Trick-or-Treat - In Brooklyn!

We finally made it back to Brooklyn!  For a quick trip, with the whole family to participate in our favorite neighborhood event - Halloween!  It was amazing how comfortable and familiar everything felt.  First we met Elodie's old buddies at our old park.  Then we did some trick-or-treating in the old 'hood and met up briefly with a few old friends along the way!  The trip was fast, but easy, and we definitely want to go back more often and soon!

 

 

Ethan running around Elodie's old park!

 

Old Pals: Elodie, Clara & Jasper

 

The Fairy-Princess, Mermaid & Wolverine!

 

Little Ethan Leo in the swing:

 

Trick-or-treating on Smith Street:

Jackolanterns

This year's creations:

Pirate and a scaredy-cat!

Conversation with Elodie: Pants

Michael:  I think we left your Pumpkin Bag of Candy in the car.

Elodie:  Ummm.. How 'bout since you're the only one wearing pants, you go get it.

Trunk-or-Treat 2

 

Trunk-or-Treat 1

We checked out the annual Guilford Trunk-or-Treat day (the weekend before Halloween...)  Now we know that it is trick-or-treating at CAR trunks, not TREE trunks, like I thought....  A good excuse to wear costumes!

Pumpkin Carving

Dinner Table Laugh Session

Ethan and Elodie have a very funny Daddy...  love the laughter!

Strutting his stuff...

Ethan ran out of his room the other day with no shirt on!  He's so quick, I could barely catch him...

Hair Cuts

Ethan kinda needed a haircut so we took him to Snip Snaps.  He freaked of course.  Who wants a stranger draping a big black cape on you and pulling on your baby fine hair with sharp scissors?  Even the race car didn't keep him occupied...

 

 

Elodie was finally brave enough to let someone besides Mommy cut her hair, and the Barbie Jeep entertained her quite a bit:

 

Ethan after relaxing...  such a little boy now!

 

So serious:

Hammonassett Hike

Went for a walk at Hammonassett State Beach Park!

 

Posing in the tree:

 

Static Hair!  (Last pic pre-haircut... see next post!)

 

Swinging Siblings...

Lobster pound

A few pictures from our dinner at the Lobster Pound a few weeks ago.  Probably our last meal outside for the season!

 

 

And a walk to the harbor...

Pumpkin Pickin'

I took a bunch of great pictures on our real camera, but in case those never make it off the camera and to the blog, here's a few shots from our pumpkin buying experience of 2013.  We got some good ones and Elodie spent about an hour rolling down the hill afterwards!

 

Gillette Castle

We took a little trip to check out Gillette Castle in East Haddam.  I hadn't been there since I was a kid!  We did a little hiking and exploring the castle...

Mr. 11 Months

Ethan is 11 months old today!  He still loves to laugh, but now he also walks, practically runs.  Loves playing with balls and says "bah" when he sees one.  Also calls just about everything "bah," but he also says hi (about half the time he's supposed to) and bye (again, bah) and baby.  Just like his sis, baby was his first real word we think...  He also loves to point and eat and laugh at Elodie. 

 

Here's some fun Fall pictures of Mr. 11 Months!

Walking and Making Music Videos...

Ethan and I went for a walk at the green while Elodie had her ballet class:

And he quickly learned to play the kazoo this past weekend:

Happy Birthday Momma!

Had a great 36th Birthday! 

We have a walker

"Guess what guys...

 

I CAN WALK!!"
 

 

 

 

Ethan's been taking a few steps here and there for about a month, but he finally put it together long enough to realize he's actually doing it... now he can't stop!  We say he officially started walking on Elodie's half-birthday, 10/4.  And now we really have to watch him... last night was a bonk on the face complete with bloody nose and fat lip.  This is just the beginning with this crazy little guy....

 

Durham Fair

It's fun to bring my kids to the Durham Fair, just like I did growing up!  Elodie is a pro at fairs now.  She knows all the rides she wants, she always find the face painter and she has become more adventurous with the food (i.e. a giant $5 donut!)

 

Clowning around on the Ferris Wheel:

 

Bored on the Ferris Wheel:

 

Whoopin' it up on the Pirate Ship fun house:

 

They've been looking forward to this since last year: smoked turkey leg:

 

Watching big sis on the boat ride!