SNOW!

Now that it is snowing again I figured I would post about our adventures from the snowstorm last Saturday. After lunch I took the kids outside to play - something they had been begging to do since they saw the snow. Zach didn't get to go out because he was recovering from strep throat, but he had fun watchin through the windows. The snow wasn't wet enough to make a snowman, but we had fun running around, throwing flaky snowballs, and making snow angels. I think the boys would have stayed out there all day if their little noses hadn't started turning red. And the best part about coming in? Hot chocolate of course!

Matthew making a snow angel

Ryan with his snow ball - an actual ball covered with snow

Matthew eating the snow

We "tried" to shovel, but of course it turned into some sort of battle.

Ryan trying to get mom with some snow.

There's No Buddy Like a Brother

We found Ryan in Matthew's bed the other night when we checked on them.

So sweet!

Halloween

So this is a little late, but it's still fun - right? We had a great day. First we colored and carved our pumpkins. Ryan has been waiting for the day we could bring his "punkin" in the house. He would have slept with it in his bed if we would have let him. He liked coloring it, but wasn't sure what he thought about cutting it up with a knife. Matthew, on the other hand, couldn't wait to get his hands in the pumpkin guts. He thought it was pretty cool, but decided it was too much work after four or five handfuls.

Here are the pumpkins
Ryan's bat, Zachary's Mickey Mouse, and Matthew's Tie Fighter

Later on in the day Grandma Tams made a special dinner with pumpkin breadbowls, soup, and doughnut eyeballs for dessert. It was around the end of dinner when some of the other trick-or-treaters started coming around and the boys could hardly contain themselves. They were practically out the door before we could put their costumes on.

We didn't get any pictures while we were out trick-or-treating (Amy forgot to bring the camera), but the kids had a blast and got LOADS of candy. Everyone around here is so sweet and insists that they hand out handfuls at a time. Ryan's pumpkin actually got too heavy for him midway and had to give it to Amy to carry between houses. But he was more than happy to take care of his loot when we got home.

May the Force be with you!