Happy Halloween!

We had a nice day today and had some fun trick or treating! We started off with a trip to Aston to visit Aunt Michele and her mother and father. Afterwords, we went trick-or-treating in Mom-mom and Pop-pop's neighborhood. It was very busy, but the kids found their new favorite food.....LOLLIPOPS! Mom-mom gave them ring pops which kept them busy for a long long time. It was a big sticky mess, but so much fun!

Additional photos can be seen at the shutterfly link to the left.

The Dog Crate

The kids are now facinated by the dog crate. Yesteray they both kept climbing in and out of it. (Thank goodness it was clean!) Ben stopped after I ran for the camera, but had great fun in shutting the door on his sister when she was in the crate. It was hysterical to watch them run around with the dog toys too. (Again, thank goodness they just came out fo the dishwasher!)

Fun with Madeline in Media

I took the kids to the Halloween Parade in Media with their new friend Madeline K and Madeline's family! We had a great time and tried out our new wagon. (Thanks Aunt Tarri!!!) We even walked in the parade. The kids were dressed in their costumes, but did not sport that fabulous blue hair action from the West Chester parade. More photos to come as the paparazzi was there! (Chris Kelleher is the best!) Once their have their web page updated, you can check out the pics at Madeline K and The Kelleher websites. (see links) More to come as Halloween approaches quickly!!!!

It was really cute when Madeline joined Ben and Maddie in their wagon. It was a Cheerio party for all!!! Thanks to Chris Kelleher for the photo above that I took from his website! Click on the title line for a link to all Chris' fabulous photos.

West Chester's Halloween Parade

On Thursday night, I took the kiddies to the West Chester Halloween parade. Scratch that....my sister-in-law Tarri and I did! It was a very busy night, but the winds had died down and it was a great night. The kids loved watching the parade, and so many people complimented them on their costumes. They were dressed as Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat. It's amazing what some red sleeper and a little blue hairspray can do! We are waiting for the picture from Aunt Tarri's camera as I forgot mine. In the picture, they were just amazed at cousin Paityn's pink wig as DeeDee Doodle! We had a very nice time. Ben loves the drums of the marching bands, but Maddie was less impressed.

Thanks to Tarri for the pictures!

The Pumpkin Patch!

We all had a great time at the Milky Way Farm. Christian was so excited to be on a farm and loved looking at the cows and sheep. Maddie and Ben we just happy to be able to run around with him and their cousin Paityn. Given that so many people like this place, I was surprised that it was not busier. We took a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch and then the kids all ran around looking for their pumpkin. (We were lucky that they were all small pumpkins since we had to carry them back!) Paityn and Christian were a great help to the babies in their search for the perfect pumpkin. After the ride back everyone (over age 2) got to enjoy an ice cream and the babies got to enjoy a taste of everyone's ice cream too!

**Additional photos can be found on the photos link.

East Goshen Park

Today we all went to the East Goshen Park for the Fun Fest! Ben and Maddie had a wonderful time and were chaperoned by the best big brother, Christian! For anyone who has toddlers, this park has a very low play area and Maddie was able to climb all over it. Ben was more content to sit and watch until Christian came along and made him walk around. Way to go Christian!! Tomorrow's adventure will be to the pumpkin patch and hay ride. With Christian helping us out and Aunt Tarri and Cousin Paityn coming along there are sure to be some great pictures of this event.

We love Picture People!

Well, today we went to Picture People after having a rough time at Sears. The kids were crazy at Sears and the pictures did not turn out too well. Well, at Picture People, we got to sit in the room for a bit, let the kids run around some and get acclimated, and then the photographer came in. She was WONDERFUL!!! The pictures came out great. I created a link in the title so you can see the pictures.

While we were there, I saw this little hat that makes a baby's head look like a sunflower. Well, I know the kids are too old for it, but I could not resist! I made Maddie wear it and she was NOT happy about it. Well, check it out for yourself... then call Child Services. I just thought it was too cute and funny to see her try to get it off her head!.