Halloween

We did the usual for Halloween this year.  We went to the church carnival then trick or treated in the neighborhood.  I also included pics from Caleb's Halloween party at school.

Here is Caleb modeling his Halloween costume the day it came in the mail.  It fit him perfect and was so cute!

I helped at his school party.  We made "spooky brew" in his classroom.  It was such a cute, simple idea.  Just a hunk of dry ice with some apple juice poured over it.  The kids were facinated with it!  That's his teacher in the witch's hat.

Most of his classmates posing with the teacher.

They came home from school and carved pumpkins.  I think I was more into it than they were.  They were just excited to get to use a knife!

Caleb's traditional pumpkin that I carved.

Ethan did a good job...and gave me a heart attack with his knife skills.

Watch out!  It's Robin and Thor!

Then they needed a silly one.

This was at the church "trunk or treat".  This is his best adult friend (and Mondo's BFF) Scott.  Yes, that's where Caleb got his middle name.  :-)

Robin was super excited to find Joker!  I don't even know who this was.  I think it was a visitor.

They always have to have a quick stop at Nana's to get some good candy!

His buddy Will.

They love to hand out candy so we had to make a mad dash home after trick or treating in the neighborhood.

Checking out his loot!

NICU Reunion

Last year (2012) was our first NICU reunion.  We had it in the summer.  It was our first one so we didn't really know what we were doing.  We kind of sat around and looked at each other.  ;-)  After that one we decided to have the next one around Halloween so the babies could wear costumes and we could play games.  It gave us a little theme.  It was SO CUTE to see our NICU graduates all dressed up in little costumes.  And it was also fun to see our co-workers in them too.

My fellow weekend warrior Shelly.  Since we're together all the time our co-workers call us Batman and Robin.  So of course that's who we had to dress up as!

This was most of the gang.  That was a lot of crying babies to get in one pic!  I'm sure most of them don't have fond memories of their nurses.  ;-)

That's my supervisor in the candy corn shirt.  And another co-worker in the clown costume.

The planning committee.  The two girls in the middle are "party animals".  Get it?  ;-)

I made fall themed cupcakes.

State Fair

We made our annual trip to the Fair in October.  We look forward to it every year.  This year we picked the worst weather day to go.  It was cold and rainy.  Really rainy.  But, we pushed through and still had a lot of fun.

Caleb is slightly obsessed with Big Tex.  We were so sad to hear about Big Tex burning last year.  Caleb was excited to see the new Big Tex.  I was a little disappointed with him.  His boots are ginormous and make his legs look stumpy.

He looks sad in this pic but he wasn't.  Just not looking at the camera. 

I can't believe how tall he's getting!

Out of all the yummy Fair food he gets so excited over pizza!

Love this one!

Now that's some Fair food...tornado tators!  Mmmmmm......

There was a little show in the Food and Fiber pavillion that the boys got to be a part of.  It was very slapstick but fun.  I was impressed that Caleb actually participated.  He helped this guy juggle.

Ethan helped rope a cow.  They were so excited to help with the show!

We enjoyed some free ice cream while watching the beginning of the show.

Haha, I love this pic!

This is Mondo's dream car...no, really.  He is DYING for one of these vans!  It would be awesome to have for long road trips but not so practical for every day use.

We went into a building that we've never been in.  I didn't realize that it even had stuff in it.  We were so glad we did because it was full of Big Tex stuff!

His belt buckle.

There was an area in this building to write a note to Big Tex.  Ethan drew a picture of Big Tex and wrote "You are better than your old self."  Too Cute!

Caleb drew Big Tex and us.  (He had trouble writing his name because the pen was jacked up.)

This area was interesting.  It was like a little shrine to the old Big Tex.

Ethan and me inside the food court.  We took a reprieve from the rain and ate inside.

Caleb approves...of more pizza!

Ethan's Field Trip

A few weeks ago Ethan had a field trip to Green Meadows petting zoo at Joe Pool lake.  I was suprised that Ethan had a field trip so early in the year.  We had a great time even though the forecast called for a day full of rain.  It only rained on us a couple of times and of course the kids thought it was fun.  

Going on a hay ride.

Ethan and Mommy right before a downpour of rain.

We saw a little show where the farmer talked about all of the different animals.  Of course the kids didn't really listen since it was raining on us.

Checking out some baby pigs.

Milking a cow.  I'm pretty sure he was the only one who asked for gloves.  Of course they didn't have any.  I had to talk him into doing it without them.  He is SO his father's kid.  ;-)

His buddy Brock.

He also didn't enjoy some of the stinky areas.  He would never survive on a farm!

They all enjoyed petting the horses.

They tried to pet chickens but that was a lost cause.  Those poor chickens get chased by kids daily...

We took a quick break for lunch.

His 3rd grade class.  You can't tell but it was actually raining in this pic.

Before we left the kids were able to pick out a pumpkin to take home.  I took one for Caleb too.  :-)  This was one of my favorite field trips!  Nothing like the nightmare of the 1st grade trip when I had to keep up with a group of kids at the museum.  Yikes!