Halloween and Marco's 1st real trick or treat

In our family we LOVE Halloween. We love decorating, we love dressing up and of course Trick-or-Treating. Mateo can't get enough and hopefully the same will be true for Marco too. This year after nixing wanting to be a rhino and a crocodile, Mateo wanted to be a Fireman. And Marco, well who could let that super cute Frankie costume that Mateo wore go to waste?? That was an easy choice. After dressing up and the anticipation and excitement...we were off to trick or treat. Took the wagon for our little guy...but he loved going to the doors and loved looking at his candy. Mateo was so excited to go to every door and I have never seen a little kid get so excited for every single piece of candy he got. After every house he would run out holding the candy he got saying I love " " with so much excitement. As people put it in his pumpkin all he could say was "wow". So much fun to watch. But after enough walking and lots of candy...he was ready to call it a night and the two of them cruised home in the wagon sampling their loot!!

And it has become tradition, since Mateo was 1, that after trick or treating we go out, cruise the town and look at Halloween decorations. Marco didn't make it that long but Mateo loved it~!

Carving Pumpkins

Making a face like he wanted his pumpkin to have!

He called it a Sponge Bob pumpkin when he was done

Mateo wasn't too keen on cleaning out the inside of the pumpkin (really, my boy who loves to get messy and loves yucky things) but he wanted to draw and design his own pumpkin. Not a bad job if I say so myself!

Halloween Party

Again... we LOVE Halloween here. Really it probably has to do with the fact that it starts off the holiday season of decorating, parties and celebrating!! 2 years ago we had a Halloween party for the kids and it was a lot of fun. We said we would do it every year after that, but last year we failed, mainly cuz Marco was only a month old and I was VERY sleep deprived. So we carried on this year. The kids had a ton of fun. We played candy corn bingo, made candy necklaces, ate some yummy snacks and the kids played freeze dance. Hoping we continue this tradition as the kids get older!!








Not a bad picture for a bunch of 4 year olds!!

Preschool Pajama Day and Fall Festival

At Bella Vista the kids celebrate fall with a pajama party and fall festival. They get to go to school in their PJ's and do fun crafts, games and eat yummy food!

Saying a prayer before snack time

Playing musical chairs! No losers, just a cheering section for those still going! Love it!

The kids all made fun posters about themselves. Mateo loved it!

Pumpking rolling, who would have thunk?

Are these cars super cool or what? The kids had a blast! Mabye an idea for a future party??

Fun Food

I saw a cute idea in a magazine for ghost pancakes, so I attempted them. Not quite like what I saw, but not too bad. And the kids loved them because of the chocolate chips. Then Mateo had a great time making, baking and decorating Halloween cupcakes.

Random pics

Marco climbing on anything he can figure out how to climb on. Surprised nothing has broken up to this point. And the boys being goofy. What they spend most of their time doing when they're not fighting.

Playing ball in the kitchen

Mateo has been enjoying teaching Marco how to play basketball. And Marco loves it too. Which in turn, makes a happy Mommy. Nobody yelling and screaming. And yes, they are playing in the kitchen. Easy for me to keep an eye on them.

Meredith's 4th Birthday

We were happy we were able to spend Meredith's birthday with her this year! The cousins always have so much fun when they get to spend time together! Unfortunately there is such a distance between us cuz I sure wish they could hang out more. And come this December, there will be one more little guy to join the family!! Yay!!





The boys hard at work on their dino necklaces


The super cute dinosaur cupcakes my cousin Jen made!


The beautiful birthday girl!! Our little goddaughter!




Love my little bugger