October

Here are a few pictures from the pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving (Michael did all the labor-intensive carving while Gavin and I scooped out seeds and roasted them) and Halloween.  We had their Halloween parade at school, trick-or-treating at the mall (so that Ella could go) and then trick-or-treating with just Gavin after dark in our neighborhood.  There aren't any great pictures of the two kids together, so I'm posting the sequence of photos that were taken for your amusement, instead.

My pumpkins at the pumpkin patch.

At their Primrose School Parade.  She refused to wear the hat.

After she saw us and was getting wheeled away.

Gavin and his friend Colton.

Trick-or-treating at the mall.

Love the shoes :-)

As you can see, they were not in the mood for pictures.  Gavin didn't want to wear his mask and Ella didn't want to sit in his lap.  Mommy just wanted ONE decent picture!  *Sigh*

At this point, he tore his mask off and she nearly launched herself off the chair, so I gave up.

With his super-cool spiderweb-shooter (aka silly string).

Spider Gavin

Bad picture of me, but love my little ladybug :-)