Halloween Weekend

On Friday Ella and Miles had Halloween parties at school.  Here is Ella with her Kindergarten teacher.

Here is Miles with his Pre-School Teacher.

On Friday night Ella and Daddy headed off to camp with Adventure Princesses.  Meanwhile Miles and Mommy went to see Grandpa and Grandma for a very short visit.

We came back Saturday for Miles to participate in the business Trick or Treating.  This year they had carnival rides.  A first!  He loved the cars and dragons rides.

 

Ella and Dad came back for a few hours for neighborhood Trick or Treating.  Mom and Dad could not keep up with them!

Lake Geneva

JCPenney Portraits

It was that time again.  Time to capture the smiles of our offspring in portrait pictures.  There weren't a lot of great ones, but that made it that much easier to pick out the top two for each child and together poses.  Which I think ARE pretty good!

Miles Turns 4!

On Saturday, our little boy became a 4 yr old.  He was so excited for his birthday, both for the festivities and to finally become 4.

Just in case the guests had any question as to whether this was the right house...

First up, Miles wanted a pirate party and so it was.  Too bad he would only wear this getup for a few minutes before the guests came.

 

Mommy came up with various activities to keep the pirate guests entertained for 2 hours.  One was a craft.  Painting and decorating a little treasure chest.

While the paint dried, the kids had grilled hotdogs and hamburgers for lunch and then went on a treasure hunt put together by Captain Dad.

After several ever games, it was cake time. Miles requested a chocolate cake with no frosting.  I finally convinced him on CoolWhip for frosting.  It actually tasted really good.

The aftermath of party number 1...

In between parties, Miles naps.

 

Just a couple pics from the family party.  Cupcakes with CoolWhip (as requested by Miles for cake for this party).

 

Miles enjoying his new play shaving kit.  Is it strange that this almost made me cry?  He can't grow up!!  I know, I'm being silly

You don't want to see the aftermath at the end of the day!

Summer Fun

Some of the activities our family is participating in this summer:

Ella in Pom Pon camp.  So cute!

         

Playground fun:

 

Jason playing volleyball:

Concert at the Botanic Garden

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Ella's Last Day of Preschool EVER

All bundled up on JUNE 3 for her last day as a pre-schooler.

Tried to get both of them to pose nicely.  Ha! Many more attempts were made than shown here. 

Eventually I gave up!