Happy Halloween

We went to a halloween festival in the neighborhood this weekend, and lucked out getting a free photo from a local photographer.  Amazing to get all four kids looking at the camera at the same time...

  Our two cute babies.....who each had "mummy" shirts....

Pirate ship pumpkin (there is a pirate in the crows nest, and a carrot cannon)

And a very quick movie of our new walker.....and the group picture in film....

Let the Two Wheelin' Fun Begin!

Well, Caelan is officially OFF!  She started off with just a few steps, and ended the night going around and around our island.  Its a happy and sad night for mama!  

What is amazing, is that Brennan walked at 11 months too.....

 

Halloween Fun

Getting some pictures before getting into her costume....

Caelan Modeling her costume

Brennan's preschool party was on Friday, and we all went for the big event.  Brennan was Jake from the show Jake and the Never Land Pirates, and Caelan is Skully, Jake's parrot side-kick. 

The awesome class picture - the "Grim Reaper" was a little strange for a class of 4 year olds, don't you think? 

Caelan was definitely trying to weasel her way into the party.....

The leaves were so cool outside of the community center, I had to get more pictures.....

Later on Friday night, we went trick-or-treating at some of the Microsoft buildings.  Its really pretty lame in the fact that people just put bowls of candy outside their offices with no real intent of interacting with kids - so the kids think its great, and in fact, they characterized the event as AWESOME.  The befriended a little friend named Colin who was dressed as Woody from Toy Story, seen below....

How sweet are they?  I love their little parrot side-kick checking out the pumpkin behind them. 

Fox Hollow Farm Fun

This weekend we went to Fox Hollow Farms in Issaquah.  I was a bit disappointed as they didn't have a pumpkin patch - but they did have LOTs of animals - and Brennan really enjoyed himself.

Feeding the horses.....

Petting the kittens in the loft of the barn - there was also a rope swing in the loft....

Feeding the birds our leftover hot dog bun.....he was so delighted by how they would scurry about to get his bread - and not afraid at all. 

 I loosened his pants and should not have - he was hiking them up all day. 

 Below are my attempts at getting pictures of the two of them together - getting them both looking at the camera with decent faces is next to impossible.  There was a pen of baby pigs behind them. 

One step closer to walking on her own....

Get ready for incredible cuteness!  Caelan LOVEs walking with her brother - even though he goes way too fast, and really yanks on her to get her back on her feet.  If he's around, she wants to walk with him and no other. 

Here is a video of some of Caelan's Dance moves - they are subtle, but you can tell she is really into the groove.....we love how she puts her hand on her belly, chest or upper leg.

Random October Pics & Beautiful Fall Days

The picture above was drawn by Cassidy! She's BACK from London, and we are so happy that our good friends will soon be moving back into their house. Cassidy told me on Friday that there is "no better friend than Brennan!"

Peek-a-boo!

Fun at the park with Mama....

More fun at the park. I've been playing around with a web program called "Picnik" tonight - it has some cool picture editing tools.

Caelan is ON THE MOVE - BIG TIME!

Caelan really "took flight" tonight with her walker. We're all just a little bit excited.....

Caelan Signing and Saying HI

September Fun

A little painting going on at the Wards now that fall is in the air....

A few weekends ago, we went to my friend's house along the coast. This is Caelan and Sean sitting beside the fire pit where we roasted hot dogs. She rewarded us that night by getting up at 3am and crying hysterically for hours.....teething we think....but they haven't popped out yet.

It was very windy the next day when we tried to go to the sea.

My two loves......