christmas card out-takes...

these shots were definitely not contenders for the 2013 Christmas card...except maybe the last one...lots of silliness...but we did manage to get some really precious pictures...

 

trick or treat...

after months of swearing you wanted to be fix-it-felix jr. and vanelope von schweetz, you decided to be jake and izzy from the neverland pirates.  you saw the costumes in target and that was that.

 

arrrrr, maties!!!

 

 

zoey, you were the SLOWEST trick-or-treater in the history of ever!  your slowness earned you a new nickname...slowey.  :0)  and you may or may not have opened a complete stranger's door and walked yourself right in to get candy.  :0)

 

Jackson, you were on it!!!  your goal was to get to as many houses as possible...you were running from door to door...like it was a race.  I think you saw other trick-or-treaters ahead of you and thought they were going to get all of your candy.  it was like competitive trick-or-treating!  :0)

 

the pirates' booty...

 

and two weeks later...mommy threw the leftovers away.  the end.

snoop-stock...



you picked snoopy and Woodstock to carve into your pumpkins...thank goodness for a template!  it turned out to be much easier than it seemed it would be...

 

 

Jackson, you were "hands in" this year...

 

zoey, you preferred to remove one pumpkin seed at a time with a spoon...

hot chocolate while mommy and daddy carved...

 

and the finished products...

part 3...

part 2...

pumpkin patch 2013...part 1 of 3...