Halloween fun

This week has has flew by and it's already Friday! That means Andrew will be home tonight! 

We have had a fun week, but have really missed daddy. We have gotten so used to having him home every night.

Tuesday the kids got a package from grandpa & grandma Conway.

They got lots of stickers, some snacks, a card, a coloring book and a Casper DVD. They were super excited! They love getting packages.

Tuesday night I had a Pampered Chef show so we tried out a new baby sitter, Julie. We have had Julie come over a couple times to get acquainted with the kids and see how we like her. The kids, especially Lexie, really liked her so we felt comfortable leaving her with the kids. That, and she had tons of great references and lots of experience. 

Yesterday we had lots of Halloween activities to do. We started off the day at a cookie bake with the mom group. 

The kids had tons of fun using the cookie cutters to cut out their pumpkins. Their favorite part was definitely icing the cookies although most of the kids just ate the icing. 

Next stop of the day was Forget Me Not Book Store. The book store was having a party and each kid that came dressed up received a book instead of candy. It was prefect! All the workers were dressed up and the store was decorated so cute! The kids got to go to the children's section and pick out any book they wanted. Lance picked out an I spy book and Lexie got Five Little Speckled Frogs. 

We came home for lunch and to relax before heading to our next party of the day at the museum. The museum had a party and everyone got in for free that brought a canned good to donate to the food bank. 

The museum was definitely our favorite stop! We got to explore all of exhibits. The children area was pretty awesome but also very crowded. We will be visiting again soon so we can explore without the huge crowds.

Lance loves dinosaurs and fossils. Once we was standing next to a mammoth fossil when a man walked up and lance said "these are bossils. They are dug up by scientist called Archeologist" the man looked at me with this impressed look. I just said "we read allot!" 

The kids couldn't get enough of the museum! There was sooo much to see! 

The museum is located on the college campus and downstairs they have all the different labs. We were able to take a huge elevator downstairs and explore the labs; this was my favorite part. Each room featured different kinds of things the students studied. 

Lexie is touching a see lamprey 

We had a blast! I think a family pass to the museum is a must!!! 

Once we got back home we bundled up and went through the neighborhood door to door. I must say this was the best the kids have done trick or treating. In years past they were pretty small and didn't last too long. Last year it was super super cold and the kids were frozen. This year it was lightly snowing and 27 degrees. I was so proud of how good the kids did: they used their manners saying "please" and "thank you", they watched where they were going and stayed right with me. Mostly I was so happy that they walked the entire time by themselves. They are so big now I cant handle carrying them too far. 

Once home for the night the kids were super excited to see all their candy! I let them have one sucker a piece then we headed to bed. We had a great day!