Last week, I got to go to Mark's preschool class. It was his turn to be the leader, which meant he got to bring snacks and a favorite toy to share. He also got to lead the Pledge of Allegiance. It was great to see him interact with his teachers and classmates. All of his teachers had nothing but wonderful things to say about him. He is turning into such a big boy, I can't believe it.

Here is Mia after one of our nightly wrestling sessions with Daddy.
After naps a couple days ago, I came upstairs to this spectacle. I hope this crib can make it for one more kid.
Mark drew Santa a letter for Christmas. He spent at least half an hour drawing every detail of a Batman cave he wants. We mailed it the next day. He is very excited to see if his hard work will pay off. We better leave Santa some cookies Christmas Eve, just to be sure.

Halloween, carving, bowling, gymnastics and more

We have had a busy last couple of weeks, so I had to break this into separate posts to fit it all. These first pictures are of Halloween, which we did at our house this year. All of Kevin's family came over for a potluck. We also made carmel apples and then went Trick or Treating in our neighborhood. It was really fun to all be together for one of my favorite holidays.

We discovered that Mark's old Monkey costume from a couple years ago fit Mia. When Mark found out Mia was going be a Monkey, he really wanted to be one too. He was so excited to match his baby sister. They were really cute paling around all night.

Here we are at Robin's carving Pumpkins for Halloween. The Tuckett's fed us all and then we, in turn, trashed their house. Thanks you guys! We had a blast.

Kevin always complains that I take over the carving, so I gave complete artistic license over to him. Mark helped a lot too and it turned out awesome.
Kevin's dad grew all the pumpkins for us this year and I think we all did them justice.

We went Bowling for Family Home Evening with some friends in the ward. It was Mark's first time, and he LOVED it. I, on the other hand, would not recommend it when you're eight months pregnant.

Mark has been going to Gymnastics twice a week for the past two months and this was his last day of class. He actually learned quite a bit and has some sweet new moves.

This last Saturday we decorated our house for Halloween, much to Mark's delight. He says we have the "spookiest house" on the block. I also finally uploaded some pictures of Allison's birthday party. It was a couple of weeks ago, back when it was still warm.

Mark's pre-school had a field trip to a local pumpkin patch this last week and Mia and I tagged along. The kids had a great time.

So, it was my birthday a few weeks ago and if you forgot, it's too late now. My in-laws spoiled me rotten and took me to dinner and then out to DQ for ice cream after. Here's some pictures from that night.