Happy Halloween II

Molly and Alex were very proud of their pumpkins. Here they are this afternoon right after Molly got home from school.
She made that cute bat hat at school today.

Remember how I wrote about my struggle with getting her white tights clean? THIS is how she comes home from school. See those pretty green knees? Any suggestions (other than no more white tights)?
Maybe I'll have to do some googling... Someone has to know of something that works!

Happy Halloween!

Molly and Alex were VERY excited to go Trick-or-Treating tonight. We did our block, and then we went to a party at the church where we attend MOPS.

At the church party, there were several games and fun things to do. They also had "Trunk-or-Treat" in their parking lot, where the kids could trick-or-treat from car trunk to car trunk.
Here Molly was IN a bubble, formed by a hoola hoop around her.

Molly played a game where she had to try to bite a chocolate-covered doughnut that was hanging by some yarn. It was hilarous to watch her try to get a bite!

Here are the pumpkins that Molly and Alex carved (with our help, of course). Happy Halloween!

More carving fun

Molly really got into the carving part this year. It is nice that they make the kid-safe pumpkin saws now so the kids can really do more themselves. Molly wanted her Jack O'Lantern to look scary.

Alex was sure he could do it all by himself. He kept telling Cory to step away from his pumpkin. It was funny.

Molly's finished Jack O'Lantern!

Alex by his finished Jack O'Lantern.
Tomorrow we'll try to get photos of them lit up with candles outside. :)

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Molly is so funny. Often I hear her telling me things I've told her.
Today she wore a white shirt and white tights with her school uniform jumper (some days she wears a burgundy shirt and burgundy tights), and, of course, she got a pretty grass stain on her thick white cotton tights.
Molly knows that I've been having quite a hard time with her white tights. Earlier this week she had asked me why she couldn't wear white. I told her it was because all of her white tights were soaking because I cannot get all of the stains out that she gets in them from recess.

Today, Molly said, "Mom, look. I got a grass stain on my tights. It's ok. You can just wash them. If it doesn't come out, you can soak them for a while and try again and again. If it doesn't come out, I just won't wear these tights anymore. "
She wasn't being bossy about it. She said it in the sweetest voice. It was just funny to hear all of her instructions.
Does anyone know of anything that works better on dirt and grass stains than oxyclean and spray 'n wash? Those are not cutting it, and just not wearing the tights isn't an option. :)

Pumpkin Carving Fun!

We had a few friends over to carve pumpkins tonight. We made some fun foods: brain (watermelon), monster bites (apples w/ almond sliver teeth), spiders (crackers with peanutbutter and pretzels and mini chocolate chip eyes - Molly made those!), "mummy" pizzas, and of course Halloween cupcakes. The kids especially all loved eating the brain. :)

Here Molly is carrying on with her tradition of protesting the scooping out the pumpkin guts part of the carving process. "Ick! I am not putting my hand in there!"

Alex dug in, though. :)

Fire House Fun!

Monday was Alex's friend Isaac's birthday, and to celebrate we got to go on a tour of a fire station. It was great!

The fireman, Chad, was really great with the kids. Here he was showing them all of the parts of his uniform, how he puts it on, and how it protects him.

Here he is in full gear!
Fireman Chad also let all the kids go in the cab of the firetruck. For some reason, Alex was scared and did not want to do that. He also didn't want to be in the first photo, and he purposely turned away from the camera. He was in an odd mood that morning. It was still really fun to have the tour. Happy Birthday Issac!

Happy (early) Halloween!

Molly and Alex were excited to dress up in costumes for a few events yesterday. I took them to Lunds (a grocery store) for their Halloween event (trick-or-treating around the store). Molly and Alex loved it. Alex dressed up as a doctor/surgeon, and Molly was a fairy princess (it's hard to see her wings, but she's wearing them).

Later in the afternoon, we went to Minnehaha Falls where they had a huge family fun Halloween party. The kids got to do some trick-or-treating along a trail, go on a hay ride, play some games, roast marshmallows, and more. Some of our friends went too, and the photo above is of the kids. From L to R: Kate, Luke, and Ella Thompson (the Thompson family went as the Simpsons - it was great!), Josiah, Molly, Alex, and Gideon.

More photos. I took these at home before going out. Do you think I could get ONE photo of them both looking at the camera and similing? No. Out of 10 photos, these are the best ones. :)

Happy Halloween!

Children's Museum and more

Cory took Molly and Alex to the children's museum yesterday morning while I worked on some things for a baby shower I was helping with. They always love playing at the museum! Here they are making big bubbles!

Alex on some fun stilt feet.

Molly on a pogo ball. They have such fun active toys there!

At home just now, Molly was playing with a bunch of little toys. She put a tiny flying disc on a rubber bouncy ball and said, "Look, when I put the frisbee on the bouncy ball it looks like Venus!" Cory and I didn't know she even knew the names of the planets or what they looked like, so we were impressed. Then, Molly said again, "It's Venus!", and Alex said, "It's not a penis, it's a bouncy ball!"
We were rolling with laughter after that. :)

October Fun

Molly and Mado had fun playing dress-up one day. They thought the silly wigs were great!

Alex dressed as a bee at a friend's Halloween party.

We did some fun Halloween crafts and at Halloween snacks. Here Alex is making a spider to eat.

Alex in his silly glasses!

More fun times at the Apple Orchard

Molly and Alex's friend Cal celebrated his birthday at an apple orchard, so we got to check out another orchard. Happy 4th Birthday Calvin! It was really fun to have the party at the orchard!


Alex and Molly loved feeding the horses.

They also had a great time climbing up the hay pile and jumping down onto more hay.

After this they got to pick apples from some apple trees to take home. They loved it!

Fun times at the Zoo

I'm trying to catch up! Back in September, Alex and I went with friends to the MN Zoo. Here are some photos. :)

Alex having a snack on a rock. :)

Tornado Slide!

He really likes to feed the goats.

Mado and Alex (and Cal licking his shirt in the background near Alina)