Inflatable Palace

Willow has practically grown up at Inflatable Palace. Click here for a flashback to some of her first times down the slide. We took the kiddos to Inflatable Palace last weekend and it was Owen's first time. He had a great time with some of the toys he was able to sit down and play with. 

This one makes me laugh because you can see Gramma falling out of the inflatable in the background!

I think, like Willow, he'll enjoy it more and more as he gets older. He was "ok" with the slide:

Halloween

Willow and Owen enjoyed dressing up for Halloween this year. Willow was easy to please, choosing to be a princess (I believe this is a requirement for all girls at some point between the ages of 2-5) and wearing one of her dress-up gowns. We borrowed a cute cow costume for Owen (not sure it'll fit next summer for Cow Appreciation Day though...) and he humored us by being cooperative in wearing it. We took both kids up and down the block at our new house. We've been super-pleased with how welcoming and friendly our new neighbors are (a TRUE blessing!) and it was great to meet a few more of them. 

Nana and Grandpa helped man the trick-or-treaters at our house so we could take Willow to a friend's neighborhood to trick-or-treat with church friends. There was quite a crew!

Willow had a great time running up to each door. She wasn't too crazy about a couple houses where the adults were dressed up in witch hats...to the point that she didn't even want candy from that house! Lucky for Chris and me, Willow is still at the age that she won't notice that we're "helping" her eat her Halloween candy =)   

Owen's Baptism

Owen LOVES to jump!

(We didn't have any pictures taken on our camera, so I will fill this one in when I get pics off Kim's camera in a couple weeks.)

Gymnastics

Willow keeps progressing with her gymnastics! She can do a handstand against the wall by herself, a headstand with help, a forward roll by herself, a backward roll with help, has now mastered the "seat drop" on the trampoline (this was really hard for her at first), and just learned how to skip! WOW! The best part, in her eyes, might actually be that when they're in the "big gym" she gets to watch the big kids while she waits for her turn. (...hhhmmm....it might be a lot cheaper to just take her there to watch...)

Fall pictures

We got plenty of not-so-great pictures this afternoon, but here's the money shot (it's harder than you'd think to get 8 people looking at the same camera, let alone smiling!):

Fall Fun Around the House

(I warned you that every post was going to be called "Around the House!")

Willow did a great job helping gut our pumpkin and Daddy did a great job carving its face! Willow especially enjoyed eating the pumpkin seeds we baked!

We love being outside in the nice fall weather!

He thought Mama trying to jump rope was pretty funny...

Beach

We escaped to the beach for the weekend with the kiddos and my parents. We had great weather! Both kids enjoyed the beach and the indoor pool where we stayed. Willow was even treated to her first ice cream cone to herself from Ben & Jerry's (She's always had to share our cup at Sweet Frog). Needless to say she didn't have any trouble finishing it off by herself!

Willow held Owen's hand and sang him "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" when he was "done" in the car. It worked!! He loves his sis!

Without hesitation, Willow laid right down in the sand and started making a "sand angel." 

She loves the sand!

Owen is happiest when standing!