October Part 2

Alice and Bob are selling their house to their son and he is adding on a big garage on our side and an apartment for them on the other!  This has caused a lot of excitement in our house starting with the day they took down some trees and then a big crane/log truck came to pick up the trunks.

October 26th was the last day of the soccer season.  Notice Colleen in action.  She definitely pushed Ethan and he continues to get better and better!

Best buds.

taking full advantage of the break

Anything to entertain the little guy!

Including giving him a turn with the camera.

Columbus Crew!!

And then we spent some time on the playground as we do after every one of E's games.

Our little man is fearless and throws himself right out onto the fireman pole!  We have finally gotten him to wait for us to get to him because depending on the playground, they can be rather high!

No challenge too great for this one.

Finally, it was time for pumpkin decorating!  Jacob was going with his own design.

Steve stenciled a ninja minion for Ethan to paint.

Banana break.

Jacob wanted to make the small pumpkin a firefighter minion.

After the kids went to bed, Steve carved a couple to go with the painted ones.  I roasted all of the seeds but they did not come out nearly as well as last year.

You can never have enough messy face pictures.

Our trick or treat crew!  Connor, Michael, Tommy, John, Ethan, Molly and Jacob.

Not a bad haul for the little guy.  He was huge hit in his old school batman costume.

M&M's are definitely his favorite!  Ethan prefers kit kat.  :)