October

October was the busiest month EVER!

It started out with the annual International Balloon Fiesta, one of our favorite events of the year!  This year we went twice....once in the evening for a Balloon Glow (they don't take off but light their burners at coordinated times so they all light up at once) and another in the early morning for a Mass Ascension (they all take off at the same time).  Josh and Aurora were even interviewed by the local news, although we never saw them air it.

The next weekend we went to the the kids' first airshow at Kirtland Air Force Base.  Alex was SO excited to see the big airplanes, jets and helicopters.  We got to see the Thunderbirds perform and it was amazing!  However, Alex did not realize how loud jets actually are and was a bit scared at first and covered his ears the whole time!

The weekend after that we went to McCalls' Pumpkin Patch with Megan and Sean!  We had a blast doing the various events there...checking out the 'old town', racing ducks and go karts, bouncing on the giant pumpkin pillow, etc.  We also had a great time going out to the pumpkin patch and picking out our pumpkins to carve!

After that we had Alex's 5th birthday, which I will do a separate post on.

Before we knew it, it was Halloween!  We carved pumpkins with Grandma S.  Both kids scooped out their own pumpkins this year and Aurora carved her own!  Alex drew his design and I carved it for him.  I think they came out great!

This year Aurora decided to reprise her jester costume, and Alex decided to be Megatron!!  With his current Tranformer obsession, I was not surprised.  We went to both Fall Festivals and the kids' schools, and on Halloween night we Trick or Treated both sets of grandparents and then went around Grandma and Grandpa K's neighborhood.  They got lots of good loot!

This month went buy in a flash!

Halloween 2010

We had a great Halloween this year!  Friday night after school, we went with Grandma S to a little pumpkin patch near our house to pick out pumpkins to carve on Halloween.  Aurora and Alex took turns pulling the wagon around and looked for just the right pumpkins to decorate.

On Saturday, we had two Halloween parties...a kids' one in the day for Aurora's little boyfriend KJ's birthday, and then we dropped the kids off at Grandma and Grandpa K's and went to an adult one!  At the kids' one they had lots of yummy treats and a cool Frankenstein cake and they played Halloween games!  

This year Alex decided to dress up as.....Buzz Lightyear!  Yeah, no surprise...Buzz Lightyear for the second year in a row.

Aurora, being slightly obsessed with the new Alice in Wonderland movie, found a Mad Hatter costume that she liked.  Since it was the first somewhat girly costume she has ever picked out, I jumped at the chance to buy it!  I think she looked so cool!!!!

Sunday afternoon we went to Grandma S' and decorated pumpkins!  After scooping out the 'pumpkin guts,' I carved one with a bat and the kids used Mr. Potato-head-like pieces on theirs.

Aurora's

Alex's

I think the hardest part of Halloween is waiting for it to get dark!  Finally, the time arrived and we headed out to Trick or Treat.  Daddy and I wore the costumes we had worn to the adult party - his jester costume from last year and I went as a Renaissance queen.  

The kids made it down several streets.  Aurora was reluctant to go into the spooky houses, but Alex was letting nothing stop him from getting his candy!  He marched right up there!  At one house, he was rewarded by a very scarily dressed guy who loaded him up!  Unfortunately, at one of the other houses, they weren't so considerate of young children and chased Aurora down the driveway, leaving her in tears.  But she quickly got over it and still had a good night.

And look at all the loot they ended up with!