We had a fun Halloween. We were looking after our niece and nephew overnight, so all the kids had lots of fun playing together. We made cupcakes and the big kids helped Noah decorate them at his picnic table. Then Anna woke up from a nap and promptly ate most of Noah's cupcakes. Later on, everyone was excited to see Uncle Brad come over and we all ventured out to try to trick-or-treat. Since its not really the done thing here, we had to pick and choose which houses looked trick-or-treat friendly and try them. We got candy from about 10 houses, which apparently was a huge success by the standards here.

We carved our pumpkins last night, on Halloween eve. Since its spring here, and sometimes quite warm, the pumpkins rot very quickly if carved too far in advance. Noah drew the "face" on the pumpkin and we carved it for him. He loved seeing the candles in them on the front veranda, and wanted to sit out there (in his "mummy" pajamas no less) with them all evening!

Trunk or Treat

We had our Halloween festivities this weekend, at an annual event put on by my American women's association- called "Trunk or Treat". Its held in a big park and everyone decorates their car trunks and the kids get to trick or treat from car to car, and there are also traditional activities complete with bobbing for apples. They don't really "do" Halloween here, so this event is a nice way to still allow the kiddies to be involved in their native holidays and cultural events-- and to show the Aussies how its done. Noah's friend Annabelle and her family joined us this year. (oh, and Anna is supposed to be a cheerleader but she wanted nothing to do with the pompoms so its hard to actually tell what her costume is)

the doctor is in

...and she's in her pajamas!

to market

We went to the big markets downtown this weekend! Lots of great, weird, and wonderful things...

Cousin day

The babies were able to spend the day with their cousin Benn the other day while he was on school vacation. They love playing with him and he's really sweet with them too. I think they wear him out by the end of the day though. Understandable.

Soccer

Noah recently started in a soccer program which holds lessons once a week. He loves it! He has always been unusually talented at kicking a ball (catching a ball on the other hand is, shall we say, not a strong point:) He even has a cute little uniform, I'll post pics of that when I get some.