Halloween

Yes, we trick-or-treated almost a full week before Halloween.  I think our town is on to something!  They always have Halloween the Thursday night before Halloween.  That way we avoid highschool/college football games, Sundays, and other major events.  We had a great time and the kids got tons of candy.  First, here are this year's new additions to the Halloween decor:  I made the board, bought the owl.

Hazie had to be a pirate, as she is still patiently waiting to have her eye fixed.  She is one cute pirate!

Jack opted for something scary this year.  Ugh.  I only like cute and/or funny.  He loved it, though.

Norah was "Ree-punzel".  That's how she pronounces it for some reason.  I carried that braid around all night.  It was a little heavy for her head.

 Merrody wasn't in to being photographed this year.  She also wasn't in to wearing face makeup or doing anything to her hair.  Is it possible that my 10-year-old could be growing out of Halloween?  Horror!!

And Joely was the COOLEST costume this year!  He made the perfect Nacho Libre!  Weird, though.  No one knew who he was!  People kept saying, "Look!  It's a wrestler!"  Huh?  Who doesn't know who Nacho Libre is?  Anyway, Joel was totally stoked for this costume until about 3 days before Halloween, when it dawned on him that all of his friends were going to see him with "no shirt and a diaper".  He insisted on wearing the mask around for trick-or-treating, though I assured him that his friends were going to see his siblings and know it was him.

Hazie was a dead pirate baby by the end of the night.  So tired!

 

This weekend we blessed our little girl at church.  Oh, she's such a doll.  She didn't make a peep through the entire thing.  Her Grandmother was there along with Uncles Erich, Ben and Austin and a lot of other fun relatives!  We love sweet Hazie!

School Photos

Here are my kids' "school pictures" for this year.  Ha!  I LOVE homeschool!

Soccer and the Penn State Bug Fair

 We are just finishing up another season of soccer.  The kids loved it, as usual.

 

Last week we took the kids to the Penn State Bug Fair.  They had everything a bug fair should have.  There were stations where you could hold tarantulas, scorpions, etc.  You could eat chocolate covered crickets, meal worm nachos and sushi, etc.  There was face painting, a butterfly tent, and even a cochroach race!  The kids loved it.

Did I mention my sister Heather moved here?  She has four kids (cousins!) and comes to a lot of stuff with us.  We love it!