Happy Halloween!!

This weekend our community had a Harvest Party and Bella got to try out her costume. At first she didn't want any part of it but after Aunt T showed her herself in the mirror she was loving it!  She didn't want to take it off. 

after seeing herself in the mirror

getting ready to go to the party

 party time

 halloween night, leaving the house

 ringing her first door

 heading to the next one

 taking a break

 checking out her loot

Tent Time

Today we put together Bella's tent she got last year for Christmas. She has so many toys we decided to put some away and bring out a new one every couple months for a new surprise. Bella seems to really enjoy getting new things all the time. Another reason we decided to do this is because her birthday is right after Christmas and she would have to wait a whole year before getting anything new.

 window view

 she brought her friends in

Pumpkin Patch

Tuesday was our last day with cousins, Clark and Dexter before they went back home and we went to the pumpkin patch. We were a little early though because their shipment of pumpkins had just arrived and they were taking them out of the boxes when we were there.

She would not look at me for a pic

 Grandma and Grandpa with their 3 grandkids

 Dexter played with the chickens

 while Clark was feeding the horses moss

checking out the pumpkins

 the kids then took turns on the swing

 

 this is my favorite pic! We are going to miss these little boys

Cupcakes

Bella and I made some Halloween cupcakes the other night before she went to bed. It was her first time baking and helping mommy in the kitchen. 

She stirred the batter

 and mixed it

 waiting for mommy to fill the pans and hammy it up

 she kept a good eye on them to make sure they didn't burn

after we took a bath it was time to take them out of the oven

 helping mommy take them out (don't worry not for real just pretend)

 having fun with the oven mit

 the next morning she got to decorate her very own cupcake

here she is icing the cupcake which she loved doing and freaked out when I took the icing away

 adding some festive sprinkles

 a look at her masterpiece, watch out Renee

 yummy

 I think she liked it

Grandma and Grandpa wanted some new photos of their grandchildren so last week we all traveled to the studio. At first it went better than you would expect, but after awhile it went just as you can imagine with 3 kids under 5. Despite the rough times getting them to listen, sit still and smile the pics turned out great. 

Sorry the quality is not good because I had to photograph the actual photo but you get the idea

Baseball time

Bella went to the playground last weekend with Clark and Dex. After they played on the swings and went down the slides they played a little baseball with grandpa.

She's got her serious face on

 Clark is pitching the ball

Stopping to check out Dexter's belly button