Halloween Party 2010

Teachers by day, vampires by night!

Jackson's 3rd Halloween age 2

Abby 22m, Zack 6m, MaKenzie 2m, Brooke 2.5, Dylan, 1m, Jackson 2y, Makaela 3y, Jackson and Daddy

This Halloween, Mike and I decided to have the family dress up as Vampires. We went to a Halloween party at Jaimi's house and were able to get a preview of what Halloween will look like tonight :0) We weren't sure if Jackson would dress up so we had a back up costume of a turtle just in case he wasn't into the Vampire. Jackson was so good! He even let us do his hair by putting gel in it and adding some cornstarch.

Carving Pumpkins

I don't know when the last time Mike and I carved a pumpkin, I believe it was in our childhood sometime :) This year we decided to let Jackson in on some of the fun but he was pretty much done after 10 minutes. We did however make use of the seeds and made some pretty good pumpkin seeds. I mixed 2 tablespoons of olive oil and sprinkled sea salt on them, baked at 400 for 13 minutes on each side and the pumpkin seeds turned out pretty good :) Check out the videos of Jackson's reaction to his daddy and getting the pumpkin ready for carving...

Time to pick some pumpkins!!!

We went to Aloun Farms to buy some pumpkins this past weekend.

Brian and all the kids hanging out in the dirt with our pumpkins. The kids loved filling the wagon with the small pumpkins.

I think the kids favorite thing to do was pick corn.

They had so much fun running around in the cornfield.

I had to take about 25 pictures to get these cute smiles on camera.

Taking pictures of toddlers is hard work!!

The above picture is this year and the below picture is last year.

My little cleaner

Jackson loves to help me vacuum, however he doesn't have the best coordination because he is still too short to vacuum. I have started to put him to work on the couch cushions. He loves it and there are always crumbs due to having a toddler in the house :)

Good friends going to the pool

Jackson and Brooke getting ready for their adventure at the pool.
Brooke and Jackson playing nicely in the water.

Brooke is washing Jackson's hair with the watering can.

Jackson all wrapped up after the pool.
A quick video of Brooke being Jackson's hair stylist.

Guess who is ready for Halloween!!!

October 2010

Jackson and Brooke 2 years

I found these adorable pajamas at K-mart and couldn't resist.

October 2009

Brooke, Kailee, Hailey, Jackson, Gavin

October 2008

Jackson and Brooke

3 months and 4 months