Trick-or-Treat at Daddy's Work

Today, Russ' work had a Children's Parade for all the kids of the employees. We all went and trick-or-treated through the cubicles. It was really funny. Josh had a blast and really raked it in with all the candy. Unfortunatley, he can only eat about half of it due to his food allergies, but that can also be a good thing!



Josh wore his shark costume and tried to scare everyone. Emory was a peacock. This is the first year they have ever dressed up and they really had a fun time. Thanks again to Uncle Justin for the birthday gifts (their costumes). I carried Emory most of the time and she seemed to enjoy seeing new faces. Josh, being the good brother that he is, always collected candy on his sister's behalf :)


Here's Josh making a scary shark face!


Here's Emory laughing at Daddy. And another one of her trying to crawl with all those feathers!
All in all, it was a fun visit and it was nice getting to see where Russ spends a lot of his time. Josh wasn't too excited about that part of it, but he did get to draw a tornado on Daddy's white board!

School Fall Fest Pary

Yesterday Josh's school celebrated Fall Fest. The kids came dressed in their costumes and the room Mom's (me and another mom) planned crafts, activities, and a yummy snack for them. It was a lot of fun getting to be up there to celebrate with Josh. Poor Emory came along for the ride too. You can see her in her stroller in the background of this pic.


Josh dressed up as a shark. He was very excited about it but told me the night before that he wanted to be a Power Ranger instead! He's never even seen Power Rangers but there is a boy (Zachary) in his class who loves it and evedently they "play" Power Rangers together on the playyground I guess. That morning, Josh seemed to be excited about being a shark again and I thought he'd forgotten all about the Power Ranger thing. However, when we got to school and the teacher went around asking the kids who they were, Josh announced that he was dressed as a Power Ranger Shark! Here's a pic of my Power Ranger Shark cutting paper. He is sitting across from his Pirate friend, Zachary.

And a class picture!

Big Orange Pumpkin Farm

Today we went to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm in Celina - about 20 minutes Northeast of here. We went with Zachary, Josh's friend from school, and his Mom, sister, and sister's friend. Josh and Emory both had a great time. The farm has lots of animals that you can feed. Josh mostly liked feeding the goats and sheep because the cow's mouths were a bit too slobbery and big for his liking.





There were lots of old trackors, four wheelers and trailers to climb on. Josh enjoyed climbing the giant hay bail painted like a pumpkin. There was also a hay ride that Emory loved probably because she got to be out of her stroller for a bit. Here's Zack driving the tractor with Josh along for the ride.



When it was time to get our pumpkins there was a mad dash to the pumpkin patch. Josh picked out a pumpkin for himself - not until after running the entire length of the patch of course! Here's Josh, Zachary, Allie, and Haley sitting on their pumpkins.



And Emory got a pumpkin too!

Community Helper Month

This month at Josh's school they have been focusing on community helpers (e.g. firemen, policemen, doctors, etc.) Josh's Abuela (Russ' mom) came and spoke to the kids about being a nurse. She works in the NICU at Cook Children's hospital. She told them all about the little bitty babies she works with (how to feed them, change them, take their blood pressure, listen to their heart etc.)

Joshua knew Abuela was coming to visit his school but it didn't really make sense to him as to why she was coming until he walked in with his class and saw her all set up to speak in front of the kids. He was so excited! He ran right up to give her a kiss. He really felt special and it was so fun seeing him so excited! Here's a picture of them after Jerry finished her little presentation. Jerry is holding one of the demonstration/practice dolls.

Josh was relieved to know that Abuela wasn't leaving to go home but would be at his house when he got home from school. He and Emory had a fun day getting to be with Abuela.

What's New With Us

Well, not too much has gone on with us since the kid's birthday party earlier this month. They are still very much enjoying playing with all their new toys. Double birthdays means double gifts and we finally had to buy a couple toy bins just to house all the new presents.

Josh is still loving school and and is very excited about the Fall Fest celebration coming up. He gets to dress up as a Shark. This is a first for him since we spent the last two Halloweens in Spain. He can't wait, but he is a little concerned about sitting since he has a tail!

Emory stood up for the first time by herself yesterday. She's crawling everywhere but not walking yet. She's got until Thanksgiving if she wants to walk before her brother did. There are some benfits to have your children born on the same day - I get to track and compare their development to the day.

We have fianlly joined a church which we love. Feel free to check it out: http://www.prestontrail.org/. The church is about 5 years old and met in the AMC movie theatre up until last year. This January they will celebrate 1 year in their current building.

Here's some radom pictures of the kids having a good time. This last picture is of Landry Kate and Jordan Anne - Josh and Emory's cousins. They are super close in age and it's so much fun!

More Birthday Pictures

Happy 1st and 4th Birthday!

On October 6th, Emory celebrated her 1st birthday and Joshua, his 4th. They had a lollipop birthday party (as you can see from the invitation in the blog below). They really had a fun day celebrating. Josh was very excited about turning 4 and just as excited about sharing his birthday with his sister.

We had two clebrations. Emory had her cake at our home with our immediate families. We had lunch together, opened a few gifts, and enjoyed watching Emory taste cake for the first time.






Joshua's part of the birthday was celebrated at the Clubhouse for Kids, an interactive play area where kids can shop for groceries, do crafts, play dress up, or climb a tree house or rock wall. He loved it - mostly because there was plenty of room to run around with his friends.

We decided on three cakes: One big cake that all party attenders could eat, one allery free cake for Josh and one smash cake for Emory. Aunt Camille made Emory and Joshua's birthday cakes. Later Josh said that his favorite thing about his party was his big yummy lollipop cake. Thanks Aunt Camille!

Happy Birthday Joshua & Emory