Halloween is "Brewing" with Fun!

We have had so much fun getting ready for Halloween this year. We started out the fun with a night at Gardner Village for Witch Fest with the Jones family and Grandma Terry. 

 We especially liked this witch because it was a "mining" witch for Tyler.

 Here's Grandma with all her little Goblins... I mean grand kids.

 Then we spent a morning at the Pumpkin patch. We sat on the different tractors

 Then they had this cute Mater Car, so we had to take a lot of pictures by it.

They also had this cute plane from the movie "Planes"... obviously.

 Then it was off to pick out our pumpkins.

 Daddy had to help Kayla with the wheel barrow.

 They also had a small corn maze, so we went through that.

 Check out this huge tractor!

 My cuties with their "Babies"

 That night we colored our pumpkins with markers.

 Then the next day we carved pumpkins with Tyler's family.

Tracy and Camden made the Utes pumpkin.

 Caden was supposed to be helping me make this pumpkin, but he got bored, so Makayla helped me briefly.

 Caden had more fun picking out pumpkin seeds with Grandpa Craig than helping me with his pumpkin.

 Daddy and Kayla made this cute Tinkerbell pumpkin and Makayla was so proud of it.

 Before we went to bed we lighted up our pumpkins

 Caden's blew out before we could get a picture, but check out Kayla's Tinkerbell pumpkin!

The Thursday before Halloween Makayla had her preschool program where parents could come watch some of the songs they have been working on. Obviously Elsa was a very popular costume this year (there were three in Makayla's class alone), but our cute Elsa is the one in the middle. 

 After their program they got to go back to their class to have a Halloween snack.

 This is Makayla's cute class with her teachers. I can't say enough how much I love her preschool. Makayla learns so much there and looks forward to going every Tuesday and Thursday.

Later that day I made spider cookies to take to the grandparents that night. 

 Finally Halloween day arrived. The kids were so excited to get into their costumes to go Trick or Treating. I think Makayla was dressed in her Elsa dress by 3:30, and didn't understand why she couldn't go get candy right then. To help pass the time, I made the kids pose for a lot of pictures.

And pretend to like each other. 

I really think Caden might win in the cuteness department with his "Spida-man" costume. 

Brynnli dressed up as an adorable 5 week old. Her shirt says "Don't scare me, I poop easily". Ain't that the truth. 

We took the kids trick or treating. We went around most of our small block and then I left to take Brynnli home and hand out candy. 

 A few hours later the kids came home. They got a serious stash of candy this year. Seriously, that is way too much candy for a two year old.

 Makayla spent the rest of the night separating her candy into piles until I told her to clean it up. She refused until I told her the Grumpy Old Troll was going to come and take all of it.

Unfortunately the Grumpy Old Troll did find all of the kids' candy and hid it (and Tyler and I have enjoyed it ever since!) :)

Happy Halloween from our little Goblins!

1 Month Old Brynnli

This last month went by so fast, and I can't believe our little Brynnli is one month old already! Brynnli is seriously the best baby. I told Tyler that I almost wish she was a difficult baby because I would know for sure that I didn't want more kids, but she is just so cute and easy I think we could easily have like 10 more! 

Brynnli is also a good eater. She had no problem figuring out the nursing thing. At her two week checkup she was up to almost 9 pounds, which means she gained almost 9 ounces in two weeks! The doctor told me that with most babies they just hope that they are back to their birth weight, but our little girl is an over achiever. 

Brynnli had her first bath at home. As you can see, she did not love it. 

 The kids started out helping us give her a bath, but then they got bored and went to play.

She may not have loved her first bath, but since then, she loves bath time. 

This is Brynn's "ohhhh" face. She does it a lot, and it cracks us up. 

Obviously newborns sleep a lot, so here's a lot of pictures of our little girl sleeping.

 I love this picture because it looks like she is just so worn out... after a long day of eating, sleeping, and pooping, I would be exhausted too!

 This is the same outfit we brought Makayla home in. Both my girls just look adorable in it!

 Brynnli doesn't seep the WHOLE day, here's proof of her awake in some really cute outfits. I really love dressing her up and picking out her bow everyday.

The kids are so attentive to Brynn. They love to check on her, give her kisses, and "play" with her. I love my cuties!

How cute is this picture? 

 The kids came and told me that they were sharing their toys with Brynnli. This is what I found when I went to see... I guess it's the thought that counts.

When Brynnli was only a few days old, the kids started calling her "hot dog." I don't really know why, but I thought it was so funny. I thought they would drop it after that day, but here we are a month later and the kids still call her "hot dog." If we call Brynnli by one of her other nicknames, Caden tells us, "No, her's name is hot dog!"  Speaking of nicknames, Brynnli has a few. Daddy likes to call her "Brynners," I like to call her "Brynnie Bear," and Makayla likes to call her "Little Cutie-pie."

We have also had more visitors to see Brynnli. We are so appreciative of our amazing and supportive family and friends.

Auntie Em and Brad

 And Grandma Draper. Brynnli is Grandma Draper's 48th great-grand baby!

I have been so surprised at how easily I have settled into the three kid thing. I heard people say the transition from two to three kids is the hardest because of the simple fact you are out of hands, but it really hasn't been as difficult as I expected. I know it's only one month into it, and I know there will be some difficult days ahead, but so far I love life with our three kids. I can't imagine our life without our cute little Brynn!

Makayla's Field Trip to the Corn Maze

Makayla's preschool group has been learning all about fall, so they got to go on a field trip to the Crazy Corn Maze on October 9th. Makayla was so excited to go!

Daddy took the day off and got to take her on the field trip. I think they were both so excited to go!

 This is Makayla's preschool group.

 And her teacher Miss Kembree

 And Miss Aubrey

 While at the corn maze Miss Aubrey took them around and taught the kids different things about fall. There were stops along the way where Makayla had to answer questions to decide what direction to go to get out of the corn maze.

After they were finished, Makayla and Daddy had to take some silly pictures.

I think field trip #1 was a success! I can't wait to go with her on her next trip.

Brynnli's Newborn Pictures

We had Brynnli's newborn pictures taken today. I absolutely love how they turned out. She is just so stinkin cute!

Ouch

Poor Caden. 

What am I going to do with this kid? He gets more bumps on the head than any kid I know... maybe I need to keep a better eye on him. 

Two weeks prior to this picture we were at Chick-fil-a, and I told the kids we had to leave. Caden didn't want to leave yet and ran to go on the slide one more time. Well he missed the step and face planted it on the stair. A huge goose egg immediately showed up and everyone stared at us as we left the restaurant with Caden screaming. 

Forward two days later... Caden hit his head on the table in the same spot... that made the bruise look so much better.. NOT. 

Forward to this picture. We were getting the kids ready for bed and Caden ran to the bathroom to brush teeth. I'm not quite sure what happened, but he slammed his head into the door jam, and yep, another goose egg immediately showed up. 

If he's not more careful, people are going to think we abuse our kid.