Thanksgiving

We had a lovely Thanksgiving this year. Porter and Hudson made these cute turkeys at preschool.

We spent the day at my in-law's house. Brandon's brother and family came up from Salem. Grandma had gingerbread cookies for the kids to decorate.

Then they watched some classic Christmas movies: you know, Rudolf, Frosty the Snowman, etc...

Don't ask.

For Thanksgiving dinner I made a turkey (I totally forgot to get a pic of it! I guess I was too excited to eat it!), homemade rolls, this apple pie ...

and Pumpkin Pie Layered Toffee Cheesecake. That's right, folks. Pumpkin pie on top, toffee cheesecake on bottom. one word-Yum!

Porter & Hudson's contribution to the dinner were these ADORABLE fingerprint turkey place cards. Can you say cute or what? Hudson did his own and then lost interest. Porter finger printed half and I did the other half and Porter wrote all of the names. Sooooooo cute!

Cheers!

Just before we dug in... minus Porter. I didn't get him in the pic. oops!

Cutest Punkin in the Patch!

Our little Punkin is 10 months old!

Brody

*is really wanting to walk. He practices by pushing the high chair around our kitchen! I've seen him stand alone also, so I'm pretty sure it's not going to be too long before he is walking.

*still only has two teeth.

*loves to play peek-a-boo with himself!

*gets so excited when I sign the word for "milk" (and I'm excited to say, he finally started to take a bottle!)

*loves water... a nice warm bath or cold pool, it doesn't matter! He starts splashing as soon as I put him in any water & he doesn't stop until I take him out!

*likes to play with whatever his brothers are playing with. Baby toys, forget about it!

*is still the BEST baby ever!!! and I feel so spoiled to have him!

Trick-or-Treat!

The Incredible Hulk

Spiderman

My Mischievous Monkey

Our friends came over for dinner and later, trick-or-treating. They were the cutest Max & Ruby ever!

I made dinner-in-a-pumpkin, which has been a tradition at our house. We also had green goblin bread (spinach, butter, & garlic spread on french bread & toasted) and dirt & worms for dessert. I bet you can guess what the dirt was!

Trick-or-treating was so fun this year! My kids are at a fun age. Porter was the first to a door and then would run to the next door before any of the other kids had gotten their candy! We had to tell him to slow down! Hudson was on the other end of the spectrum. He would mosey to the door & once someone answered the door, he would talk their ear off! Brandon & I would try to listen to what he was saying. He mostly talked about how he was spiderman. Every.single.door. he went to, he would do this! It was so funny to see how different Porter & Hudson were!

Proud of their loot!

And our little monkey just along for the ride:)

Spiderman turned 3!

Since Hudson's birthday is on Halloween, he had a ghost party... and I guess you guessed what he went as!

Spiderman and Hulk... no more cute costumes that I get to pick out, here!

The kiddos played mixed up pumpkins, witches brew, and went on a ghost treasure hunt.

I loved all of the cute and creative costumes!

And these were the main attraction for our Ghost party.

Boo!

Hudson LOVED his party! Seriously, when I put up my Halloween decorations the beginning of October, he thought I was decorating for his party and every morning he asked if it was his party... October was a looooooong month!

That night we went to our church Halloween Carnival & Trunk-or-Treat. There is a no-mask rule, so we colored their hair. Porter loved it, Hudson wasn't so sure!

On Sunday, we went over to Grandma & Grandpa Hoopes' house to have a Birthday dinner & open more presents!

Yep! He was spoiled!

Bauman Farms

We had our preschool field trip to Bauman Farms on a cold, but dry morning. Brandon took the day off so he could come with us and help with Brody (who was hiding on his back). First was a hayride out to the pumpkin patch.

Pumpkins, gourds, and indian corn were picked and put in bags.

Then off to the cider press to watch the best apple cider in the whole world be made! Everyone got some apple cider and a fresh, warm donut. Yum!

The kiddos got to pet the farm animals.

Brody just chillin' while my other 3 boys...

went a sliding!!!

Yep, just one of the boys:)

Porter in his element.

Who knew that a room full of hazelnut shells could be so fun!

Once again, this field trip was a huge success and a fun family day. I look forward to it every year!

Pumpkins & Caramel Apples

Nothing says Halloween like carving pumpkins and making caramel apples! So for Family Night we decided to do just that!

These two guys are such good friends! As hard as it can be, I am so glad that they are close in age.

And check out those apples! They had a great time with the sprinkles!

Porter going to town on his!

Hudson wouldn't possibly eat anything healthy, so he stuck with the caramel and sugar sprinkles.

Now, on to the pumpkins. Porter chose a Pluto pumpkin and Hudson chose a Daffy Duck pumpkin.