J & E Plus Five: November 2013

October little things

I'll attempt to catch up mostly through pictures. Here are some fun things that happened in October. (2 birthdays and Halloween not included...they deserve their own posts).

Cutest baby ever!!

Daniel loves to stand at the fridge and play with the magnet letters.

Let's just say that the leaf situation in NJ when you own a home is insane. It's a full time job.
I can see why people hire landscapers to handle their leaves. Us....we just have children which
equals free labor. :)

But who can resist doing flips into the leaves

I found Jacob outside eating straight out of a can of mandarin oranges.

At least this car was of some use instead of just collecting leaves.

If you don't have a leaf blower or wheel barrow you improvise. Snow shovels and a garbage
can to wheels the leaves out to the street where they come and suck them up for you.

Michael is in his bird phase

Lenape Indian wigwam project for school. We discovered you can mix flour and water to make
paper mache

Wax paper and melted crayon leaves

Okay, I had to do this progression of a photo with Jacob. This kid is so funny. I just kept
snapping pictures of him and this is what I got. He was excited about his homemade
dog Halloween costume.

Cowboys and Indians on the front porch. We had a pretty mild October weather wise.

Love this picture of Daniel

Sucking up said leaves

Did I mention Anne learned to ride a bike finally. She loves it.

I look through the camera and find funny photos like this that I didn't take.

100th Anniversary of the church and Scouting

Michael, Dallin and Shaylee. Shaylee is the bishops daughter and she is so adorable.

Secor Farm

Anne had a Daisy scout field trip to Secor Farm in Mahwah and it was so cute that we had to go back several times during the fall. They have animals, hay rides, mazes, corn boxes (way better than sand boxes) and the best Honeycrisp apples and apple cider donuts. I love fall on the East coast.

So hard to get them all with a normal face.

Can't remember why Jacob was crying...but this picture cracks me up....they are all doing
something different.

One of those Good Apples looks like trouble

I loved this idea of a corn box...instead of a sand box. Daniel loved it! The first time we went he didn't
even try to eat the corn. But the next time he kept trying to shove it in by the hand fulls. It was hilarious.

Off to the maze.

Carving the pumpkin Annie picked out on her field trip.

And a cute baby in a bath...for good measure.

Anne turns 6 !!

Wow, am I behind. I always fall behind on things this time of year. :)

Our little Baby Anne turned 6 in September. (And we don't call her Baby Anne anymore which is kind of sad because I think that was the cutest nickname ever!)

Anne is such a sweet little soul. She loves to sing to herself and she is such a sweet little mother to Daniel. She loves to carry him around even though he probably weighs half of what she does. She is still so petite and most people have no idea how old she is. All the 8-10 year old girls at church love to pick her up and carry her around. It's so funny to watch. She has a tender little heart, but for the most part she is low maintenance...which I guess she has to be with 4 brothers.

I am so glad that I have a girl. I love my boys but I would have been sad if I never had a daughter so I am glad I at least got 1. And my little Anne girl is the best!!

Birthday breakfast. We like to do breakfast in bed but lately they wake up so early on
their birthday that I can't get it done in time. You'd think it was Christmas morning.