Friday ~ Family Fun Night

Last Friday was family fun night, which really has turned into more of a 1/2 day ordeal :) I made some blueberry muffins for an after school snack, and picked them up a little candy treat and new coloring set at Fred Meyer while the kids were at school. Can't you just tell by their smiles how much they love Friday nights!!
After snack time I let the kids try on their halloween costumes :) Cristian wanted to be a skeleton, Ava wanted to be a witch, and Carter is my lil' pumpkin. We're going with a Halloween theme this year :)
Cristian with his mask off
Ava working on her coloring project. The paper was completely orange when she started. These neon markers are pretty cool!
Cristian coloring
And Carter coloring
Ava's finished project.

I don't have pictures of the rest of the fun... but after dinner the kids really enjoyed roasting marshmallows and making s'mores in our fire pit!

More Birthday

Last week Carter got a package in the mail from some friends of ours. He was very excited to open more presents.
and was very excited about what he saw in there...
OH BOY, Buzz Lightyear stuff :)
and a puzzle
Here's Carter calling his friends Emma and Ellie on his new Buzz phone to say "THANK YOU!!" He loved his presents!!

Silly Bands

It is amazing to me how quickly these silly little bracelets became so popular! Every where you go they are selling them. (they even have Husky and Seahawk silly bands) I have yet to see any halloween themed ones, so if you've seen them somewhere, let me know. I wanted to get them for the kids' halloween treat bags :)

You know it's Fall when... (part 2)

The leaves start changing colors
and begin falling to the ground
beautiful UW Library
The fountain, walking through UW campus
We're enjoying tailgates on Husky football Saturdays
Go Dawgs!!
Birthday twins!! Both born Sept 16th.
Our Husky family
H-U-S-K-I-E-S
and we went to our last Mariner game of the season :(
The Mariner Moose paid us a visit!
more baseballs to add to our collection
Hi Carter!
My drink of choice is now a Pumpkin Spice Latte, and fall candles are burning :)
And we're Doin' the Puyallup as often as we can!! (Cristian with some random kid)
Ava and Auntie on the matterhorn
All 3 kids on the firetruck ride.
on the scrambler (thank goodness Auntie can stomach these rides)
Checking out the cows
Posing for a picture in the barn
Ava and Carter on the canoe
Auntie and Cristian on the spider

Carter's Birthday Dinner

I took a couple of pictures of Carter on his birthday.
My favorite :) So smiley!

My parents and sister came over thursday night for our family birthday dinner for Carter. He was very into opening his presents again. Here he is opening his present from Auntie.
Some rain boots that say Carter's on them :)
oh boy... he sees something Buzz!!
Look at the excitement on his face!! Carter has been eyeing this toy at Costco, so my mom picked it up for him.
So excited to play with his new tractor
Thanks for all the wonderful presents everyone!
Carter playing in his new Buzz tent, wearing his new Buzz crocs (Carter LOVES crocs!!), and playing with his new tractor.
Cake time! Grampie helping Carter into his chair so we can all sing happy birthday to him :)
He's a little shy when it comes to having all eyes on him.
but he definitely understood that it was his special day!
blowing out his 2 candles
YAY Carter! Time to eat his Buzz Lightyear cake.