Happy Halloween!

My pictures are all out of order... Here is Aubrey at the end of the night, with LOTS of candy!

Will and neighbor Zac, a kangaroo

Aubrey & my neighbor, Leanne, another Snow White!

Yoda!

Our trick-or-treating buddies: Yoda, a couple characters from Yo Gabba Gabba, a pirate, a princess and a kangaroo.

Pre-trick or treating at our neighborhood parade.

Heading out to meet neighbors for trick or treating.

Aubrey posing with her pumpkin, she wanted one with "pointy" teeth.

Will was not excited about wearing a costume earlier in the day, but once he saw all the other kids dressed up, he was happy about it. He'd tell people "I'm Yoda, a Jedi master." The streets were swarming with kids and we had a great time with all our neighbors. I woke up early yesterday morning with a little stomach bug or something, so I was thankful that it was short lived and that every one else stayed well so we can have a fun day today!

Disney On Ice

We surprised Aubrey & Will by taking them to Disney on Ice last weekend. We just said we were going to run errands... They were both so excited to see the show -- Will's favorite part was the "dancing brooms" (from Fantasia, which he's never seen). Aubrey loved all the characters and the princesses, of course. It was a perfect fall day and a fun family outing.

Fall

Dress-up

Look at the cute pajamas that John & Betsy brought them from China!

You can tell that Will wasn't too thrilled with the inflatable Superman costume.

I think Aubrey like it a little better.

I'm sure we'll have lots more dress-up pics next week with all the Halloween festivites...

Rainy Day Bowling

Yay, Will!

Will slept in underwear last night and stayed dry! I thought he'd just be daytime potty trained and be sleeping in diapers for a couple months, like his sister did. But, he had been keeping his diaper dry at night all week and calling for us in the morning to take him to the potty. And, last night he asked to sleep in his underwear, so we let him. He woke up at 5:45 asking to go potty and then went back to sleep until 8. I'm so proud of my big boy!

Pumpkinville Field Trip

"Footies"

With temps in the 40s the last couple days, we're trying to stay warm. Aubrey and Will put on their new footie pjs and have not wanted to take them off. After Aubrey's field trip this morning, she put them back on and wore them the rest of the day! I told her that I can pretend she's still my baby when she's wearing these pjs. :)

Holding hands and watching a cartoon on the couch together.

TX Friends

My friend, Felicia, and her daughter came to visit us from Austin this past weekend. We love having visitors and had a great time eating, sight seeing and playing at home together. We did a driving tour of D.C. and stopped at the Smithsonian (Natural History) to let the kids explore the dinosaur bones, rocks & jewels, etc. Everyday since they left, Aubrey has said that she misses our company. We look forward to their next visit!

Seriously, Aubrey is almost a head taller than all her friends!

Checking out a quartz "diamond" at the museum.

Going up the stairs as a choo-choo train.

Fire Station Open House

After church a week ago, we stopped by a fall open house at the fire station. They had so many fun activities for kids: face painting, moon bounces, a fun bus with gymnastics equipment inside, hot dogs & cotton candy, a helicopter landing, rides on top on a firetruck and more!

No more diapers!

Will is potty trained! We tried back in August when he showed some interest, but I decided to stop since we'd be on a plane, in a rental car and at lots of people's houses for two weeks. He had also seemed to lose interest and I was making him go all the time. Anyway, we tried again last week and he got the hang of it right away. We stayed home a lot so he could get more practice and now we are going everywhere in underwear! He's hardly had any accidents and is starting to tell me more when he needs to go, rather than me just taking him ever 45 minutes or so. I can't tell you how happy I am to reach this milestone! Yay!

Apples!