Christmas morning

Owen and Aliya awoke to gifts from Santa. Owen was very excited and Aliya followed along. They loved their gifts from Santa and family. Owen declared that it was the best Christmas ever! Here is a video of Christmas morning, I'll post photos later.

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Halloween

We started off the week by going to Owen's school for his Halloween party. Aliya loved being a big kid and hanging out with her older brother. Owen made a paper pumpkin, decorated a Halloween bag, decorated a cookie, and went trick-or-treating around the school.
We carved pumpkins the night before Halloween. Aliya liked spreading the seeds around on the table and Owen drew his own pumpkin face which Dave carved.
Thankfully the snowstorm ended two days before Halloween and it got warm enough to melt a lot of the snow. Neither kid needed a jacket which is always good. Owen was Superman and Aliya was Iridessa, one of Tinker Bell's friends. Grandma Panesi made Aliya's outfit not once, but twice due to a mailing mix-up (thanks Grandma for making another costume)!

Hair!

Aliya has really been fighting me lately with doing her hair. So, today while Owen and Dave were at a birthday party, I put in Elmo's World and tried. Aliya doesn't really watch TV, but I remember that Elmo was the one that Owen would watch. I placed her in her Dora chair and began. I sprayed with water and detangler and began brushing. She didn't fight too much, so I decided to put her hair in four ponies instead of one. She was being so good that I decided to braid her hair. Here are the results!

Superman!

Owen LOVES jumping off the stairs. So, after I sewed his costume, he wanted to fly like Superman . . .

Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday we went to the Pumpkin Patch. It was delayed a weekend due to the weather and it ended up being a perfect day. Owen and Aliya had a great time picking out pumpkins. Owen really enjoyed the carnival area. Next year will be a lot of fun because Aliya will be old enough to participate in more things.

Obstacle Course!

We set up a really quick obstacle course today. Enjoy!

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