Tree Time

Decorating the tree is one of the kids' favorite things to do. We always put it up the day after Thanksgiving, and they get to take turns picking which ornaments they get to put on. Then of course they fight over who gets to put the star on top. This year they all came to the decision that it was Madi's turn. If you ask Ryan, she is getting too big to lift up. He might turn into the designated tree topper in the next year or two. Zack loved all the pretty twinkling lights!

Zack got into dancing to the Christmas music!

The girls found the Santa hats and had to try them on

Bubble Blowin'

One of Zacks favorite things to do is drink from the cup with the built in straw, especially when it has milk in it. He blows through the straw until the bubbles from the milk touch his nose and spill over the side. Then he tries to pop them with his finger. Thanks to his sisters for teaching him the bubbles fun with this one!

Hairy contest

Ryan had a contest with his friends at work, to see who could grow the most facial hair in a week. By the weeks end, it started getting itchy and driving them nuts. On the last day, they all went to work wearing just their mustaches. Has anyone ever seen Ryan this hairy? Crazy men! I will try to get a picture of his mustache posted later, if its not too late! (Cheryl, I hope to see one of Doug too!) Personally, I kinda like the unshaven look, before it gets too long! What do you think?

Halloween

Well, here we are on Halloween. The kids enjoyed carving their own tiny pumpkins, and Zack liked to eat the seeds. Alissa still hasnt gotten into the mushy feeling of cleaning it out, but she loved designing her face. Afterwards, they got into their costumes. Just in case you cant tell, Madison was a spider princess, Katelin Tinkerbell, Alissa a butterfly fairy, and Zack a fearless dragon. I also caught Ryan goofing around with a beautiful Ariel wig on! Since they do trick-or-treating on Sunday afternoon where we live, we went to our friends house a couple towns over on the actual day. It was so warm and nice, the kids stayed out for about 3 hours and got a ton of candy! It felt much more like a normal Halloween this year, after trying to go with the flow last year. We all had fun.