October Recap

This whole family of 5 thing is really throwing me for a loop! I'm still trying to adjust to having 3 kiddos at home... and simple things like showering or making lunch... or heaven forbid leaving the house takes us for-e-ver. Hence why it's half way through November and I'm just now getting around to posting October/Halloween pictures.

We don't get out of the house much these days (que awkward stares and even worse comments. Do people really think about what they say before they say it? I don't think so.) so when we do, it needs to be documented. There is a cute little pumpkin patch right around the corner from our house and some of our friends invited us to go with them (they also have 3 girls... not quite 3 under 2 but pretty close). They have little rides and things for kids so we knew Chan would love it. I'm pretty sure she made Austin go down the slide with her oh maybe 50 times... Poor Austin always gets talked into this kind of stuff... and then there is me, "Hey babe, Chandler wants to go on that slide... you go with her and I'll stay with the twins." And I'm pretty sure Chandler prefers going with her daddy anyway. Dad's are just more fun like that.

We also decided to be brave and go check out the new mall that just opened right by our house. We decided to let Chan walk instead of bringing 2 strollers. She was super good and held on to the cup holder on the twins' stroller.

Have I also mentioned that my child is a hoarder? When we are at home, she'll seriously grab all the toys and/or stuffed animals she can hold in her little arms and she will carry them all around the house. And if we're at a store, she does the same thing with anything she can grab... and then it's a fight to put it all back.

She had that ball too, but wasn't quite talented enough to hold it and top for the picture.

We also went to Disneyland with Austin's family. Call us crazy but the twinners went too. And I'm a super good mom and got 2 pictures... of Chan only... at the end of the night. Mom of the Year right here. She has a current obsession with Mickey Mouse right now so at the end of the night we bought her her very own Mickey... and she hasn't let him go since. He goes everywhere with us and has to go to bed with her.

that's Disneyland success right there.

And the next day we took Chan to the beach... A girl after my own heart... she loved the beach. She played around, got into the water, ran from the waves, dug holes in the sand, and cried when we had to leave.

Aaaannnnnddddd Halloween. 

If you know me, you know that I love love love Halloween. It's my favorite. And every year I dictate what costumes we will be wearing... but have any of you tried to find coordinating costumes for you, your husband, and three girls?!? Impossible I tell ya! So, we went with Grease. Austin and I were Danny and Sandy...

and my girls were the Pink Ladies.

We took Chan trick or treating... I don't think she really knew what was going on, but that girls knows her candy. After a few houses, she realized what was going on and would reach her hand right into their buckets of candy and pick out what she wanted... sometimes going back in for seconds. And then of course she wanted to hoard all the candy in her hands as she walked from house to house.

I'm so excited for next Halloween... Chan will probably know more of what she's doing and the twins will most likely be walking (yikes!). I love love love these girls. So much fun!

Up next: Ava & Indie's blessing.