october.

This is what we've been up to...

On October 1st I busted out the Halloween decorations, hopeful that I wouldn't get sick of looking at them for 30 more days. The boys decorated our front door with paper spiders and a skull, their bedroom door with spiderwebs and spiders, and I did the rest. Bentley loved telling people that it is Halloween time (he kept asking, why are decorating?). And I am not sick of my decorations. Halloween is one of my favorite times of year.

For a preschool field trip we went to Underwood Family Farms. It is a bit of a drive and I said I wouldn't go again after chasing the boys around in a large mass of people last year. This time my mom came and spent the day with us. So she chased one and I chased the other. The boys loved the wagon ride, riding ponies, and feeding the animals with our besties Jenna and Clare.
Bentley, Jaime, Gaige, Jenna, Clare

Grams and Gaige


What? We are all looking at the same time? A small miracle!


Bentley and Gaige decided what they want to be for Halloween. And they have truly committed to their decision. Bentley will be Peter Pan and Gaige will be Captain Hook (I promise I did not influence their decision at all!) I was going to make their costumes this year, but I went to the Disney website to get some ideas for Captain Hook and saw the cutest costume I have ever seen in my entire life! So I bought Gaige's costume. And a few days later I bought Bentley's too because I just don't have the time and energy to make costumes this year. Plus they were way cuter than anything I could have ever made. So here is Gaige modeling his Captain Hook costume. Bentley has his now too and they love to fight each other. Bentley says, "You better say your prayers!" to Gaige just like Peter Pan. Their friend Alexea is going to be Tinkerbell, and her little brother Austin is going to be a pirate (he looks like a tiny little Smee), but Bentley keeps asking who is going to be Wendy. I guess I better find a blue dress!

Tonight we had a little Halloween party in our neighborhood. Bentley and Gaige painted this little pumpkin and Matt carved it for them. They think it is awesome! Thanks for the fun Halloween festivities, Lauren.

P.S. Did you notice that the boys are sunburned? It's true. We went to the beach today. It was beautiful, sunny and 75 degrees which is nicer than it was all summer!