Oconomowoc Lot

Here is a great photo of the lot we have written an offer to build upon in Oconomowoc. Okay, maybe not a great picture, would've been better if there were still leaves on the trees, but some of these trees will be removed in order to fit the house on the lot anyway. But you get the idea.

The Cat and the Turtle

Trick or Treat 2012

Eddie aka the turtle, lived up to his costume. He was a bit pokey, and wasn't at all into the entire idea at first. But once he got the hang of door to door candy consumption, he was on a roll. Rowan was an animal this year. She started out with her friends hand in hand. But quickly let go of them and flew solo from door to door, running. Therefore, I had to help Eddie get from house to house in order to keep up with her. We only finished our immediate subdivision circle before heading home. Rowan actaully said she was done. Which was completely fine. It was chilly outside, and we were operating on no dinner.

Rowan, McKenna and Josh ended up in Josh's basement playing for a bit when they were done and the adults conversed in the driveway. Then we headed in for the night. Operation trick or treat was a success. This was the first year that Rowan's costume feet required a little TLC from Nana. She wore through the heels of the costume. Easily fixable, we hope!

Halloween 2012

Halloween Party

Rowan had a Halloween Party at preschool today, so she got to wear her costume. They had halloween like snacks, went trick or treating around the YMCA as well as at an elderly home across the street. They did very well. Eddie wore the head piece of one of his halloween costume possibilities. They both got lots of comments on Nana's masterpieces.

Sloane...

Had an unseasonably warm playdate today...didn't think we would be playing in the sandbox still at the end of October, but they kids and Sloane did. Even if it wasn't for long. It happened. Wish we were doing this still at the end of December too. Probably not, not in Wisconsin.

neighbors

Days like today make me really sad that we will be moving eventually.

 

This morning McKenna and Kendall came over to play. The big girls painted a mini pumpkin, and played dress up and whatever else. The littles did a little playdough (except Kendall got cut off quickly as she thought it tasted better than it played) And when lunch time approached, we split up for eating, Packers and naptime.

Then when the Packer game and naptime was over, it was neighborhood playtime! We put the sandbox toys away last week, thought we were done with that for the season. Guess not. Rowan tantalized Chris with some ring around the rosie. He loved it. Balls and lawn mowers seem to be a staple for the neighborhood littles as well. They make a daily appearance it seems. Nobody was really about a group photo, so this is what you get.

Pumpkin day...

Today we headed to Hortonville to Cuff Farms to get pumpkins, gourds and corn, take a hay ride, play in some corn, and eat some popcorn. The kids had lots of fun. We went on the hay ride first to pick out pumpkins. This year we decided to pick out the biggest ones we could find. You pay a flat rate for 1 pumpkin, 2 mini pumpkins, 2 gourds and 2 corn, per person. So why not go big? Rowan got to check out the back of the patch thanks to her pea sized bladder. The girl always has to pee at the most inconvenience times, therefore she has learned how to pop a squat pretty well. Ugh. It drives me crazy. Anyway, after we put our goods in the car, we played on the hay bails, and in the corn, had some popcorn, and then were on our way home for lunch and nap.

After nap we started with painting a few small pumpkins. Rowan got her small pumpkin from her field trip to the Little Farmer last week with preschool. And Eddie's little pumpkin jumped into our loot. We paid for him not realizing we didn't have to, so we thought we deserved an extra pumpkin for him to be able to carry.

Then after dinner we moved onto carving. We went with standard funny faced pumpkins this year. Much less time consuming than the intricate designs that come with the carving tools. Eddie wasn't too into the gooey pumpkin insides. Rowan was for a bit, but then they moved onto playdough while Ed and I carved. Ed did his and Rowan's, I did Eddie's and mine.