Warm Spell

We had a couple of weeks in November that were warmer than usual.  It was nice to be able to get some things done around the house outside and the kids took advantage of the warmer weather as well.  They still can't quite climb the trees in the backyard by themselves, so we helped them and they had fun "chilling" in the trees for a while. 

Cadence "meditating"

The kids love our old pup

Colin didn't want to jump in the pile of leaves, so that left more time for Cadence!

Colin wearing my hat!

Yup, up in the trees again

The kids had fun helping us decorate our Christmas tree.  Our artificial tree is still holding up pretty well!  The second year we were married, Danny had a difficult time with the real tree and our tree stand and he said we'd never get a real tree again.  Fine by me.

Colin puts his foot in your face anytime he's not interested in pictures

The finished product!  Nany and Granpa Carpenter's star is still holding up well!  And the kids (especially Colin) were really into the Polar Express train from Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Iacobucci

Halloween 2016

A few weeks ago we got around to making some applesauce with the apples we picked.  We like to make a huge batch and freeze some to enjoy later on.  It's usually quite a task and the kids like to help peel the apples.  

We borrowed my parents' apple peeler so we could peel apples twice as fast -- then the handle broke.  Danny got creative and attached a drill to the end!  Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor would be so proud!

The weekend before Halloween, we got into some family pumpkin carving. 

This is what Colin was up to while we carved pumpkins...

The finished products!

The following Saturday, Danny went to the Ohio State football game with my dad and the Marinelli guys.  While they were gone, we enjoyed some time outside!  The temperature was unseasonably warm!

Later in the day, Tyler and the kids came over to hang out.  We made witches hats out of cookies and Hershey kisses and witches brooms out of pretzel sticks and mini Reese's cups.  They were yummy!

Halloween was a lot of fun this year.  Check out our mime and Guy Fieri!  Cadence had wanted to be a mime since, probably, last Halloween.  She said there was a mime on the show Odd Squad that the kids watch. I think that's where she got the idea.  Colin LOVES to watch Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives.  We asked him one night if he'd like to be Guy Fieri for Halloween and he was into it!

The Marinellis invited us over to their neighborhood to go trick-or-treating.  It was great to see Catboy and Velma.  It was a really fun night.  The kids got a TON of candy.  One of their neighbors also went all out and had a haunted house.  It was pretty scary!!

Danny dressed up as Tape Face -- anyone who watched America's Got Talent this summer will know who he is!

I think Danny did really well with his costume!

You would think they would've been really quiet this Halloween!

One of their neighbors had a "Pump-Glenn" jack-o-lantern -- a tribute to Glenn from The Walking Dead.  We loved it.