Santa Parade

After Syd's giddiness at attending the East GR homecoming parade back in October (maybe it was the candy?), we decided to venture out to the Santa Parade in downtown Grand Rapids on Saturday with Renee, Evelyn and OmaLinda. It was chilly but the girls had a great time. Somehow they even ended up dressed like twins! 

November Activities

November has been relatively uneventful, but the kids are still keeping us busy. We started the month with some unseasonably warm weather that we tried our best to appreciate. It has definitely made a turn for winter now though! All three kids love being around each other....Sydney is still smothering the twins with love, they think everything she does (short of sitting on them) is hilarious, and the babies are both obsessed with the exersaucer no matter if they're the one inside or underneath. Fun times we are having!

Halloween

The end of October brought the twins' 7-month milestone and, of course, Halloween. Asher & Geneva are everywhere and eating everything they can get their hands on, whether it be food or toys. It's no longer safe for Sydney to leave her toys on the floor or to eat with a utensil in front of them without getting the "I'm hungry" look. Asher has cut his first tooth this week.  Geneva is even officially crawling as of October 30th, with Asher scooting quickly in her wake. Put up the safety gate, folks, because the twins are mobile. Yikes.

I also had to throw in a couple photos of my cute bunny rabbits and my little garden fairy at Zoo Goes Boo!

October in California

I'm not sure where October went, but I'm sure its disappearance has something to do with our 2-week trip to visit some of our favorite people in one of our favorite places -- CALIFORNIA!

Beppe, Tante Marissa, Pake & the kids

"Other" Pake & the kids

"Auntie" Sue, myself & the kids

Tante Marissa, Geneva & Asher

Pake & Beppe & the kids on the dairy

Tante Jessie & the twins

Great Grandma & Sydney

Between visits with family and friends, we were able to just relax, reconnect with dairy life (it still smells like home!), throw a bridal shower for my sister Karinne, and even get in some playtime here and there too. For us, the time passed quickly....but for Dan, sans US, it crept by. We are happy to be home again though and living our chaos as a family of 5. Bring it on, November!

Baking cupcakes with Tante Jessie

Del Osso Farms

Morning playtime

Watering Beppe's flowers in the nude, of course

Mowing on Mum Mums

p.s. I have to also give a HUGE thank you to my sisters for helping us travel to and from California...you know I couldn't have done it without you! Whew!