Halloween

This year, Ian and Brady picked out their own Halloween costumes. They decided to be Buzz Lightyear and Woody from "Toy Story".

For anyone unfamiliar with the movie, this is what the characters look like:

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Leah went as a ladybug.

Sunday afternoon, our church did a "Trunk or Treat" where the families decorated their trunks and passed out candy to the kids.

After a nap and a quick dinner, we headed out. We made a couple of stops and then spent most of the evening trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. We had a really good time.

This is the best picture I could get of the three of them in their costumes - too bad Leah was starting to cry!

10 months

Leah is 10 months old today - hard to believe! She is now about 20 pounds and has 6 teeth. Her top four came through within a few days of each other.

She is crawling a little bit, but prefers to stand up and hold onto our hands or the furniture. She can also take a few steps while holding onto the couch. Her newest trick is waving when we say "Hi" or "Bye-Bye".

We love you, sweet girl!

Sinkland Farms

Early last month, we went to Sinkland Farms, which has become an October tradition for our family. The boys had a great time as usual, and Leah seemed to enjoy her first trip. There were a few nice setups for picture taking this year.

The boys enjoyed looking at the farm animals again this year. Ian wanted to pet them all, but Brady was a little more timid.


They went through the toddler maze, but for some reason there was no exit!

They enjoyed jumping off the hay bales.

Next, we went on a hay ride to the pumpkin patch.

Brady and Ian remembered how much fun they had last year rolling the pumpkins. This was the first thing they wanted to do when they got off the hay ride.

Ian said, "This one is just my size."

We attempted to get a picture of all three kids, but that didn't work out too well. Leah was trying to figure out what kind of seat we put her on!


Happy baby!
This year we did "punkin' chunkin' ". The boys got to put tiny pumpkins into the slingshot and watch them fly down the hill.

Unfortunately, our camera battery died at this point so we didn't get pictures of the boys' pony rides. I also wanted to get some pictures of Leah in the pumpkins. I guess we'll have to wait until next year!

Leah's 9-month checkup

Leah's 9-month checkup was today. She weighed in at 19 lbs (47th percentile) and was 28 3/4 inches (81st percentile). She did really well and didn't even cry when she got her shot.

She is getting two new teeth on top. Her left canine has cut through the gum and her right canine will be soon behind.

She dressed up in her Hokie gear on Saturday for the football game.

Look who has two teeth!

If you click on the picture you can see a larger version. The tooth on the left (Leah's right) came in first. The other one has broken through the gum but is a little harder to see in the picture.

Game Day

All of us got decked out in maroon and orange yesterday. The boys were excited about Game Day and watched a little bit of the game before going to bed.

This little Hokie loves to sit up and play with her toys.

Ian wanted to be in the picture too, but we couldn't get the two of them to smile at the same time.

Family Fest

On Saturday, we took the kids to Family Fest, a community event sponsored by one of the local churches. There were all kinds of fun things for the boys to do. We stayed for two hours and had to leave because it was nap time. I'm sure Brady and Ian would have stayed much longer if we would have let them!

They really enjoyed this obstacle course. They wound up going through it three times. It's hard to tell from the pictures, but this was huge! You can see a picture of the whole thing here.








This is the look of determination:
Here is a video of them going down the slide at the end:




From the obstacle course, we went on to the rock-climbing wall. Ian was a little timid and only wanted to climb up a couple of steps.

Brady was a little daredevil. He kept climbing...
...and climbing...
...and climbing! We were pretty amazed at how high he wanted to climb.

Next was the bounce house.




Next, they rode the mechanical bull. Boy, was this fun to watch! Everybody got such a kick out of Brady sticking out his tongue and Ian holding on for dear life, refusing to give up!





After all of this fun, the boys got snow cones.


Brady showed off his blue tongue:


Finally, they had their picture made with the Texas Roadhouse armadillo.

What a fun day! As soon as we got into the van, Ian informed us that he wanted to go to sleep in the van because he was tired! Needless to say, the boys took a long nap.