Trick-or-Treating Time!

Wednesday we suited up in our pirate costumes and hit the sidewalk for some trick-or-treating! Ben was Jake and Nick was Cubby from Jake and the Neverland Pirates. They had quite the entourage for trick-or-treating. Grandma and Dziadziu came up and Grandma Mary was still here, too. Adam, Grandma and Dziadziu headed out with the boys while my mom and I stayed home to pass out candy. I have walking pneumonia right now, so it wasn't the best idea for me to be walking the neighborhood in 45° weather with drizzle...The boys rode around in their wagon. They met up with Cameryn and Avery on their route. Ben and Cameryn held hands while they trick-or-treated. Ben continually referred to Cameryn as 'Honey'. Tiffany has pictures of them trick-or-treating and I'll post the link to her blog once she has the pictures posted. Update: Here are the cute pictures of Ben and Cameryn holding hands while trick-or-treating http://www.ktsecrest.blogspot.com/2012/11/trick-or-treat.html

Nick participated in some pre trick-or-treating pumpk'n chunk'n He gets some good air on those pumpkins.

He tried to chuck the bigger pumpkins, but I put the kabash on that one.

Ben was too busy and excited to have his picture taken. Thank goodness I got some good pictures before we went to the zoo a few weeks ago!

A beautiful day in Ohio...

Ben's Honey coming up for a treat

Pumpkin Painting

We didn't really have time to do pumpkin carving this year, so we did pumpkin painting again. I think Ben enjoyed the painting more than he would have enjoyed the carving. I made the mistake of putting black on his pallet, so his pumpkin was on the dark side, but with the metallic blue in there, it wasn't too bad. 

Halloween Cupcakes

Tuesday we made cupcakes for Ben and Nick to take to daycare for a little party. I frosted the cupcakes and then Ben applied sprinkles. We also made cupcake toppers. It was an exercise for Ben's cutting skills. They turned out pretty cute!

Swim Little Fishy, Swim!

Nick started swim lessons this week. We figured that with his bath tub antics, swimming lessons were in order. Well, little fishy did not disappoint. He's kind of a natural water animal. He puts his face in the water, can kick his legs and chased the ball using both his arms and legs to move in the water. When it was time to sit on the side and jump in, someone wouldn't sit on the edge. He just kept jumping in again and again. 

The Last Nice Day

Yesterday was the last nice day of the year. It was 80° and sunny and beautiful. I left work a little early so I could take the boys to the park in the high hopes of getting a few pictures. I say high hopes because it was me versus two boys, no stroller and a river. The odds were definitely against me. But I forged on, none the less. I got off a few. The light was amazing, but alas, my models were of the uncooperative nature. Oh well. So, part of the uncooperative nature was due to the river. The boys had to throw stuff in the river which ultimately led to Nick falling in the river. Shocking. We randomly met up with our neighbors at the park and we ended up all taking a walk together. I think the girls enjoyed walking with the boys. It was definitely a highlight for Ben. 

Just pretend like you know what their faces look like...

 Post river. The river won.

Whatcha Doing Down There?

The boys were checking out the world from Eva's veiw point. Ben it extremely interested in babies and loves to baby talk and rub their backs and entertain them. Nick, well, for the most part he observed Eva's presence, but otherwise ignored her, except for the short time when I took these pictures. He also did not like it when I was holding her.

 Nick going in for a duckie lips kiss!

Cousin Eva

The boys got to hang out with Cousin Eva. We haven't seen her in a while and boy has she grown! She got her exercise bouncing outside this weekend. She loves the jumper - far more than Ben or Nick did. Grandma Lee got her the cute grape hat.

After You Play, You Clean Up

After playing in the leaves, Ben helped Dziadziu clean up the leaves. He drove the tractor around the back yard to suck up the leaves.