Giraffe #4

I"m not big about Halloween costumes. The kids and I usually talk about what they want to be and we find stuff to "make it work". And unfortunately this year I never got a decent shot of all of them dressed up :(

This was as close as I got....blurry, fussy babe wrapped in his blanket by his older brother trying to comfort him... not sure it's working, but Chris tried;)

The girls wanted to be cowgirls (yes, Lydia "dressed up"!!) probably because of our visit to the Rodeo the week before last. We were very fortunate on Tuesday before Halloween to find some cowgirl boots Anna adores at Once Upon a Child... oh, and her top, too!!

Chris wanted to be a soccer player.... LOL!! So he put on his soccer uniform... ta-da! A costume;)

Nate had his chance to wear the giraffe outfit this Halloween....

Giraffe #4 enjoying a pack of stolen Smarties;)

Cowgirl Lydia walking Nate to a fall festival.

it's been a bit of a "tradition" for the kids to all have worn it for their 1st Halloween costume.

This is reposted from Oct 2008:)

The costume I hoped Lydia would wear this year was a giraffe costume... Grammie picked the costume up on a clearance rack only weeks after telling her I was pregnant with Anna (our 1st born). She figured a little boy or girl could wear the costume:)


We've gotten our use out of the costume!! 
Anna has worn it once, Christopher was worn it twice and ....


now I'm sticking it on my third kiddo, and she was NOT happy about it!!

Lydia did warm up to it a little bit... although it looked a little too small for her....so who knows if we'll actually leave the house with it on her this year:)

Here's Christopher wearing the giraffe in 2006! He was just a crawler then... soo cute!!

And Anna downtown trick-or-treating in 2005!!

So it's sweet that Nate got to wear it! And easy for this Momma, who had some pretty simple costumes this year!!! But I have to admit that I'm really digging Sarah's Lego costume... I think we'll have plenty of boxes next year... LOL!! We could make a Lego family:) LOL!!

Sharing our cool pumpkins again for You Capture this week;)

The 8th pic (or 1st pumpkin pic) is for little somethings;)

More Wordless Wednesday at

NapTime MomTog,

5 Minutes for Mom,

Go Graham Go,

To Be Thode,
Mama to 4 Blessings, 

and any other linkys I find !!!

WW: Vikings, Vikings Everywhere

Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Hiccup in the TUB:)

Gotta love some clearance halloween costumes;) And thanks to the Coopers, my kids are hooked on everything about How to Train Your Dragon and vikings.... will make our history lessons in a couple weeks a little easier;)

You can find some other picture posts at Wordless Wednesday, 5 Minutes for Mom and Go Graham Go!!!

Throwback Thursday - The Giraffe Costume

The costume I hoped Lydia would ear this year was a giraffe costume... My mom picked the costume up on a clearance rack only weeks after telling her I was pregnant. She figured a little boy or girl could wear the costume....

We've gotten our use out of the costume!! Anna has worn it once, Christopher was worn it twice and ....

now I'm sticking it on my third kiddo, and she was NOT happy about it!!

Lydia did warm up to it a little bit... although it looked a little too small for her....so who knows if we'll actually leave the house with it on her this year:)

Here's Christopher wearing the giraffe in 2006! He was just a crawler then... soo cute!!

And Anna downtown trick-or-treating in 2005!!

Quick Stop at the Pumpkin Patch

This evening we headed out to a local farm to enjoy their fall celebrations:) We met Andrea and her crew out at the farm just for a quick visit since we were trying to beat the rain:)

We had the kids dress up into their Halloween costumes!! I'm glad they did because usually they get to wear them once (maybe twice) out of the house. Although on Wednesday Anna wore her outfit for a good portion of the day:) This year Anna is a ballerina (with a few extra clothes on a cool evening)! Christopher will be dressing like a skunk... it's a very cute little outfit from Old Navy (I figured he'll wear it this year and Lydia will wear it next year)!!! I have hopes that Lydia will wear our giraffe costume this year....hmmm, might not happen, she's pretty picky about her attire:)

Christopher loved the petting zoo and animals!! He is such an animal lover:) He was very gentle with the baby goats and later told me that he wanted a goat!!! He's not scared of any of the animals.... on the way out he stuck his fingers into a chicken coup and said the chicken bit him! Then he tried to feed the donkey and wasn't fearful at all when it looked like half his hand was in the donkey's mouth:)

Here are a few more pictures of our adventures:)




Andrea posted some pictures she took... on her blog and her flickr :)