The Linda Family

I haven’t had a chance to go through all of our Boston photos and choose the ones to post, but I was feeling a little creative today, so I pulled out one from the Children’s Museum and made a scrapbook background for it….

Funny story though…Ashleigh has never seen anyone ride a horse, I don’t know where she got this from, but she saw that horse in this fenced area with a barn in the background…She grabbed the cowboy hat that was on the ground, hopped onto the horse, put her hat in the air and yelled, “yeee haaw!”

It was hysterical, luckily Wes was able to capture the moment…enjoy!

We had a blast trick-or-treating with our friends. We went over to Hillary and Neil’s (Owen & Blake’s house, if you’re 2) for a yummy chili dinner (thanks Hillary!) then we (the moms – Clare, Hillary, and of course, me) took the kids out. Wes and Neil stayed home to hand out candy…and do guy things…

The kids had a BLAST!! Ashleigh was so excited for the day that she didn’t take a nap at home. I did make her lay down in our bed and watch a movie for her “rest time”, but that was more for my sanity than hers!! So, 10 minutes into the drive she passed out in the backseat. If you look closely at her forehead, above her right eye you can see the pink spot from where she was laying her head on her pumpkin bucket. She was NOT letting that out of her sight! She also fell asleep wearing my sunglasses. She prefers those to her own. I guess they block more sun. So, you’ll notice they were falling off her face….

When I got out the camera Ashleigh HAD to have her photo taken with Blake. She LOVES him. I wonder if a younger sibling will be as much fun as Blake is when the time comes!

We got Reese and Ashleigh to take a picutre with Blake. How on earth did I manage to capture the moment when both girls were looking to the side but the 5 month old was staring straight at the camera?!

We were trying to get all 4 of them to look the same way at the same time….that is a feat with three toddlers and an infant!

Apparently the boys were being silly and Reese and Ashleigh needed to discuss it…

Our first stop was across the street at a house where no one was home, so Clare helped the kids get their candy.

We tried to get the kids to stop for a photo about half way through at this house with ghosts in the front yard. It was a nice thought, but it did not work. Toddlers with a mission for candy have a mind of their own…

Of course, about half way through Ashleigh decided she wanted to ride in the stroller…Why? Because her friends were. Who knew peer pressure started so young?

This child has not ridden in a stroller in over a year, close to two…and she decided that a stroller was fun…In fact it was so much fun that she and Owen were trying to nuzzle up to each other in the stroller. It’s hard to see from this lousy photo, but it was dark and I was pushing the stroller and taking a picture, so forgive me!

Once we got back to the house the kids were SOOO excited to try out their candy. Owen went to bed shortly there after. Reese and Ashleigh got in thier PJs for the trip home, unfortunately Ashleigh didn’t fall asleep.

She loved her princess costume, though she wasn’t a fan of the hat. She had it on for a while, but she discovered the Little Mermaid princess tiara she got for her birthday in her room yesterday afternoon and decided that her tiara was a much better compliment to the princess costume than the hat that was attached! Gotta love it! Oh, and just incase you missed it, Reese was a barista (from Starbucks of course!), Owen was spiderman, and Blake was a cow. The kids were great, they all listened and behaved and I can’t wait to do it again next year!!

We went to PA this weekend to wish my mom a happy birthday. We left here on Friday and after the 4 hour car ride, that should have taken two, we finally arrived! Ashleigh was very excited to see Grandma and Grandpa. Saturday morning Mom and I took Ashleigh to go see the 1128 lb giant pumpkin at Dan Schantz Greenhouse . She had a BLAST.

the TINY pumpkin that is on her right in one photo and then on her left in another is the pumpkin she chose. We showed her some “normal” sized pumpkins, but she decided that they were too big, and since she was little, she needed a TINY pumpkin. I think she picked out the smallest pumpkin in the place. She had a slightly larger one, but then saw the even smaller pumpkins and had to put the larger one back to get the tiny one.

We went out for dinner to Steak And Ale . Ashleigh was a great kid. She sat in her seat, she ate lots of great food. Her Macaroni and Cheese, my salad bar, my crap from my crab stuffed shrimp. She skipped Daddy’s undercooked steak and somehow managed to avoid the french fries too! She loved the bread and the spinach and artichoke dip.

After dinner was over we headed back to the house and Ashleigh had some fun with Grandma.

She also did some posing on the chair on her own.

This morning we went outside so that Ashleigh could ride her bike and I could plant my new mums in my new pot (thanks Mom!) Ashleigh had to help me plant the flowers of course, then when we were done she rode her bike and I took some photos (what’s new?!) There was only one photo where she was looking at the camera.

And the festive fall flowers…..

We are working on the alphabet with Ashleigh. Last night she asked if I would help her write her ABCs today. We are starting with the letter A and moving on once she can make a letter A. She is growing up way to fast if you ask me! We had tons of hilarious conversations in the car, but I didn’t write them down, so I have forgotten them by now…I need to get better and writing them down right away!