Halloween

In keeping with her birthday party theme, Malea wanted to be Batman for Halloween. Emmy was all about the Frozen sisters, Anna and Elsa.  A big shout-out to our friend Roshani who gifted this awesome Batman hoodie to Malea for her birthday.  Wa la!  We had a Halloween superhero costume for Malea!
The girls had fun making crafts at a Halloween party at the historical Plummer House.
Afterwards the girls helped me gut and carve a jack-o-lantern.  Malea was all about getting slimy!  Emmy on the other hand, mostly watched... She wasn't crazy about the "cold slimy pumpkin guts," as Malea called them.

Artistic, I am not.  But I think we made a very serviceable carved pumpkin for our front doorstep. 
Alexander was inspired by his big sister's superhero theme and got in on the action with his own Superman onesie!

A little later however, we did put him in this retro Tootsie Roll outfit.  Brown Bear modeled in for us just so Alexander could see what he would look like. It was pretty funny to answer the door to trick-o-treaters with Alexander in my arms,  Luckily there were no takers for a giant Tootsie Roll!

More fall fun

Frozen is definitely big this year!
With so much traveling this fall, we almost missed out on our annual trip to Tweite's Family Farm.
And of course, along with fall comes NFL football season.  The girls know Sunday is perfect day to deck themselves out in their Miami Dolphins gear!

The girls helped me make caramel oatmeal chocolate chip bars for a fall party on October 25.  I'm including the date so that I can remember this milestone....  With Felix away at a conference, I took all 3 kids up to St. Paul for this awesome annual fall party. I will probably chuckle at this highlight in a few years, but right now this solo trip with the girls and a 3 month old Alexander felt like quite the accomplishment!

Seeing these 3 cute faces in the morning... love it!

Who's who?

Hmm...Does Alexander look more like Malea or Emmy?  Can you tell the difference between these similar poses?

Look who's smiling!

These are Alexander's smiles from the beginning of the month through today. I LOVE this milestone!!


He's also been working on tummy time and is getting good at looking around.  It's amazing how quickly babies grow and learn so many new skills!