Making Cookies and Trick-Or-Treating

It was a true record, we decorated cookies in our neighborhood, trick or treated at about 10-15 homes and were in bed by 6:45!!! What champs! And the boys had such a great time and had one piece of candy each and then sent the rest to Papa and haven't asked about the candy since.

Pre-Halloween Fun

We had a great Halloween here in San Antonio, made even better by my friend, Bess's, visit from Los Angeles. We had a Darth Vader Lion and a Skeleton. Tyler wanted to be just like big brother, Sam, and wear a mask. Thankfully, Mike had purchased a Darth Vader mask and cape prior to his departure for Iraq, so we were well prepared for that request. Here you see them with their neighbors, Walker and Sadie, enjoying the sunny, warm Texas weather.

Halloween Decorations

We are SOOOO excited for Halloween and we have been enjoying walking around our neighborhood looking at decorations, we even grabbed our neighbor friend, Mason, to come and join us for some decorations peeping.

Sam on His Bike

Sam is so proud of his bike riding...no pedals and no training wheels, sort of a hybrid of bikes. He is balancing so well today. I just took him onto a nice path near our house and he clocked about 4 miles, no sweat!

Tyler Rides a Tricycle

Here is a video of Tyler actually pedaling his tricycle. If left to his own vices, he would rather sit and use his feet to walk it rather than pedal, but he is really trying.

The Pumpkin Patch

The kids had fun summiting the mountains of pumpkins, riding the horses (or in Sam's case, the donkey) and listening to the sounds of the country with our friends, the Jaffes and the Friedmans.

Love Creek Orchards

We went to a pumpkin patch about one hour outside of San Antonio, Love Creek Orchards. You can do everything here...you can ride ponies, ride a tractor, ride a train, and listen to country bands. We did it all, including making sand sculptures and painting pumpkins and running through a corn maze. Very fun, indeed!