October Thrills

So I will start with Halloween first, because who doesn't love cute kids wearing cute costumes.  We were thinking of being whos and Pace could be the Grinch, but Monsters University was just easier so we went with it.  I am so glad we did, because our little monsters are the cutest and its the first time we could actually all go themed as a family and everyone was happy.

Ok, so maybe Lou was the least impressed with being a monster.  But he didn't mind too much.

Mike Wazowski!

This one is after Pace's preschool party (he made that hat), and I just think he's the cutest.

The boys absolutely loved Halloween this year, despite it being the hottest muggiest day.  I'm not sure if it is because we skipped it last year (we were in the middle of moving), but I don't think so.  They are just at the right age to really make Halloween fun.  We did trick or treating and went to Pace's school Party, unfortunately Jake was in Korea so he missed it.  But he did come to our church trunk or treat.  They loved all the decorations in our neighborhood.  Pace actually cried when I told him Halloween was over.  But luckily we can still check out all the Halloween books at the library (and still do).  And of course we are still enjoying the spoils.

Also this month we did a kid friendly hike ... but accidentally took a not so kid friendly turn.  But some passing hikers lent us a pair of micro spikes, so that helped a lot.  On the way back we found our missed turn and won't make the same mistake again.  So we took the old Pali Highway all the way down to Likeke falls.  This waterfall happened to have a water slide, but alas we forgot appropriate water wear.  But a return trip will definitely be made.  And the hike was still beautiful.

At the waterfall

Of course we also celebrated Jake's birthday.  We kept it simple and went on a date to Chinatown and went out for Ethiopean food.  It was unique and so yummy.  Never knew that lentils could be so yummy.  Then we came home and had cake with the boys.

And of course some other cute moments from these cute boys have to be shared.

Someone is growing so fast mommy can't keep him in slippers that fit.

So happy to match.  So glad they love each other so much.

Baby head massage

Puppy lovin'

This is just the right amount of cheese...well, ice cream.

A new playpen, while the other boys are riding their bikes around the church parking lot

Louis learned to climb up on things, still a little wobbly here (not so much anymore)

Getting into the dishwasher to pull out the silverware

And yes he has learned to crawl (technically this happened on Nov 3, not October).

Of course he is much faster already.