Quinlan's Birthday - Part 3

We celebrated Quinlan's and Will's birthdays today with a picnic-fare lunch, dessert and of course, presents. It was fun end to all the birthday celebrations.

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween from the Lady Bug (thank you, Aunt Susie), the glittery butterfly and Buzz Lightyear ("to infinity and beyond!").

At 4:00pm on Friday we decided that the pumpkins still needed to be carved. So we did it! It is a lot easier with those great pumpkin carving knives but the guts still make me gag! I filled a big bowl with them and gave them to Josh and Dana (who live across the street). Dana roasted the seeds which were pretty tasty!

Reilly decided that she, too, needed to march in the Halloween Parade at school. She couldn't wait to be a ladybug and when I told her that it was only for the big kids she cried until I put her in line with Quinlan. It was a cool but sunny day. So she marched with Quinlan until it was time for Quinlan to go back inside and then she found Max and marched with him. Max's classmates thought our little Ladybug was the cutest thing!! And it probably was against the rules for her to be in there but whatever. She didn't hurt anyone and she was very happy to be included. Plus, she is cute and that doesn't hurt either!

Here are Quinlan (the pink Butterfly) and her friend, Finn (the astronaut) with the rest of the a.m. kindergarteners leading the parade.

We had fun this Halloween. It was hard to tell which neighborhood kid was which and they were all in such a rush to get to every house. It was a beautiful evening and when everyone got home (and after Mommy went through the bags to get her favorites) it was brushing teeth and off to bed for three very tired kids.

(L to R): Quinlan, Ryan Wade (Harry Potter), Ryan Springer (Ballerina), Connelly Springer (Football Player), Max and Megan Wade (witch).

Quinlan's birthday - Part 2

Here are some pictures from Quinlan's birthday party. We had a whole bunch of kids enjoying hotdogs, pasta and cake. Her theme was "My Little Pony" and she got a few of those. I made the cake (which didn't turn out exactly as I would have liked) but a good time was had by all and Quinlan got some nice gifts.