Halloween Night

We went to a friend's house for Halloween night. Nora had a great time playing with Aubrey and Aubrey's friend, Abby. The girls had a great time with lots of screaming!

Trick or treating was a little hectic, trying to keep the girls out of the street.

We had to round up all the kids for a photo shoot. I had Nora hold onto the babies. She really does such a good job as a big sister.

My little zebra. We bought Ronan's costume a couple months ago and by the time Halloween arrived it was already too small. He really loved to put his costume on, but only for a few minutes.

One of the other families brought "brains" for the kids to play with.

Nora and Aubrey trying to catch bubbles.

Howloween at the Zoo

We decided to go to the zoo on Halloween morning. We did the scavenger hunt with the kids. It was actually a little tricky and we had to ask for help. The kids loved it.

I actually have no idea what this is. It's part of the new lion exhibit. It was our first time seeing the lions (Nora had gone to see them the day they opened with her Grammy) and Jeff's first time in Africa. He had not been to half the zoo until Halloween.

It was the tiger's birthday. We waited to watch them drop the cake for the tigers to eat, but we eventually just had to move on because it was taking so long. Apparently they growled when it happened. The tigers were also one of the stops on the scavenger hunt.

Something else that Jeff had never done was the Lorekeet Landing. We bought some nectar and let the birds land on Nora and Jeff.

This was the first time that Nora had nectar and a bird landed on her. She loved it!

Ronan, the skeptic, watched as the birds landed on Nora. He actually says, "bird."

We thought we were so clever when we found our first animal in the scavenger hunt, the otter. Of course it wasn't that easy and they wanted us to find a river otter!

Harvest Festival

On Thursday I took an early lunch, (this is Jeff) and went to visit Nora at preschool. The class was having a Harvest Festival...but it was really a Halloween party. When the teacher announced that it was time to go trick-or-treating, Nora looked up at me and said, "Bye Dada." She left me high and dry while the rest of the children grabbed their parent's hands and took them trick-or-treating. I guess the moral is that Dadas are good, but trick-or-treating is better!

Nora's new best friend, Holley.

Professional Pictures of the Family

Here are some pictures of our little family. I can't believe Jeff and I took a picture together. The last time that happened was probably our wedding. I'm more in love with him now than I was then.

Ronan's Professional Pictures

And here are the professional pictures of Ronan. He's becoming such a little boy now and it's so much fun to catch his expressions. Enjoy!

Nora's Professional Pictures

These are some of the professional pictures we had taken recently. All of the pictures in this post are of Nora. I can't believe how adorable my little girl is! Let me know if you need copies of any of these pictures.