Halloween, Fall Leaves, and Alice is Potty Trained!

Everybody always tells us what a rock star Charlie is!

 Paul and I made chocolate dipped strawberries for our date. (Thanks for the melting chocolate, Sarah!)

 Monday, Grace didn't have school, so we holed up in the kitchen all day (no carpet) for Alice's potty training day! (No idea why blogger won't post these pics in the proper orientation.)

 She hung out in panties all day.

 We read books and watched movies and hung out in "soft clothes".

 Sister reading time.

 Lunch.

 Multiple potty prizes led to a blue tongue.

 Hey, silly boy!

 Grace begged for "home school", so we did letter magnets and math questions.

 The girls were proud of their alphabetization.

 Then we did workbooks. Alice did amazingly well with her potty day!

 We carved pumpkins with FHE that night.

 Grace braved pulling out the guts.

 Charlie stayed out of trouble.

 Ackers! Guts! (Yes, our girls made up this word "ackers".)

 Charlie gnawed on the discarded pumpkin pieces.

 Paul and Grace designed their own Spongebob for the giant pumpkin. Alice and I used a ghost pattern for the smaller one.

Good morning, Dino-boy!

 Charlie loves to crawl under the table.

 Grace had to be a storybook character for her school's non-Halloween parade.

 I decided to dress all the kids up.

 They were a hit at the bus stop!

 Meow!

 Yee haw!

 Cutest kid in the parade. Some kids were really scary!

 I took Alice and Charlie out in our backyard to enjoy the nice weather.

 Airplane!

 All ready for trick-or-treating later.

 Autumn is for football.

 Another plane.

 They fly very low over our house. It's a little bit scary.

 Picturesque backyard.

 Charlie Brown for trick-or-treating. (I left his hair as it was for his rock star costume earlier in the day.)

 The trick-or-treating crew. I stayed home to pass out candy.

 They had a lot of fun and got plenty of candy!

 Washing the bathroom mirror during our house cleaning party yesterday.

 Grace has been learning how to punt in PE:)

 Our front parking lot. The beauty is surreal.

 Riding bikes on the front sidewalk.

 I love these guys!!!

 Running a race.

 New crib! (He's been sleeping in a pack'n'play for a year, so we finally got one off craigslist.)

 For the ward party, Charlie got face paint. Where's Kelsey when we need her?

 Aaahhhh! Dinosaur!

 Our friend was Charlie Brown too. Not as convincing though...

 Pretty Grace before church.

 Always a ham.

 Fun sisters.

 So sweet!

 Grrr!

 Whoa.

Charlie's set-up for Friday night pizza in front of the TV. Now that he crawls, we have to contain him while the girls have their food/drink out.