Ava's preschool had a halloween party today... they had a lot of yummy snacks and games for the kids. Parents were invited, but I had to stay home w/ the boys since Cristian was still home sick. But I did sneak in for the last 5 minutes to take a couple pictures of Ava.
Posing =)
Playing the ring toss
Pumpkin/ghost bowling
Today I had to stop by Cristian's school to drop off supplies for their halloween party tomorrow and pick up packet of school work Cristian had missed from the past 3 days. Fortunately, all this week the kids have had LATE START, so he's not missing much, in fact, it's just a review week with a lot of fun, halloween geared projects. He was so excited to get started on all his work as soon as he got home! He has been wearing this little mask they gave him at the doctors office because he really doesn't want to get anyone else sick. Sweet boy! It actually makes me kind of sad to see him wear it.
Poor sick Cristian! After 3 consecutive days with a fever, we took him to the doctor yesterday and he tested positive for the flu. (most likely swine flu since that's what's going around). He has been feeling much better today, he even got all his homework done for the week today, has been humming Christmas songs, and is begging to go back to school. So far, his fever has stayed away today... hopefully he'll make it to class tomorrow for his Halloween party.
These two have been such good buddies the past 3 days while Cristian has been sick. We've been reading a lot of books and building w/ blocks while poor Cristian takes it easy on the couch.
Carter got his first hair cut... and now I think he looks even more like Cristian did at this age.
Me and my cute boys!
Sunday Night we ordered pizza, popped some popcorn and ate some smarties while we watched the Disney channel's special Sunday Night Family Movie, Mickey Mouse's Choo Choo Train movie. 
This picture of Carter made me laugh!
Me and My kiddos. Don't ask me why we're all snuggled up on the Love Seat instead of the Sofa, LOL.
It's no secret that my family is a little weird, and in some opinions, this may add fuel to that fire, LOL. Call us nerds, call us crazy, but we had a lot of fun! My cousin Emily hosted a Twilight party and we all made tshirts in anticipation for the release of the next movie in the Twilight series, New Moon.
My shirt
Karly's shirt (back)
Erin's shirt
Tricia's shirt
Emily's shirt
Christina's shirt
Megan's shirt
haha, a little inappropriate... Dane's shirt.
Madi's shirt
Karly's shirt (front)
Larissa's shirt
Paula's shirt
Meredith's shirt
The group watching Twilight
Cute cousins Carter & Cami
Carter eating his first (all natural, all beef) hot dog. 
Uncle Don grillin' the Brauts for our Oktoberfest tailgate
Ava walking on the balance beam
Grampie, Auntie, and Carter enjoying the nice, fall day. (Carter likes to crunch leaves) =)
Friday night we went to Cristian's fall festival at his school. The kids had so much fun playing games like Witches Ring Toss, Pumpkin Ball, Glow in the dark putt putt golf, and much much more. Here they are in JAIL... Cristian's PE teacher was dressed up as a Police Officer and was in charge of the jail. (the pictures aren't great... we didn't take very many because the place was packed with kids everywhere, and Carter had to be carried the entire time to avoid being trampled)
Cristian being hand cuffed to the jail cell
The pirate and the princess
Mommy, Cristian, and Ava doing the cake walk. I was impressed that they had a "peanut free" dessert table so Ava could actually eat one of the cupcakes!
My friend and college teammate from Iowa, Kathy, was in town last week visiting her sister, brother-in-law, and their 3 kids. We were able to meet for lunch at the Rain Forest Cafe on Friday, and it was great seeing her again and meeting her cute little boy, Asher. (you may notice that Ava has an Iowa Hawkeyes tattoo on both of her hands. Go Hawkeyes!
Thursday night was Father and Grandfather night at Ava's preschool. She was so excited to go show her daddy and grampa around her preschool and have a special night with just them. They had little crafts set up; they painted a wooden picture frame and made book marks, they also had some yummy snacks.
Ava and Daddy
Painting her holiday picture frame (they took a picture of Ava, Kyle, and my dad that will go in this frame)
Almost done...
Snack time... self portrait of the three of them
Playing with foam stickers
Making her book mark with grampie
Showing her friend her finished book mark
Silly Ava..
I absolutely love fall photos! This was my favorite picture of Ava from our trip to the pumpkin patch this morning. Fall is such a beautiful time of year, and Ava is such a beautiful little girl =)
This morning Ava had a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch. We met at her preschool first and all had breakfast, then Ava got to show me what her favorite things to do at preschool were. She likes looking at things through the magnifying glass.
Here's Ava's art work... she really enjoys art time!
She likes circle time when they talk about the calendar and the weather.
She really likes putting on puppet shows.
And this is her favorite toy to play with in the classroom =)
After spending time together at school, we headed to the pumpkin patch. Ava was so excited for her first ever Field Trip.
Mommy and Ava (My mom watched Carter for me this morning so I could have some time with just Ava) =)
Ava and her best friend, Emma.
Listening to the tour guide.
Look how cute they are, listening so intently.
They had a lot of animals on the farm too, this turkey's name was Butterball.
This momma sheep had 10 day old lambs. They were so cute!!
Ava learning how to churn butter
Looking at the goats.
Ava checking out all the pumpkins, trying to decide which one she wanted to take home.
Found it!
Ava with the scare crows.
Ava with the pumpkins
Look at all these pumpkins!
Ava Dava
Ava checking out how tall she is
Playing in a mound of saw dust
After the pumpkin farm, we went and ate lunch at McDonalds. Such a fun morning with my girl!!
