Happy Thanksgiving!

On Thanksgiving day, the older kiddos went to pick apples at Jared's work.  Check out this working crew!

Getting some help from Mom-Mom with the apple-picker. 

 A little apprehensive bite...

The professional pickers! 

Ryan collecting rocks. 

 The kiddos enjoying Leah and Isaac's playground.

 Boys on the see-saw.

 Table for playing...

 Turns into table for eating!  Kids' table at its finest!  :o)

 Ry enjoying some snuggles with Aunt Erica.

 Leah and Evan as the cutest pilgrims.

 Then we went to Aunt Lina's house on Friday for another Thanksgiving dinner.  Ryan couldn't leave Annabelle alone.

 Post-dinner nap with Pop-Pop.

Evan's annual job is helping Daddy put up the lights on the Christmas tree. 

 Then he got hot and had to take off his pants...

 He did a great job spacing out the ornaments this year.  Such concentration...  :o)

Ryan looking so grown up.  (Crinkling this package of fruit snacks helped keep Ryan off the tree for a bit... just a bit!) 

This is how Ryan likes going down the slide...  and he gets right back up and keeps on truckin'!

More fall fun!

Evan loves loves LOVES his Miss Gauri!!  :o)

Isaac and Leah were down this weekend, so we ventured outside to tussle in the leaves.  As any kid would, Leah enjoys the big pile of leaves at the end of the slide. 

Evan helps rake up the pile for the next trip down the slide. 

Trampoline time! 

 Post-outside snack time.  Puffs and cheddar whales - yummy!

 Learning to play "Go Fish" with Mom-Mom.  I don't think they quite get it, because they prefer to "go fish" than get the card they requested!  :o)

Silly boys - all 3 of them! :o)

Loving the leaves!

 Both Evan and Ryan were competely enamored with Eric Church's performance on the CMAs!  (Please ignore the ridiculous mess in the background...)

 Tripping over a pillow, and making it look good.

 Future baller.  :o)

Josh rocking his Delaware helmet at the Homecoming game on Saturday.  You Dee was certainly a fan!  :o)

Halloween and Crafts

Here's all the dressed up folks for Trick-or-Treating!  (I was still coming home from work, but I wasn't a party pooper - I was one of three little piggies at work.)

 Ryan is Tigger (with candy corn socks!), and Caden is the cutest skunk!  :o)

 Evan started out as a sheriff, but ended up more like a cowboy.  Oh well.  He had guns, glowsticks and candy - he was happy.

 Riding around while Ev collected his treats.

 The loot from the evening.

 This is Evan's first hand-turkey.  And I only pointed to where he should glue stuff, and he was pretty spot on!  I think I moved he face pieces a little to line up, but it was 90% Evan.  :o)

 Ryan is now obsessed with coloring!  He climbs up in his seat and points to the crayons that are out of reach.  And as soon as I think he's finished, he climbs back up and we start all over.  :o)

 My coloing boys!

Trees!!

Before I forget again, it's time for our latest statistics!!  I took the boys to the doctor last week for Evan's 3-year check up, and he weighed in at 33 pounds and measured 37 inches (both 50-75%).  Everything else was fabulous, and he's a healthy, happy boy!

 Ryan just went for his follow-up flu shot, but he weighed in at 22 pounds (20-50%) and measured 31 inches (50-75%).  This past week, he's also doing a lot more standing around and WALKING!!  He's still not 100% fluid in his frankenstein walking, and more often than not, it ends in a crawl, but we're getting there!!

 Now on to the trees!  :o)  Evan had a blast this past week watching our lot get cleared for our new house.  Notice the crazy claw in the background carrying a huge tree on its side?  (I am also fascinated!!)

 Love those diggers!

 Then immediately to work clearing the smaller branches.

 A silly boy in a silly tree.

 Just like our old house, our new neighbors have goats!!  Although, I think these are more pets than meat goats, so they were friendly and actually liked people.  :o)

 After the machines we finished for the day, we went back to check it out.  Pop-pop let Evan wear this hard hat since we were in a construction zone.

 Hopping on trees with Daddy.

Family photo (minus Ry-Ry - it was too cold and I pulled my over-protective mom card...).

Happy Birthday, Kate!

Kate turned 4 today, and we headed over to Towson yesterday to help her celebrate.  She's hiding behind some decorations, but she was quite ecstatic about her princess cake!  :o)

 One of the moms brought her guitar and did some sing-along time.  While Ryan was a dancing boy (in the center), Evan happily drummed along (bottom center, yellow shirt)!  :o)

 Ryan loved this thing!  He's been taking a lot of steps on his own this past week, but this was just the crutch he needed to reach cruising speeds!

 More drumming.  The pink heart-shaped sunglasses complete the ensemble!  :o)

 Then, when we got home, Josh carved his annual jack-o-lantern, and Evan baked some ghost cookies.  (Luckily for my non-pumpkin carving ability, the pumpkin shortage this year allowed me to pass...)

 Ta-da!  :o)

Parade Time

This past week, Milford held it's annual Halloween Parade.  Luckily, we're only a few blocks from it, and the rain stopped just in time for us to enjoy it! 

 Enjoying some parade time with Miss Stephie.

 Ryan has become quite obsessed with my puppy slippers.  He barks at them when I walk by, and he gives them hugs and kisses when they're sitting still.  Silly boy!

 As I'm cleaning out Ryan's too-small stuff, I came across this hat that is clearly way too small for him.  However, he found it quite hysterical and wanted to keep it on for a good portion of the afternoon.  So, there you go.  :o)