Soccer

Maybe I need to get Lorelai signed up for soccer.  It's not my favorite sport but great exercise for little kids. This is her first time kicking around a soccer ball.  She's doing pretty well!

Big wheel fun!

The girls are enjoying their bikes outside....

She has a diagnosis...

Lorelai loves to give check-ups.  This time she's checking on her new baby sister...

Quite the imagination...

I could listen to Lorelai and her imagination all day long.  She cracks me up!  In this video she's playing with some wooden, Halloween figurines that she colored.

Pumpkin Patches!

We visited a couple pumpkin patches before Halloween.  I love the feeling of autumn....the cool, crisp air is wonderful and a nice break from the heat of San Antonio. 

The first pumpkin patch we went to is called Hinton's Farm.  The highlight here was all the food they make.  We loaded up on home-made preserves, jams, spreads, baking mixes, and pickles!  Delicious!

I see you, Evelyn!

Tractor driving

picking out or pumpkins to carve

The second pumpkin patch we visited with Lorelai's school on a field trip.  The girls had a great time.

Running through the hay maze

The baby calf would not stop licking Evelyn!

Trick-or-Treat!

The girls had a blast trick-or-treating.  Not so easy to do in the country.  There's lots of space between houses and the girls get tuckered out...but they didn't really know the difference.  We brought the wagon just in case the girls got tired of all the walking...

Lorelai was a cowgirl (same as last year).  I couldn't convince her to be anything else.  I kept asking if she wanted to be something different because she was a cowgirl last year.  She kept saying she wanted to be a cowgirl so she "can wear my boots!"  She also enjoyed toting a gun around but was bummed that she didn't have any bullets.

Evelyn was actually very excited to be Minnie Mouse.  She would look at herself in the mirror and say "Minnie!"

Adorable!

Papa Joe and Maddie are here visiting.  They got to come trick-or-treating too.

When you trick-or-treat in the country, some of your neighbors have livestock.  The girls love to visit the cows and the donkey.  (I don't think they were giving out candy though)

The animals are very friendly and came right up to the fence as we walked by.  They seemed a little skittish at first (maybe it was Evelyn's red dress??)

Addie was dressed up too.  What better costume in Kentucky than a racehorse?

Our T-Rex jack-o-lantern. 

Bruce from "Finding Nemo".  Can you tell that Lorelai picked out the designs to carve?

The video below shows the girls with the cows and donkey...

This next video is of the girls dancing at the neighborhood trunk-or-treat that was held at Lorelai's school a week before Halloween.  It seemed like the whole town was here!!  Lots of costumes, candy, and music....the girls had fun!

October wrap up...

Here are some leftover pictures from the month of October...

Painting pumpkins...

A funny way to watch T.V.  This doesn't look comfortable

Evelyn is giving baby a check up

The girls love helping me clean.  Any idea how long this will last?  This will probably no longer be fun right around the time that they begin being productive with their cleaning....sigh

Rough day...nap needed

Enjoying the backyard deck

Evelyn is totally enjoying the car wash...