Thanksgiving

 Everything is a party with Kaylin and Christmas jammies

 Cute matching smiles

              Ready to Party!

 Sean loves olives.

 Claire enjoying Grandpa Hamblin's holiday slush

 We have a lot of babies at the Luke Thanksgiving

November recap

                                 Playing in the leaves at the neighbors' house
       

                                           Put up Christmas lights and our tree

 Had a super fun sleepover with my brother's kids. Here are the matching jammie cousins Sean and Mason.

                                                The babies, Anderson and Kaylin

                                            Pirate Claire and Pirate Johnson

                               Sweet, adorable London and cranky pants Luke

4 Penguins

Halloween ~2013~

 Our Princess was excited about wearing vampire teeth and told people she was a vampire princess. Luke, Kaylin and I went to the elementary school's costume parade. We were excited to catch Claire finishing up her lunch with her best friend Miranda.

 After the Parade the three of us headed over to participate in Sean's Halloween party. I appreciate that Sean's teachers let me bring my other kids. Sean was thrilled to have his little brother at school with him. These two don't typically get along so it was fun for me to watch them be best buds for the afternoon. Sean told everyone that his brother was there and actually told me that Luke was "so special" which is a saying that Sean only reserves for Kaylin and me.

 Luke keeps asking when he gets to go back to Giant Steps. Sean told him that he can go to school when he is "medium" and "autistic".

 Sean and his teacher Miss Janeen. After over a year together Janeen has taken an administration position within Giant Steps. Sean misses her and is having a terrible time adjusting to the new changes at school.

 Baby Kaylin is our 4th and possibly cutest penguin! It was fun to pull this costume out for another baby.

 Kaylin choked on a candy wrapper that evening. It was pretty scary but fortunately she threw up and the wrapper came out. The kids have been better at picking up their stuff now that they have seen how scary choking can be. I also find myself repeating the phrase, "don't step on your sister." She can army crawl everywhere and it's tricky to keep her safe.

 Luke's pumpkin bucket fell and had just started rolling away.
 I like his expression.

 Sean "Ironman" Hamblin 

Sean trick or treated one street then declared himself done. 

He is more of a less is more kind of guy.

 Beautiful Princess Claire

I loved that she still wanted to be a princess and let me curl her hair. Claire loved Halloween but with all the creepy decorations and stories she is completely spooked all the time at home. She won't fall asleep by herself anymore and won't go into any rooms by herself anymore.Thank goodness for little brothers who help her be brave. I'm anxious for her to start to feel safer.

 Pirate Lukey

Luke had a lot of fun. He loved trick or treating and was an adorable pirate.

Carving Pumpkins

 We had the most fun carving pumpkins with the kids. Cleaning out pumpkins isn't my favorite activity but we only do it once a year and it's so special for the kids. They each got to draw out their design/face. Claire got extra creative with a sweatband and heart on her pumpkins head.

 Sean and Luke's pumpkins both have mouths that say, "Boo!"

 This is our third year carving pumpkins in this house. I love looking at three years of kids and pumpkins on my porch.

 Little Ladies

Luke Counsin Halloween Party

 We hosted the annual Luke cousin's Halloween Party. It was awesome that most everyone could make it but also makes for a tight fit at our house. I appreciate my family being flexible with the party. We set up games and pumpkin decorating in our unfinished basement. We ate soup and dinosaur chicken and decorated sugar cookies. The kids loved playing in the park. We had a total of 11 adults and 18 kids. We had so much fun hosting this year.

Baby in the grass