Halloween

 Zac went and watched the kids at school do their Halloween parade.

 

 The kids were so excited to go trick or treating.  We let them go to a couple neighborhood homes and then wait an HOUR before we let them go out again.  I felt okay about this, because the neighbor homes they went to, those kids had already come to OUR house trick or treating.

 Aubrey wanted to go as a vampire queen this year.  Jennifer, a witch.  Lily, the alligator/dinosaur/lizard/whatever that thing is.  Eric, an Air Force soldier.  When I came home from work, Eric was so bugged that everyone called him an Army guy.  He told me that he had to correct everyone and it was so annoying!  Can't they tell the difference between Army and Air Force?  Air Force is so much cooler!

 Eric had another pack meeting in scouts.  I was surprised by having Zac sing to us with his den before they handed out the awards.

 Eric has been working REALLY hard.  He earned his Wolf badge in 4 months.  He had to wait until this pack meeting to finally receive it.  He was very excited for it. We are so proud of him for working so hard!

 

 Yes, that is a hard boiled egg Jennifer is eating.  Shell and all.  The kids had a game where they carried an egg on a spoon and tried not to drop it.  Jennifer ran over to the extra eggs and just went at it.  She was eating the shell!  I thought I would find shell pieces on the ground.  Nope.

 Jennifer admiring Daddy's carving.  She picked out the face and was pleased with the results.

 The kids begged to carve their pumpkins.  Zac kept on telling them it was too early to carve them.  This is the only night they looked good.  It was freezing temperatures that night and they all curled into the middle.  By the time it was Halloween they looked completely rotten.

 Last Monday we took the kids to Thanksgiving Point Gardens.  I wanted to head there again while the weather was still okay.  The kids loved playing in the leaves.

 Lily couldn't seem to figure out walking on an incline or decline.  She kept on tilting her body the direction of the ground and would fall over and over.  She finally started running with her hands out to catch her.  Even though she kept on falling she was having a lot of fun.

 

 Jennifer couldn't resist playing in the fountains at the Secret Garden.

 Every time we have family over for Sunday dinner, I set up the tables and chairs early.  It drives Zac nuts.  The kids love to play on the table and chairs though.  Lily climbs up everything!  She loves to sit on chairs.  These are some random pictures we took of the girls playing.

 

 

 Every night our cat likes to go outside.  He always comes back and meows at the door about 5:30-6:00 am.  Last week he didn't show up.  About 10 am he finally came home and someone had SPRAY PAINTED him with blue streaks!  Who tags a cat?!  He hid in this area for the rest of the day. 

Last Sunday Aubrey grabbed the comics and her milk.  She told me that this is how Grandpa Nielson reads the paper.