Fall fun

Fall is in the air. I have to say, this year is lots of fun. Ashley is at the age where everything is so fun and exciting to her. We took out some Halloween books at the library and she wanted to do everything that they did in the book...so we did. We have had fun with art projects--making ghost cut outs, scary witches, hats, play-doh with halloween cookie cutters, and coloring pages with Halloween pictures. Poor Emily just gets to watch, but I'm sure by next year she'll be just as involved.

We also have Halloween costumes all picked out....Emily is going to be a pumpkin (her costume looks so cute on her), and Ashley is going to be a bumble bee--as she requested. My friend Rachel offered to loan us a Cinderella or Tinkerbell costume, so I was thrilled since it's free and Ashley likes them both, but she didn't want to. Out of nowhere she kept saying she wanted to be a bumble bee. So I was on a search for a bumble bee costume, and found a really cute one. I thought it was fitting since she has such a love for insects right now. She also would say that she wanted to be a bumble bee and sting daddy...lol. So she would wear her costume and go up to Matt and "sting" him.

Matt and I are going to dress up this year as well. Matt's going to be Dale Earnhart Jr, and I am going to be a pumpkin to match Emily. Ashley had wanted me to be a bumble bee like her, but they were sold out. So I figured I'd try to match Emily instead. Should be cute :)

We've also done fun stuff like going to the pumpkin patch and getting a scarecrow for our front yard, and this weekend we are going to a Halloween parade. Should be fun. We also like to walk around the neighborhood and look at everyone's decorations.

Here are a few pics from recent fall fun...