B and C. Whaaaa, whaaa, waaaaaa! Screaming is all we heard in the car on the way to each of our destinations. Lucky for us, the girls were as happy as can be once we took them out of the car at each stop. Wheew. It made for a long night. But so worth it in the end! We all had a blast trick or treating on our first Halloween as a family!

The girls love their jack-o-lanterns

Izzy & Ava- yes, Izzy is the cow

Ava the lamb

Izzy the cow

Grandpa Leo and Grandma Joli with the girls

Grandpa John and Grandma Lee with the girls

Michelle and Dan with the girls... Love the penguin getup!

Silly Baby

Payback.

Izzy is tired of Ava bulling her. Today she retaliated.

Pumpkin Carving

This weekend we decided to carve pumpkins with the girls for Halloween. I had high hopes of letting the girls play in the pumpkin goo to make it an "experience", but that all changed when I stuck my hand in and came out with a nasty stank and pumpkin guts up to my elbows. It is bath night and all, but we decided it was best if the girls watched the process from the exersaucers. They were very interested in what we were doing and enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Here are a few photos from the big carving event.

Mama hard at work

Daddy hard at work

Finished product

Ava and Izzy don't quite know what to think

Our attempt at a family photo using the timer function... ha!

Please don't report us to CPS.

So after Ava had mysteriously escaped from the exersauer today, Cory and I were dying to find out how in the world she did it. So, like good parents, we got out the video camera to do a little detective work. We used Mazy's red ball as bait and it didn't take long for us to see the escape artist in action... Harry Houdini would be proud.

Ava Houdini

Harry Houdini

 ***NO ONE WAS HURT DURING THE FILMING OF THIS VIDEO***

Easily entertained...

Mirrors are cool!

Food always does the trick

Tile floor = loud noises when you bang

When all else fails...Johnny Jump Up

No need to play IN the exersaucer

Who knew the vent would provide entertainment?

My First Quilt

Well, after sewing about 12 of the 20 squares of a rag quilt I was making on a Dress Maker II (aka tiny sewing machine that is meant to make Barbie clothes), I broke down and bought a REAL sewing machine! I got a "Brother XL2600I Sew Advance Sew Affordable 25-Stitch Free-Arm Sewing Machine". Yeah, I know, that's a mouthful. Although I have no idea what a "free arm" sewing machine means, or what the heck the 25 stitches look like or are used for, I think I'm really going to like it! I bought the material for two quilts: one for Izzy's first birthday and one for Ava's first birthday. I have 4 months to finish them. Ready... set... go!

My first quilt

It was made for a friend's baby girl