Fall!

The leaves are now all on the ground (and at the curb), and the brisk wind is reminding me that winter is just around the corner. However, just a few short weeks ago, we were in the prime of fall! I think fall is my favorite season. There is something so nice about leaving the dog days of summer behind and being able to layer on the hooded sweatshirts and comfy pants :)

All of these pictures of the boys were taken at the farm. We went outside to play in the leave and take a walk in the woods and I knew the scenery would be beautiful. We're still deciding if we'll use the picture of the two boys sitting in the woods on our Christmas card. It's nearly impossible to get a picture of both of them smiling at the same time so we may not get another picture before then!

Halloween

Trying to catch up (in every aspect of life!). We carved pumpkins a few days before Halloween. Sean was very much into reaching into the pumpkin and pulling the guts out. In fact, he was very much into trying to eat the pumpkin guts. Ian thought it was interesting in there but preferred that I do it for him. I think both pumpkins turned out pretty cute and the boys loved seeing them lit up!

This Halloween Ian really wanted to be a tractor, John Deere, of course! I looked up a few different costumes online and decided several months ago that I could make it pretty inexpensively. I had a box from work 2 or 3 months before Halloween. I even spray painted the box a month or so before! Well, life got in the way and Halloween morning I started the long project of finishing it before Trick or Treat started at 5pm!

With the help of a lot of duct tape, his costume was finished in time to Trick or Treat at Charles' cousins' houses (Kay & Todd and Audry & Dale) before making it back to Janesville at 6:30pm. Mind you, ToT ended at 7pm! Sean was appropriately enough a cow. It was pretty cold so we only went to a few houses in our neighborhood. Ian's costume was fairly heavy and it was difficult for him to walk with so I ended up carrying it between houses. It was nice to have the real working headlights on it to light our way!