Hallelujah Halloween!

Our church held it's annual Hallelujah Hoedown and we all dressed up and made our way. Grandma, Pops, Christi, the boys, and my little family headed to church for fun with the petting zoo, inflatable slide, a live band, dinner, games, and more. The kids had the most fun on the slide and in the petting zoo.

The kiddos

Charlie and Claire danced to the band. Here they are together taking a break from cutting a rug...

The girls enjoyed the animals. Harper would've stayed in there all night. She was afraid of nothing and giggled at all of the animals. Unfortunately, her way to show affection to the animals is a big tight pinch. Ha! Claire ran around chasing pigs and goats. :-)



Here are the kids on one of many trips down the big, big slide... This was Chris's favorite! He was fearless!

Claire

Chris

Charlie

From wagon rides to slip and slides (and practice Halloween!)

We went to Houston to celebrate LaLa's birthday at the end of October. Halloween was fast approaching so Mimi and Papa decided to have a "practice Halloween." We dressed up, got ready and trick or treated at their house over and over again. The girls loved it! Mimi and I tried, at the beginning of Halloween season, to manipulate Claire in to being a princess, a fairy, a ballerina...something like that. We showed her all the costumes on Disney, several on other sites, but she insisted on being Jessie from Toy Story. We gave in, a bit reluctantly, but never looked back as soon as we got her all dressed up and saw how much she loved seeing herself all dressed up like her favorite movie character. It was a priceless moment.

 

Claire seeing herself as Jessie for the first time

Claire really wanted to pick out Harper's costume and decided Harper should be a "pun-kin." Harper loved it! We wore it so much, though, that by Halloween, Harper wore Claire's ladybug costume from 2 years ago. :-)

 

Harper the "pun-kin"

Harper and Claire - Punkin and Jessie

Mimi and her girls

Trick or Treat!

Papa and Claire had big fun on the pool raft. Papa would take her to the top of the hill, slide her down and then fold her up.  They must have done that for hours. Papa had to be tired at the end, but it was worth it watching Claire laugh hysterically.

Papa pushing Claire down the hill on the raft

Where's Claire?

The wagon is a big hit at the Nix's house. Both girls ride around as often as they can.They pull it themselves.  It is a fun treat to ride in the wagon.

Papa had a turn...

LaLa had a turn...

Mimi had a turn...

Claire had a turn...

Sweet girls in the wagon

Silly sisters

Cat came to town!!!

When Cat comes to visit, the kids freak out!! They have so much fun! Cat's just like one of the kids. She plays on the playground with them. They dance. They get dirty. They laugh. They watch sports. They play sports. They swim. They have good old fashioned fun. All of the grandkids love their Cat.

Claire and Cat

Cat sliding with the kids

D and Cat

Cousins on the slide - my best attempt at a group shot