Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! We have more candy in our house right now than Hershey makes in a year! Anyway, here are some pictures from the last month or so. Enjoy!
Alex, Riley and Mr. Checkers. Most of you have not met him before, but Mr. Checkers is a very important part of the family!
We went to Merrymead Farms to pick pumpkins and have some other kinds of Halloween fun.
Alex parked his caboose on the biggest pumpkin he could find and waited for some good looking chickies to walk by. Unfortunately, his sister chased them all away!
"Hey Mom, you got any matches? We could probably burn our way out of this place!"
One more year and Riley might be tall enough to get her entire face in the ghost!
One more year and Alex will be taller than the ghost.
Alex (in the yellow shirt) doing the fist pump during a tractor ride.
Alex just came out of that inflatable "thing". We're not sure what it was...but there was a lot of heat coming out of it.
Oh yeah....that's Hilary crawling out of that stinky heat box!
Mom and Alex on a hay ride around the farm.
Dad and Riley admiring the scenery.
Riley playing games.
Alex in action (yes...that egg actually landed in the basket!)
Grammy, Riley, Alex, and Pop-Pop
The token family shot...
Grammy bought Alex and Riley ice cream. Does life get any better?
Since Jim's aspirations to become a rock star did not come to fruition in college, he has decided to give the dream one last try. His new band gives him a much better chance of success.
Alex and Riley posing with the decorations outside.
Peek-a-boo!
From the look on his face, apparently Jim had no idea what was actually inside a pumpkin.
Given that social services probably would frown upon 3 year olds playing with knives, the only person that got to actually carve was Jim. Everyone else got magic markers, glitter and glue. Still pretty messy...which is always fun!!
The twins went to Hilary's school for some Halloween fun (can't you tell by the look on Alex's face?) Alex dressed as Woody from Toy Story and Riley was Mulan from...well...Mulan.
Things started to look up once the balls were brought out!
During her visit to Mom's school, Riley performed a variation of the Mai style of Japanese dance...the Kyomai Style Dance. For those that don't know, the Kyomai developed in the 17th century Tokugawa cultural period....but honestly...who wouldn't know that?
While Riley performed difficult ancient dances...Jim dressed up as a hotdog.
Given that Alex is a pacifist, he did not carry a gun. But he would not hesitate to blind an unsuspecting person for 2 seconds with his flashlight...especially if they wouldn't give up the candy quickly enough!
Posing for the camera.
Ready to hit the neighbors up for some goodies!
Hilary's smiling in this picture because, at this point, she still doesn't realize that Jim is planning on walking around the neighborhood with the costume on!
Given that Alex had a badge (and a flashlight), he made Pop-Pop carry his bag of candy and go to every single door with him to do the begging!
Riley and Mommy walking to the next house...
After the trick or treating was done, it was time to relax...
....and play with some toys!!!!
