Pre-Trick-or-Treat

We went "practice Trick-or-Treating" tonight. Thanks Aunt Donna and Uncle Squeak and Dick and Donna for letting us visit. We had a great time!The "scarecrow" and "Dorothy" pose for a picture!

Andy was not really sure about the whole costume at first, but warmed up immediately when Mommy got the straw to stay away from his face.

"Dorothy" with her ruby red shoes. Grandma did an awesome job of producing these!

"Dorothy" and Toto are ready to get some candy. Amazingly, the basket was full after only going to 2 places. Friday should be really interesting!

Daddy never got a front picture of Cole, but here is the rear. We will try for better pictures on Friday evening... he is a "bag" of

M & M's.

Is He Dead?

JJ happened to find Cole like this the other night. Suppose he would have a neck ache in the morning. Luckily, after the snap shot he got moved back into bed!

Go Irish!

Cole and Heidi are quite a pair... I swear that people will think they are the "twins" someday. Notice, Andy is checking out all of his necklaces in the background. He was too busy to sit with Heidi and Cole!

Such a sweetie!

We are heading to Fort Wayne to get family pictures this weekend...hopefully it goes better than this attempt!

Playground Fun

We spent some time at the campground a couple of Sundays ago. I figured I had better clear the camera out before Friday. Anyways, we had a great time playing with all of our "little" friends! Tessa is looking bigger each time we see her. She is even showing signs of life these days. She smiles and response to your voice!

Oliver behind bars...he spent much of his time at the playground playing with "the wheel".

The slide was a big hit... Andy comes down!

Heidi makes her appearance!

Cole went down so many times he was fast asleep on the way home. It is usually a good day when all three children fall asleep after being in the car less than 5 minutes!

Leaf Party

We had our first of many leaf raking parties last week. It was a sure hit!

Always Busy

We are always busy these days... Mommy has a hard time deciding whether she is coming or going somedays. Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to lately!Cole and Daddy came to Mommy's school Carnival. Cole had to take a moment out for a picture, then it was back to all the games and prizes! Seems strange looking at a family of three doesn't it?

Heidi experiments with pig tails. We have been practicing putting her hair up in 2 pig tails so that she looks extra cute in her Halloween costume!

Andy hangs out in the bathroom... seems to be a good place to see himself these days. As hard as he laughs at himself in the mirror... must mean he thinks he is pretty funny looking! What a goof!

Little Musicians

Are these two future musicians or have they just watched too many Baby Einstein Movies?

Time Spent Together

After watching this video a few times, I have decided that the food must fuel there feet. Thank goodness they are sitting down! Notice that they are nearly sitting on top of one another... that is so they can sneak snacks from one another!

Fun with the Seibert's

This past Sunday we ventured to Sauder's Village with the Seibert's. Everyone had a good time! All children did considerable well considering we had 6 to eyeball. Natalie rode in the train car with Cole. She was all decked out in her train hat.

Oliver was very excited to ride the train. Tessa, pretty much chilled out during the ride. She really never even woke up the entire 3 hours we were at Sauder's. We are not real sure what "Uncle Kevin" was thinking in this picture!

If you look carefully, there is 5 out of the 6 children playing in the area.

We went to watch the model train display. Heidi thought it was really cool. In fact, she is still excited whenever you mention trains or Tessa's name. She has now associated Tessa with seeing choo choos!


Cole and Natalie check out the outhouse.

Andy is always in awe at animals. He had to check every last one out at the village. He would have let the chickens and turkeys peck at him if we would have let him join them!

"Uncle" Kevin shows Andy how to milk the cow. Andy was way fascinated!

Heidi spends some time with Oliver playing. Notice, Natalie spent time with Cole... Heidi spent time with Oliver... and Andy did poke at Tessa for good measure. Mommy just didn't capture it on camera!

Fire Truck Rides

We took the kids up to ride the fire trucks last evening. This has become a once a year tradition. Here are the boys posing in front of a great big fire truck.

Andy spent a good deal of time indicating to Uncle Randy that he was not going to ride the fire truck. The last time he saw them, he cried and clutched to Mommy. In the end, he did ride the fire truck without incident. Thankfully, Uncle Randy stayed as back-up just in case!

On the flip side, Heidi was excited to hear all the sirens and ride in the big red truck!