Marching Band!!

Ok,  so the kids LOVE, LOVE, LOVE pretending to be in a marching band. They play it all the time, every day. They love music and instruments. So, I asked around about where and when we could see one of the local high school marching bands perform. We were a little late in asking as there season had just finished but we did catch the drum line at a concert one night. They LOVED it of course!! It was dark and very, very loud, but they didn't care. 

Here we are having a snack pre-show:

 Elizabeth in the middle of the show was annoyed by my bright light:)

And here is some short video clips of what we saw!

Play room, finally!!!

There are no finished pictures of this new room in our house, I just wanted to talk about it because I am so excited that Mark finally gave up his ping pong/game room for me and the kids to have a play room/school room!!! It was so much work to move all the toys and books, but we are loving it. 

Can you see Annie in that pile of toys?

I also got around to painting this cute toy box. Elizabeth had the best time playing in it!!

Swing time and pumpkins

Our kids are obsessed with swinging, they could do it ALL day long if we let them!!! So we finally put up a baby/toddler swing on our front porch where they can swing all winter long and still be protected from the rain! The hardest part is having to take turns (as you can see from Annie's red nose and face, she was crying until it was her turn)

 Annie loves the swing so much that sometimes I can't get her in the car or to the neighbors because she wants to swing! She will stand there and point!

 We also spent some time putting together our own pumpkins, the kids all had fun doing this activity! This is as close as we came to 'carving' pumpkins this year!

Museum of Flight

 The twins, especially Elizabeth have been obsessed with airplanes lately! Mark brought home a magazine with different airplanes and Elizabeth went through a two week phase where she LOVED the book and wanted to sleep with it! So, one Saturday morning Mark spontaneously decided to take them both down to the Museum of Flight. They had a great time!!!!

More October randoms

Here is some more of our indoor activities from October.

Elizabeth bit Mark on the CHEEK!! Can you believe that?!! 

The twins saw and recognized their first rainbow!!

 Elizabeth stuck spaghetti into play dough and then stacked Cheerios through the spaghetti...I think Annie mostly ate hers:)

 Annie likes to pretend to ride this dog:

 And 'wrestle' me by putting me in a head lock with her legs and pointing her finger in my mouth (and other facial parts)

Saturday mornings with Daddy while Mommy sleeps in sometimes look like this:

 And isn't this adorable!! After church naps:)

 Elizabeth has fallen asleep in some weird places too

 She fell asleep sitting up and then just hunched over...see her purple sock up by her eye?!

 Annie learned to fold her arms when we bless the food!! It's soooooo cute!!!

 And climb in the bottom drawer to make a mess:

  I let the twins practice their cutting skills with bananas!

These two girls sure do love each other. I left with Mark to get the mail and when I came back Daddy had let this happen:

 But they are so cute together!!

Here is proof!