October Continued

Trick or Treating at Reiman Gardens

We went trick or treating with a group of friends on Halloween.

October-Catching Up

There are lots of pictures from October because there were many Halloween related activities we did with the boys. I love that time of year!

I made the boys a few Halloween shirts and tried to get a decent picture of the two of them. Usually they are just too goofy!

Ayden's preschool class took a field trip to a pumpkin patch and Cael and I went along.

Riding in the combine with grandpa and grandma.

Ayden ran his first kids race before Run for the Roses. He loved it!

Ayden being a goofball.

Making pizza.

Carving pumpkins.

Ayden dressed up as a ghostship pirate for preschool and Halloween.

Ayden and his BFF Carissa at the preschool party.

Halloween storytime at the University Bookstore.

I painted pumpkins this year.

Trick or treating at Reiman Gardens.

Wisconsin Dells Trip-Wisconsin Deer Park

After we checked out of our hotel and before heading home we stopped at the Wisconsin Deer Park. My parents took our family here when I was about 4 years old and I remember how cool I thought it was to feed the deer. I knew Ayden would like it, but I was surprised that Cael was so excited to feed them too and wasn't scared of the deer unless they got too close to him when he didn't have food for them. I love the expression on Cael's face in some of the pictures. In one he has both fists up like a boxer protecting his face. Too funny! The deer were really tame and followed us around trying to find food. We bought a package of wafers for them for about $5.00, I think. It was definitely worth it! LOVED this place!

Love his expression!

Boxer stance!

The shrug..

Wisconsin Dells Trip

I'm continuing to play catch up with the blog and will probably for October-January just do a summary so I can catch up, but I had to post pictures about our awesome vacation in the Wisconsin Dells at the end of September. It was our first family vacation as a family of four. The boys did great sleeping, which was my worry, and took great naps too. We stayed at Great wolf Lodge which VERY oriented around children and families. It was a great place to stay and not too expensive in the off-season. We looked at going to the Dells in the summer and it was just so expensive. September and October was much cheaper, and the indoor water park was huge so we didn't feel like we missed out on anything by not going in the summer. We all had so much fun, and the boys had a blast. Both love the water, which I attribute partially from going to the pool so much over the summer. They were not afraid of anything. Cael went down all the slides we would let him, and Ayden was just tall enough to go down the all the BIG slides. He went down them all multiple times with no fear. There is no way I would have gone down some of them at any age, much less 4 years old :) I think Cael will be the same way. Ayden's favorite was riding on an intertube in the wave pool, and Cael liked the kiddie area with the little slides and things he could ride on.

One of the restaurants we ate at was called Buffalo Phil's and your food and drinks arrived to you on a small train. They boys LOVED it. It was pretty neat. They also played Thomas the Train episodes on the tv. The boys were in heaven :)

Food being delivered to our table :)

The clock tower at the hotel where they had storytime and songs every night.

The kids cabin in our room where the boys slept.

There were bunk beds in it and everything. It was so neat!

One of the big slides Ayden was just tall enough to go down...on his stomach. I tried it once, and that was enough for me. It was dark inside the tunnel and you got jerked around, and you are on your stomach. Not my idea of fun... But there he goes!

Storytime!

We had such a great time! We will definitely be going back again. I would highly recommend going in the fall because it wasn't busy, which is one thing I hate about water parks. Ayden keeps asking when we are going to go back again!