November 3, 2008

Good Grief, Charlie Brown!

Don't you just love this time of year? Autumn leaves and Halloween costumes. I realize I haven't posted about day-to-day stuff in a while. For starters, we went to the pumpkin patch. It was great fun picking out our own pumpkins and much cheaper than the Wal-Mart option. Carlin and I have decided we must make this our new family tradition.

We ended up with 4 big pumpkins and one small pumpkin for Samuel. Unfortunately we decided not to carve the pumpkins this year, however, they were used in our Trunk-or-Treat decorations. For Halloween we made it a family affair. I will let the pictures explain...

Yep, that's right - we were Peanuts characters. In this picture we have Sally, Linus, Charlie Brown and Snoopy and the Pumpkin Patch. Here is a better look at our trunk. We had fun taking Samuel trick-or-treating for his first Halloween and even more fun eating his candy.

For other events - Samuel has started eating solids and sits in his own high-chair. Yesterday he sat up on his own without leaning on one of us for support. I have a feeling he will start crawling soon. He sure is trying his hardest. And a Happy Birthday shout-out to my brother-in-law Ben! Yesterday was his birthday. We had dinner and birthday pie. Happy Birthday, Ben!

Last but not least - remember to VOTE tomorrow, November 4th!

7 comments:

Carlin said...

Halloween candy is great.

Coty said...

That is sooo CUTE!!! I love charlie brown. We watched the great pumpkin and the boys loved it. They got a kick out of your pictures; that was a fabulous idea!!!

Melissa said...

You guys were the cutest! How did I miss your cute trunk?? What a great idea. I voted for you guys- so cute. I think you should have drawn a big curl on Sams head. You guys were the best.

Lyndee said...

cute costumes! :)

whit said...

dang, we missed seeing your trunk! that is way creative though :) good job! Your family is adorable

Anonymous said...

What a fantastic idea!! I looove your costumes....so smart! Who doesn't love the traditional Charlie Brown cartoons?!
Congratulations on the new job!! What exciting news!

whitney said...

Your costumes turned out soooo cute! I loved your dress (look at you, smartie pants, w/the velcro:). The entire trunk was fabulous in fact. we're big fans of the pumpkin patch too. I'm really gonna miss it next year. Also, yay! for starting solids. I loooove it when my kids start solids-it's a huge mini-leap towards independence.