Halloween

This year has been rushing right along since school started and I'm mostly trying to keep my head above water between the kids and my own school work as a part-time grad student.  Last weekend my mom and Tony's mom came out to visit and stayed with the kids while Tony and I got away and celebrated the wedding of a truly lovely couple.  We are settling back home again and my mom has been able to stay for a bit longer so we go to celebrate Halloween together.

Last night we carved a few pumpkins together.  The girls each drew a design on the pumpkin they picked out.

Then we scooped out the insides and Nana and I carved where they drew.  Ada collected a few seeds that she decided she wanted to grow into new pumpkin plants and we gave the rest to the chickens.

As it turns out, nursing while one-handed pumpkin carving is now one of my talents ;)

William was mostly just hanging out in the K'Tan.

Tonight after swimming lessons, we all got dressed up and headed out to trick-or-treat.  William was pooped so after we got a quick photo he went into the stroller and fell asleep.  The girls got tons of candy and we all had fun.  So glad Nana was here!

I heart my husband

I'm pretty sure everyone who reads this knows my husband.  He's awesome.  One of the most wonderful things he has done lately was to give the girls a little mini vacation (actually 2 mini vacations) up to Door County to play in one of the greatest places on Earth.  They got to have a car trip together, play at the beach, eat ice cream, watched the sunset, and even go to the drive in (or "drive out" as Ada calls it).  I know the girls love this time with their dad.  The fact that Gramma Deb lives there in the summer is a ginormous bonus!

Here's a little snippet of the awesomeness of vacation with Poppa.

The secondary bonus was that I got to spend two whole weekends alone at home with my new little guy- restful, snuggly, quiet time for me and William:)