October Re-cap

October held the usual fun October traditions such as pumpkin patches, pumpkin carving, and trick-or-treating. But now we can add the yearly event of cousin Katelynn's birthday to the list! She turned the big ONE on October 26th and it was great to be there and partake in the fun party. PLUS, being that her birthday is around Halloween, we got to trick-or-treat in Iowa AND back here in Missouri so I am sure Eli would be super excited if THAT also became tradition ;) Below are pictures of the October happenings (in no particular order since blogger is uploading randomly :/)

Aunt Holly & Cousin Heath...."I carried a watermelon??" (Dirty Dancing quote, heehee)

Eli "watching" the candy before trick-or-treating in Iowa

Ready for the 3rd round of candy collecting!

Cute as a bug Katelynn with Aunt Sarah

Only 5 months apart....they are sure to be close buddies!

Completion of trick-or-treating! Boy, are we ALL pooped!!

Daddy & Anna ready to trick or treat

Birthday girl with her grandma

She got a new pink ride like her cuz!

Katelynn & Anna all weekend kept saying "baaoon!"

Yummy cake celebrating Elmo style!

"Here, let me show you how this works since I've got one at home!"

Aww...kissing cousins....Katelynn LOVES Eli SO much and thinks he is hilarious!

Giving Anna some love, too!

Just hangin' out on Aunt Holly & Cousin Heath (in utero, of course;)

This laughing Elmo chair rocks!

Holy Hotwheels!

Pumpkin Patch Iowa style!

Loved this cute Alice in Wonderland style picnic set up!

Outhouse Anna's size!

Wow! Now THAT is a lot of corn!

Pillow jumping!

Pumpkin sling shot....Eli LOVED it!

Chillin' on the hayride!

All dressed up for his preschool Pumpkin Party!

Finding spiders!

Parachute fun!

Tunnel crawling

Goodies time!

Eli & his buddy, Jonah

Waiting for "Trunk-or-Treat" at the church

"It is chilly & close to bed time, mommy!"

Pumpkin Patch in Missouri

Carving the pumpkins!

Happy pumpkin!

Anna & her gourds :)