Mmmmmmm hot dogs!

Erin's first Notre Dame Game

Papa and Erin eating a hot dogat the Notre Dame Women's Basketball Game

Decorating Pumpkins

Here are some photos of Erin decorating her pumpkin

Of course pink is her first choice!

Ack!!  Paint on my hands!!

Daddy Carving His Pumpkin

Complete with glitter and pipe cleaners!

Helping Light Mommy's Pumpkin

Erin's Pumpkin

Pedal Car

Erin is getting very good at pedalling her tricycle.  She has so much fun driving up and down the street!

Our Little Horsie!

For about a month before Halloween, whenever asked Erin would tell you she wanted to be a horse for Halloween. So, I went out and got all of the supplies to make Erin a horse costume for Halloween.  Not even two days later, when you asked her what she wanted to be for Halloween, she would tell you a cat.  When you said "I thought you wanted to be a horse." She would tell you "No Mom, CAT!"  Sigh.  Oh well, she will be a cat that looks like a horse then.

Fast forward to Halloween and she has gracioulsy accepted the fact that she is a horse and she seemed to like it.  She even galloped around the neighborhood.
She ACTUALLY wore a HAT!!

Walking her favorite dog, Pumpkin

Aunt Mar taking her up to the first house

Everyone took turns taking her up to the houses

She got TONS of candy.  We are still working on eating it all! After each house she would exclaim "more candy!" I couldn't figure out if she was excited because she got more candy or if she was insisting on going to the next house and getting more candy. It was adorable!

Pumpkin Patch

A couple of weeks after the pumpking carving, we went to the Pumpkin Patch!  It was a beautiful fall day and everyone had a good time. Our Pumpkin Patch (we call it ours since we've been going there about 8 years in a row!), has a petting farm, face painting, snacks, a cornmaze and obviously a pumpkin patch.
Look, Pigs!

The Bunnies

There are Three Bunnies in there!

Petting the Sheep

Horsie!!

Mitchell, Allison & Katie

Waiting for the Hayride Out to the Cornmaze and Pumpking Picking Section

Erin Wearing Mommy's Glasses and Mommy Wearing Erin's

Erin Found Her Pumpkin Right Away

Helping Daddy Carry His

Katie Found Hers

And Allison Hers

Erin Found a Baby "Shadow!"

Zoo Boo!

The weekend before Halloween, our local zoo had their annual Zoo Boo.  Since we are members we got in free and got to "test" Erin's Halloween costume. Good thing we did, I made some adjustments after we did the test run!  Zach, Diana and Abby came along as well. 
G and E

G, E and Daddy

Abby! The Cutest Monkey in the World!

Abby & Diana

Dads and Kids!

Trick or Treat!

erin and Mommy

Erin and A

Trick or Treat

Carving Pumpkins

A few weeks ago, we went to Grammy's house to carve pumpkins.  Ironically, Grammy has a dog named Pumpkin as well. We did not however carve her. Erin loves her!

Helping Daddy and Auntie A get all the Goopy Stuff Out!