A fall day in the park

We had a beautiful clear fall day last week so I decided to get the girls out of the house.  I figured it would be the last time in awhile that we would have such nice weather so we took full advantage.  We enjoyed a nice walk to the park and played in the pretty leaves!

Madeline all bundled up and ready to go!

This next picture is my favorite.  Not only do I love how much fun Madeline is having but there is a cute story behind it.  I put Madeline up on the play area and Savannah was so scared she was going to crawl off the edge.  I barely had a chance to snap the picture because protective big sister was crying and telling me to "pick up the baby"!

As always, Savannah had a lot of fun on the slide and Madeline enjoyed her first slide experience too!

My little mouse having fun......

We made our way over to the path by our house where we had fun playing in all the pretty leaves!  I was hoping to get a really cute picture of Madeline in the leaves but she was too fascinated with playing and eating them to look at the camera.

Savannah didn't miss out on the fun, she thought throwing and kicking the leaves around was tons of fun!

This is a picture of one of the trees in our neighborhood.  Before we know it the leaves will be gone and winter will be here.  I'm glad we got the chance to enjoy such a beautiful day!

Halloween!

We had such a fun Halloween this year!  Savannah was super excited and really enjoyed herself.  We started off our weekend with pumpkin carving.  Savannah had a lot of fun helping mommy carve a pumpkin even though she wasn't totally thrilled with getting all slimy!

We weren't the only ones to get into the spirit, Derek jumped in and carved his pumpkin as only a true handyman would.....

All his hard work paid off!  Savannah thought Daddy's pumpkin was by far the best :)

While I wasn't brave enough to let Madeline help with the carving, she did get to have some fun with the pumpkins too!

She thought the pumpkin made a great teething toy!

And finally, it was time to get the costumes on!!!  Savannah was looking forward to being Tinkerbell for weeks and I must say she was the cutest Tinkerbell!  My little ladybug was pretty cute too!

Savannah loved trick or treating this year but I think she liked handing out the candy even more.  When we got home from trick or treating she was so excited every time kids rang the door bell.  She would drop whatever she was playing with and dash to the door and grab the candy bowl.  It was really cute :)

All in all it was an awesome Halloween and we're looking forward to next year!