Halloween has come and gone

I hope everyone had a great Halloween. We had a great Halloween week. It started of on Tuesday with Paige's Halloween party at her preschool. She was SO excited to wear her Cinderella costume. I didn't get it out until that morning so she would be extra excited and I wasn't disappointed. :0) (If you know Paige, you can only imagine how she reacted!!) ;0) Paige's party was so fun. There were a couple of other princesses and LOTS of pirates. The kids were so cute in their costumes. They played a few games and then had lots of halloween treats. Luckily, Paige decided to save quite a few of those treats for later, or else we would have had a very hyper and probably sick little girl!! ;0)

For Family Home Evening, Brian, the kids and I decided to paint pumpkins (much easier to paint than carve pumpkins with a 1- and 3-year-old!!) The kids LOVED it. The entire time, Austin reminded us which pumpkin belonged to which person. He would say, "Mommy's punkin....Daddy's punkin.....Paige's punkin...my punkin"....over and over and over again. It really never got old, though, because it was so cute how he said it! :0)

On Thursday, Brian, Brian's mom, the kids and I all went to "Boo at the Zoo" and had a great time there. The kids loved being able to go to a zoo again (oh how we miss the Columbus zoo!!) and they got the added bonus of trick-or-treating while we were there! :0) We saw some great costumes (maybe a few ideas for Halloween's-to-come) and just enjoyed unusually nice weather. Paige LOVED being Cinderella and Austin had no say in being "Prince Charming". Paige had it all lined out. She knew she wanted to be Cinderella for a couple months and then she said that Austin had to be her Prince. Some days she said that he had to be the coachman or the footman, but I decided to stick with Prince Charming. When I was getting Paige dressed at the zoo, she was so excited and kept saying, "Mom, I'm going to be a true princess, right?!?" It was too cute.

It was a good thing we went trick-or-treating at the zoo because Bri's mom and I went on a State Volleyball date and were pretty much gym junkies for 2 days. It was so fun watching some good volleyball with my MIL. We always have a great time together and this weekend was no different! I have to thank Brian for taking care of the kids for me. He didn't feel very well and Austin refused to take a nap while I was gone, but he still did it. At times he was not very happy about it, but hopefully he knows how much I appreciate all he did this weekend!! Brian, Brian's dad, and the kids came with us for a few hours on Saturday. The kids actually did quite well considering the loud gym and the crowded bleachers. I've included a couple pics of the kids hangin' out at State V-ball!!

Well, enjoy the pictures and see if you can pick out Brian's favorite costume from the zoo! :0)

Here are a few extra pics that I couldn't resist putting on here. Paige got these glasses at preschool and of course we had to model them!!! :0)