Halloween or Candy, Candy, Candy!!!

We spent Halloween Eve at Grandma & Grandpa Canning's house.

Before getting ready for trick or treating the boys insisted on playing outside. . .

Once the boys were completely dirty, it was time to get dressed up!

Caleb wanted to be Woody and Sarah decided to be Jessie! 

I was so excited that they wanted to coordinate their costumes!

I found the hats at the Disney Store; Grandma Susan made the shirts and I made Caleb's vest and Sarah's pants.  Caleb's boots even had Andy on the bottom of his left boot . . . just like in the Toy Story movies!

Grandma & Grandpa Canning with all their grand kids:

Caleb (Woody from Toy Story), Lainey (ladybug), Olivia (bee), Bella (ladybug), Matthew (Batman) and Sarah (Jessie from Toy Story) 

After all the pictures, it was finally CANDY time!!!

Caleb dove right in - I think he was first in line!

I believe he took all the Snickers bars - what a good boy!

Grandma Canning gave everyone silly glasses . . .

and decided to keep a pair for herself!

Next stop on our Halloween Eve tour was at Great Grandma Lill's house . . .

she always has sweet treats for the kids!

The next stop was at Great Grandpa Bob's house . . .

Caleb didn't know what to think of Grandpa's new hair,

but once Grandpa gave him some candy all was well again!

Grandpa Ken tried to wear Sarah's hat . .

Grandma Susan got to wear Woody's hat too.

We made lots of stops on Halloween, including Great Grandma Betty's house.

We were all worn out by the end of the night . . not quite sure how, considering all the candy that was consumed!

Day on the Farm

A day spent on the Canning Farm. . . . which also doubled as Timmy's engagement party!

The kids insisted on wearing their boots!

Notice Brandon's shoes???

Searching for the cows. . . .

Apparently, "here cow, here cow" doesn't work very well!

A combine ride with Uncle Andy was a must do!

Daddy playing (I mean working) in the wagon . . .not sure exactly what he is doing, but I know he's having fun!

Uncle Timmy driving - I think he was trying to prove to all the kids that he knew how to drive a tractor too!

Caleb still searching for the cows. . . .

Now that all the work was done (thanks to Tim and Brandon, I'm sure) . . .

it was time for the Engagement Party to begin!

Rachel's family had never been on a hay ride,

so Andy grabbed some bales, Mom grabbed some blankets and off they went!

Andy drove while Brandon opened all the gates in the fields - what teamwork!

A fun time was had by all. . . well all the kids anyway!

Boo at the Zoo

Sarah had her first field trip for the 1st grade at the St Louis Zoo on Halloween!

I was selected as one of the chaperons and we had a great time!

The weather was beautiful and the decorations at the zoo were awesome!

I will try to remember to take Caleb next year too!

Some of the activities during the day included:

the children's petting zoo. . . .

a slide in the Children's zoo. . .

a log tunnel to crawl through. . .

and the carousel (a favorite). . .

The beautiful weather brought out some beautiful animals!

I've never seen so many big cats!

The Zoo had the best decorations . . . I was amazed!

 Skeletons in the trees . . .

I didn't think to look up until the very end of the day!

There were decorations everywhere!

All the lamp posts were even decorated as scarecrows!

We love going to the zoo and I can't wait to take Caleb next year!

Caleb's First Haircut

October 27, 2011 . . . Caleb is 2 years 6 months and 25 days old

It was finally time for his first hair cut or so Daddy says. . . .  

After going with Mommy and Sarah to all their hair appointments, it was finally his turn!

 

Caleb loved getting his hair cut.

He sat perfectly still . . .

Sarah was the keeper of the hair;

she helped Ms. Judy pile the hair into a pile for Caleb's baby book.

Ms. Judy even tried a new hairstyle for Caleb.

I had a feeling Brandon wouldn't really approve of this one. . .

What a difference a little hair cut makes!

All done & ready to go. . .

Brandon's Bar

Who would have thought that this space. . . .

could turn into this space. . . .

It isn't completely done . . . we (and I mean Brandon)

still need to put in the floor, finish installing

the sink and install the hardware on the cabinets.

The bar man, Scott, finished installing it early Sunday morning and after

we put the kids to bed we cleaned and stocked the bar!

Unfortunately we did lose four beautiful wine glasses in the move, but

considering how many glasses we had I think I did a great job packing!

At least none of the wine bottles broke - now that would have been devestating!