Halloween

Here are all the kids all dressed in their Halloween best. Gabe is a bear. Someone gave us the outfit at Joanna's shower. It's a little big, but really cute. Levi is a lion and in this picture he had just gotten up from a nap. He was pretty cranky. 5 minutes later as we were going outside to trick-or-treat he was all smiles. He thought it was great going up to people's doors. Mackenzie is a beautiful princess. Grandma Cathy made her costume during her visit last month. Josh is Zorro. We had a couple other costumes, but he insisted on Zorro and bought all the parts himself. He got most of the costume at value village and the only part that came together was the mask and hat. His favorite part is the whip.


After trick-or-treating we went to church for a ton of games. The older three played all the games and jumped in the bounce house. Josh even won some cupcakes in the cake walk. They had a cool backdrop seen here to take pictures. Mackenzie and Josh used their hats for candy because we forgot to bring bags.

Grandpa Cobb came over for trick-or-treating and walked around with the kids. He always likes to come over on Halloween and see the kids all dressed up. I remember him always going over to Juli's house too when her kids were little so he could take them around the block. Gabe is looking pretty comfortable in grandpa's arms.

Dinobrothers

You can't really tell, but Levi and Gabriel have matching dinosaur shirts on. I really liked this picture and wanted to share it.

Levi's First Haircut

Mackenzie has been growing a pumpkin since late fall early summer. Only one pumpkin grew on the vine and it never turned orange. She was still proud of it and wanted to scoop out the insides. Levi helped with the project and they were kept busy for quite a while scooping.

Levi's hair was getting a little long so we decided it was time for a trim. Aunti Juli started out and was really careful not to cut too much. She was doing a great job, but then somehow she handed me the scissors and boy did I go to work. I cut it all down to finger length. Levi was great the whole time. First he was eating chips and salsa. When he finished that we gave him a sucker. Then after his bath to wash off the excess hair I gave him a little fauxhawk. He sure does look like a cute little boy. I don't think we'll get many comments now on what a cute girl he is. Or our other favorite, how nice... you have two of each.

Uncle Ken was thrilled to stop by and visit so he could see his newest nephew. Gabe looks content. Levi really liked his cousin Rachel this time especially. He kept going over to play with her.

Gabriel is expanding.

Gabe was over 10 pounds and 23.5 inches at his 1 month check up a couple of weeks ago and I realized that some of you out there may want to know that valuable and extremely important information. But seriously, he has smiled at us a few times. It's always cute to see that when they're so little, whatever the reason. This picture was just after he took a shower with me. He liked the warm water and was really wide eyed, but not really bushy tailed. He's on our bed right now fighting to try to roll over onto his back. He can make it up onto one shoulder all kicking and squirming, but he doesn't quite have the technique down for the full roll. This is not an often occurrence, but he does like to keep his head up when he's on his belly.

Josh was trying on some hand-me-down shirts today and Levi thought that he should try one on too. He loved it and didn't want to take off the dress(shirt). Then Levi noticed us cheering for Gabe who was trying to reach for his toys above the swing.
Whenever Gabriel is in his swing Levi notices that we bend over to look at him and talk to him. Levi came right over, bent over and stared clapping for his little brother. I think it's rather obvious that he doesn't really need to do the bending.

We rented Evan Almighty last night and after watching it decided it was ok for the kids. Josh and Mackenzie thought that it was hilarious. They especially liked the part where he tried to go outside and get the mail. Levi enjoyed seeing all the animals. After watching the movie the kids were playing upstairs for awhile. When they came down they were all "haired out" with toilet paper to try and look like Evan Almighty. Joshua's beard is a little on the long side. I thought the whole thing was really funny. What creative little buggers they are. And so without further ado.... I present to you Josh and Kenzie Almighty.

Pumpkin Farm

We visited the pumpkin farm with the Elenbaas Family. We were not there long and thankfully it is only 10 minutes from our house. Gabe doesn't make it very far without wanting some yummies. Levi loved the maze and he also got to shoot a pumpkin from the cannon. He liked it, but wanted to keep the pumpkin.

Muddy Day

I barely made it to the end of Joshua's game due to the pizza party for the end of Mackenzie's season. The field Josh was playing on was ridiculously muddy as you can see in the picture. Bath's were necessary for all after the day's games.

Mackenzie was happy to get a trophy. She had a great season. There was maybe one game she didn't score some goals in.

Mackenzie and teammates getting ready for the other team to do a corner kick.

Joanna and Gabe in his new Moose outfit from Grandma Cathy.

Levi thought that it would be great to try on some of Gabriel's clothes. They don't quite fit, but hey they look great. A lot of people have that motto. Levi also went poop on his potty today. He sat on it and wouldn't get up. I kept asking him if he was done or wanted to play and he would say, "no." Then after about 5 or 10 minutes he had gone poop. It was a pretty big one for all those curious. We flushed it down the toilet and Levi said bye-bye to it. Josh and I thought that it was too bad I didn't take a picture to put on the blog for everyone to see. oh well.

Pumkin Box

We went to Safeway the other day and they were combining their pumpkins that were left and getting rid of boxes. Joanna got the guy to give us one of the boxes and we brought it home. I didn't really want to deal with it because it was a pain to get home, but it turned out to be a great idea. I set it up in the living room and cut a door in it. The kids have been playing in it constantly. They have blankets in it and pillows. Josh reads in there and Levi likes to hide in it. They have written things and drawn pictures all over the inside as well. I highly recommend getting one yourself.

Fun Saturday

Today after Joshua's 9am soccer game Grandpa Omar came down with Kameron. The kids all had a great time playing. They painted these pumpkins below and were very proud of them. Kameron had picked a bunch of apples for us before they came down and while the kids were painting I was making apple sauce. It was a great busy day.

It's official, Gabe likes Grandpa Omar.

Goodbye Grandma

Well, I was trying to upload these pictures for a few days and blogger was having some trouble. I was only able to get the blueberry picture uploaded. Anyway, the kids were all sad to see grandma go, although they do enjoy a nice drive to the airport.
Mackenzie being a great big sister. She loves to play with Gabe by setting up animals for him to look at.
Gabe in his cute little tiger outfit. Or, maybe it's just a kitty.
Josh made these brownies all by himself. He was very proud of himself that he figured everything out from the directions. They turned out to be exceptional brownies. Maybe he'll follow in uncle Mike's love of cooking.

Blueberry Levi

Joanna and I decided that this isn't a photo you would see with your 1st couple of kids. Levi on the counter eating a blueberry muffin.

Sewing a Halloween Costume

Grandma Cathy is sewing Mackenzie's costume this year. Mackenzie gets to see first hand how it's done. She is Grandma's needle threader. Whenever the thread needs to be put in Mackenzie is all over it. Those sharp eyes help her to get it in on mostly the first try. After the costume is done, Mackenzie is going to make a pillow.

The Boys

Josh is reading his book, "More stories from Grandma's attic," to Gabriel. What an attentive listener.

Levi is teaching Gabe the fine art of the 'high-five.' He even stopped running around and playing to get comfortable. It's going to be fun watching these little stinkers run around together next summer.

Mackenzie the Bunny

I was looking through some old photos and I couldn't resist putting this one of Mackenzie up. She was such a cute little bunny. It almost makes me wish we had another little girl running around the house.