Halloween Parties Galore

No, it's not even Halloween yet, but our girls have been "in costume" for the past four days! Hopefully, they'll still want to wear their curly red wigs tomorrow ... Tomorrow, tomorrow ... I love ya, tomorrow! Here are our little Annie's! More to come after the actual holiday : )

Orphan Annie and Fancy Annie

Evie at her dance class Halloween party with her friend Rachel

Evie and all the girls - Nora too! Poor thing, I always have to drag her away before class starts. She has to wait until she's 3!

We had to change it up a bit for music class Friday - our costumes were in the wash! So black cats it was!

At a Halloween party Saturday - the entire family in costume. I'm Miss Hannigan and Mark is Daddy Warbucks.

At the Loreis' annual Halloween party

Nora and Reece wrestling in the leaves!

Soccer and Lucky Seven

Friends of ours recently started a casual (free!) soccer league/team that meets weekly at a nearby park. The girls and I went for the first practice on Wednesday and had a great time! Nora was only interested for about 15 minutes, and then she was off in the sandbox, but Evie loved it. Aunt Melina also loved watching her nieces take part in an athletic activity (she doesn't consider dance a sport!)

Also of importance in our family, Mark and I celebrated our 7 year wedding anniversary over the weekend. My parents took the girls to Nixa for two nights so we could really live it up - by live it up, I mean sleep in, watch whatever we want on TV, go see a move IN THE THEATRE, and go out to a fancy dinner. We had so much fun! Mark is on his way to pick up the girls now. I have to say, I had such a lovely weekend with Mark, but I'm really ready to have my entire family home again!

Aunt Melina bought the girls both soccer balls and sporty t-shirts!

Love Evie's smile in this pic. You can tell she's having fun!

Evie and her "Aunt Meena"

All the kids gathered round - aren't they cute!

Mark and me before our anniversary dinner!

Sunflowers and Cider

We're having a great fall in Kansas City - warm days, cool nights and lots of sunshine. We've been trying to maximize the wonderful weather with lots of day trips - first to Johnson Farms for pumpkins and then to the Louisburg Cider Mill for apple cider, apple cider doughnuts and caramel apples. Here are some of our favorite pics from the last two weeks:

Friday night in the backyard with friends

The girls at the pumpkin patch

The Cowies in the sunflowers

Our haul

Daddy and his girls

Enjoying apple cider slushies and doughnuts

Evie on a hay ride with our good friend Maggie - Nora was scared!