Rainy Day Fun

 The boys got the cutest little folders full of Thomas stickers, coloring sheets and glitter pens from Ms. Charlotte at church. They couldn't wait to open them up and play! Luckily, the following day, it rained all day long. So this turned into a really fun rainy day project. They stayed busy with their goodies for a long time!

Christmas Crafts

 This year I was much more organized with my Christmas crafts although I wasn't always good about taking pictures! We did a few crafts each week in December. They were really fun (thanks again to Pinterest!) My favorite craft we did was making the handprint reindeer ornament. I traced the boys hands and we turned that into a little reindeer ornament. They are SO cute and very distinct to each boy. Jonah chose a giant eye and Henry chose a tiny eye! They were really excited to finish them and hang them on the tree!

 A little grouchy, but he was excited to make it!

 We also took an afternoon and made Christmas cookies. Jonah helped me make the dough and cut the cookies out while Henry took a nap. Then once he woke up, we frosted and decorated them. The boys really love this project!

 Sampling his work

 Chose a good looking cookie to munch on!

 The finished products!

Another super cute project that the boys loved was making Rudolf puppets. They had fun gluing all the paper, nose and sequins on. I traced their hands again for the antlers. So cute!

Gingerbread Trees

 One night we had family gingerbread tree decorating time. I found this idea on Pinterest and it was prefect. We tried making gingerbread houses last year and they were far too complicated for the boys. It turned into us doing all the work and the boys just sitting around. Pretty sad. So this year we went with the tree idea and it fit the bill. The trees are just sugar cones that are iced in green frosting, then decorated. The boys had so much fun! They enjoyed nibbling on some of the "decorations" but for the most part, they just wanted to decorate their trees!

 The finished product

Halloween

 This year's Halloween was a bit different but still fun. Since it fell on a Wednesday, we knew we wouldn't be able to trick-or-treat since we had church. But since we had our Disneyland passes, we decided to go for one of their special Trick or treat nights. It was so much fun and definitely worth the cost to get in. They close the park around 3pm to everyone who didn't buy a special ticket, so it wasn't crowded at all. Once it became dark, we changed the boys into their costumes. Henry was Peter Pan and Jonah was Captain Hook. They were so cute!!! Henry was adorable with his little hat on. I made his costume this year and I was pretty sure he wouldn't wear his hat. But once we got there and he changed into his costume, he kept his hat on the entire night! He loved it! Disneyland was decorated pretty cute and they handed out TONS of candy! It was a lot of fun and the boys enjoyed "trick-or-treating"!

 We had a lot of fun decorating our pumpkins too. I knew the boys weren't able to carve pumpkins yet, so I picked up these cute decorating kits from Target. They were really affordable and allowed the boys to decorate their pumpkins with a little help. They painted the pumpkins and sprinkled them with glitter. Then once the paint was dry, we just added the stickers. They turned out so cute and the boys were excited to do it "themselves!"

Pumpkin Patch

 We made our annual trip to Bates Nut Farm again this year, and I think it was our best year yet! We had perfect weather. It rained the day before so it wasn't blazing hot like it usually is. We met our good friends up there and had a fun day of hay rides, bounce houses, pumpkin picking and eating yummy food.

 Molly & Henry

 The boys were excited for these giant lollypops

 Trying to find the perfect pumpkin!

Making Ghosts (and memories!)

 We decided to do a few crafts around Halloween this year. I find I do better when I actually plan it out!! This was a cute craft I found on Pinterest. The boys loved dipping the cotton balls into the glue and decorating their little ghosts. Well, Henry didn't like getting his hands sticky. He wanted to wash his hands after every cotton ball!

 These pictures crack me up. It was impossible to get both boys smiling, looking at the camera, and holding up their ghosts all at the same time. So just try to merge these photos together into one and you'll get the effect I was going for!

Apple Picking

 This year we went apple picking with a group of friends from church. It was so fun! We went up to Oak Glen the last weekend in September. It was perfect weather and we came home with a big bag of apples and a smaller bag full of pears. The boys had a blast! We picked apples, ate some yummy food, got to pet some farm animals and had the best apple pie ever! This may be a new fall tradition.

 Picking apples with Daddy

 Best friends!

 This is how they spent the day (when they weren't picking apples!)

Group of happy kidlets!