Halloween Weekend Pictures

Okay, here are the lovely Lady Bug costumes.

The Saturday before Halloween our Mom's of Multiples Group met at a retirement facility with kids in costumes and then we split up and handed treats to the lovely people in the building.  Zoie was very persistent on giving her cookies away, she wouldn't take no for an answer. All the kids had a great time.

I know there are only four lady bugs present, 

but Madison was home sick with a fever and couldn't partake in the fun.

We missed her dearly.

The other two lady bugs are MacKenzie and Danielle. 

Which Danielle is Zoie's Best Friend, as seen below.

They are two peas in a pod, they do so many things the same it's scary.

One of the residents had a extremely friendly cat that received an abundance of love from six little girls.

 

 One of the other twin moms kids were Thing 1 & Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss so cute!

 Audrey handing a cookie to a nice lady.

 Outside after we were all done. Best front shot of Audrey that day.

 That night we "Painted Pumpkins" instead of carving. 

The girls enjoyed that. 

 This has to be one of my most favorite pictures of Audrey.

 Zoie really liked the white paint, it was hard to get her to use the other colors.

 My favorite thing about the picture below is look at the plates of colors. Audrey and Zoie have theirs all nice and neat; and then there's Madison which she just swirled them all together to paint.

  

HALLOWEEN NIGHT!

We went to a different retirement facility (same one as last year) to do our trick or treating only to find out they weren't doing that this year. Just having a small party in lobby. So we hung out for a little bit to visit with the few folks there, then after that went to a couple friends houses, grammy's house and then home. 

Camping Trip Day Three 09/25

We slept pretty good, the girls didn't raid our bed until 4 or 5 am this time!

We walked down the road and explored some of the areas where the creek runs off into the woods and creates a calm mossy stream. This was the area that I stomped off in and found a couple handfuls of wild raspberries (yum!).

So all in all the trip was a wild success, although this would be the 1st and last trip for 2010. With winter on the way, the rest of our Fall was taken up with getting things buttoned down around the house for the snow and freezing temperatures that are on their way. Well that and a couple of times we got absolutely hammered with a cold/flu virus that took us all out for the better part of a week (maybe 2).

Camping Trip Day Two 09/24

Day 2 starts out with hot chocolate after breakfast. We didn't sleep that well, we had a couple of "bumps and thumps" in the night as the girls tried to get used to their new sleeping accommodations. Needless to say, by 3am the girls had found their way into our bed.

Autumn was in full swing as the mornings were crisp, the aspen leaves were turning to warm shades of copper and gold and the few raspberries we could find were perfectly ripe! Rock Creek was just 150 yards north of the camper so when it warmed up in the afternoon we played near the water. The girls took much delight in throwing rocks into the creek, just about as much as the dogs enjoyed chasing after them.

Earlier that week while shopping for supplies for the trailer I picked up 2 plastic trucks at Goodwill in anticipation that the girls might have fun rolling them through the dirt; I had no idea just how big of a hit they would be. They would roll them down the slightly rolling hill behind the fire-pit, run down pick it up and do it all over again. When that got old they would load the truck beds with pine cones and dirt and drive them around. The look on Madison's face as the truck rolls down the slope captures pure joy. They started to fight over the trucks so I made a quick run to Red Lodge and picked up a Tonka truck to keep the peace. (I know... I'm a sucker.)

Camping Trip Day One 09/23

After our tent Camping trip to Yellowstone earlier this Summer we decided that maybe a camper trailer was in our future. We love tent camping but it's a gargantuan task with 3 toddlers. So we looked high and low for a good used camper trailer; it was a lot like trying to find a good steak at a PETA convention, but finally we found one that was perfect! It even has a triple bunk in the back! For the maiden voyage we took a 3 day camping trip to Red Lodge (about 60 miles from home). With the Suburban packed with 2 adults, 3 kids and 2 dogs we set off; and unlike most Weston adventures this one is lacking any drama. The Suburban didn't break down, we didn't have any trouble with the trailer, and everyone had a great time!

Now a word from Zoie...

"I have an owie on my finger... I have a princess band-aid... I am thrilled..."