Yesterday was the Pet Parade and downtown trick or treating, so the girls, Lydia Ann, Thomas and I went down to watch the parade and then let Emma trick or treat. The parade only lasted about 2 minutes, which was sad, but then Emma had a good time getting candy. We went over to John and Lydia Ann's after the festivities and grilled out for Thomas' first birthday. We had such a good time!!!

Pumpkin Carving

I wanted to share some pictures from our pumpkin carving activity last weekend. We decided that we would carve our pumpkin, with Emma's help, right after lunch and before nap on Sunday, which might have been our first mistake! :-) Chris and I ended up doing it all by ourselves. As you can see from the pictures, Emma was a little wary of the pumpkin guts and then it just got boring for her. She would have much rather played on her swingset then carve the pumpkin. She liked it once it was done, though, and loves to light it! Erin was a trooper just sitting in her stroller, watching. She's such a sweet baby and has such a sweet temperament! I hope she stays this way (even through her terrible 2s!!).

Harvest Festival

Our church's Harvest Festival was last night, and, as you can see, fun was had by all! We started the night eating hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner, then had a costume parade, then enjoyed all the games and inflatable things outside. Emma has an obsession with jumping castles, so it was difficult to get her to focus on much else. Emma was Strawberry Shortcake and Erin was a strawberry from Strawberry Shortcake's garden. :-)

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch this past Saturday and had a blast (despite the cold!). Emma's favorite part was jumping into the container of corn kernels. Her next favorite activity was the moo train. We had so much fun!

It's Fall!

Here are a couple of pictures of Erin and Emma that I took on Saturday. They are wearing their matching Halloween outfits that Granna a Papa gave them. We are going to the pumpkin patch next weekend, so hopefully I will have another update then.