Getting ready for Halloween!

We have had lots of fun getting ready for Halloween!

We got to frost pumpkin cookies... twice!

At my mom and dad's last weekend

Cohen and Carter frosted some cookies,

but mostly ate the frosting. 

 

Look how hard Carter is concentrating...

tongue hanging out and everything! 
Ha!  Love it!

We also frosted cookies at our house.

He basically ate the sprinkles...

 And the frosting!  Ewwww!

 We carved pumpkins too.

Cohen wanted to color on the pumpkins.

 He took one look inside the pumpkin

and said "yucky."

He didn't like the smell either.

 Here is the finished product of Cohen's pumpkin.

He wasn't too willing to sit or look at the camera...

go figure!

 Halloween itself will be interesting!

We have a cute little costume for him

but everytime we attempt to put it on

he kicks and screams.

I am thinking there won't be a lot of

trick-or-treating this year!

We shall see...



Gus Gus

Gus Gus has joined Cohen's "must-have" list

when he goes to bed each night!

He has a room full of stuffed animals

and this little puppy was the lucky one

that he picked to sleep with him. 

Gus Gus joins his nookie

(which we hope to get rid of soon),

and his two blankets.

At first his name started out as "puppy"

and then one day he started calling him Gus Gus.

Gus Gus comes from an older boy

at daycare that he adores.

He follows Gus (the real Gus) around the house

hollering his name and trying to get his attention.

It is pretty cute!

He likes Gus so much that he named

his puppy after him :)

 

 Cohen hanging out in the laundry basket

with Gus Gus and one of his favorite blankets.

Speaking of sleeping at night...

Cohen has learned how to escape the crib...yikes!

Tonight he was up an entire hour later than normal

because he kept getting out.

I think we will be getting him into a bed soon!

Ugh...I have not looked forward to this day.

He is growing up too fast!!!



Sticktoberfest

A good ole fashion Octoberfest party

in the sticks...

Sticktoberfest!

Good friends of ours hosted

a fabulous weekend getaway this past weekend!

So much fun and many memories made.

 Our good friend Ryan works for Sam Adams.

With that being said...

we were supplied with Sam Adams shirts,

beverages, and fun hats!

The hosts of the party...Ryan and Liz

All of my super awesome girls!

 And the guys....love this picture!

 Me and my gal pal Amanda!

 And one more pic of the ladies!

Baby Penny included!  She is so cute!

I couldn't resist this pic...

life size Jenga!

We had so much fun playing it!

And guess what...it was sponsered by Twisted Tea!

 

Thank you to Ryan and Liz (and Sam Adams)

for a super fun weekend!

Chap Family Pictures

Last weekend the entire Chap family

got together for family pictures! 

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day!

The weather was warm and sunny.

The best part was the fall colors were

out in full force!

It was absolutely beautiful!

We got some really nice pictures!

 

 I love this little guy!

 The Chap Family

Love this one...so perfect!

And one big picture with all of us!

LOVE these pictures!!

Fall at the Chap's

Happy Fall! 

Oh...how I love this time of year!

From the beautiful colors, to the crisp air,

to my yummy smelling fall candles...

I just love fall!

This year we had a pumpkin patch at our place

and we got tons of pumpkins.

I decided to get creative this year

with some of them!

 I found Eric's wheelbarrow, got some straw,

found some cool pumpkins, and added in some

flowers I got as a gift from a student!

The FALL sign I added to the front of it

 tied it together nicely.

Thanks Whimsy Green for the cute sign!

I love how this turned out!

 A few more of our pumpkins

and some corn stalks

to decorate the front porch.

Cohen got his very own pumpkin

with his name in it.

Eric etched in his name when the pumpkin

first started growing. 
Pretty cool!

 Cohen helped me put all the pumkins

in the wheelbarrow.

He liked the white one!

 Adjusting the corn

 Pretending to push the wheelbarrow!

 Here are some more of the pumpkins we picked

from our patch last weekend.

We have been busy delivering pumpkins!

Cohen was a good helper loading them up yesterday.

...

Ah...yes! 

Fall is here!