First Movie Trip

We took our first trip to the movies at the discount theater, the Rivoli, in LaCrosse. We saw Planes and the kids loved it and sat so nicely! We walked in to the previews which were a little loud and made Emi a little nervous, but she made her way in, ate her popcorn and said that she wanted to come back and sit in the "castle theater."

Happy Halloween!

 As usual, we had all sorts of Halloween Fun in Winona. Including, but not limited to:

 Halloween party with friends! Pinatas, bobbing for apple and Emi eating as many Cuties as possible were the highlights of that night.

 "Real Halloween"
This was the best I'm sure for Peter since he got to wear his train costume. He wasn't able to walk very quickly in it, so for the first time in Emi's life- she was able to outrun him. He was so sad that she was getting to all of the doorbells first... but the extra treats put into his smoke stack made up for it. I also wasn't going to dress up or dress Lainey up, but saw the Cinderella/Gus costume and I just couldn't resist!

 Emi was obviously so so so happy to be a cat. She just loved it.

 We decorated Mike and Julie's driveway with a Halloween train.

 Halloween at the library and the haunted stacks!

 Trick or treating with friends at SMU. These are the best two pictures I have of the group... Our entire group was friends of ours. This was the best thing ever! So fun for the kids to know everyone and for the parents to have friends to talk to. We love our "tribe" here in Winona.

Pumpkins!

 We had a lot of fun carving pumpkins this year. Both kids like pulling the 'guts' out of the pumpkins and as usual we took requests from the kids for carving. Peter requested a scary pumpkin and Emi wanted an alligator.

 I of course took some time out and stuck the littlest member of the family in the pumkin!

Happy Birthday to Emelia!

We had a busy busy birthday weekend for Emelia- lots of visitors, trips to the pumpking patch and to the river and then a small party with some good friends and family!

Little Biker Gang

Now that school has started and the kids are going to more daycare this year than in the past, we haven't had as much time to play with friends- especially during the day- but we did sneak in a picnic over MEA with Julia, Claire and Evan- oh and Shana - at the fountain park. It was a rainy cold morning and I was sure we were going to have to eat at our house- but then the sun came out and we were set to go!

This was what Peter spent the entire time doing- riding his bike on the ledge around the planter.

Always time for some snuggles!

Look out Winona!

Biking at SMU

Biking up at Saint Mary's has been a once a week thing for us all summer. The kids know the loop around campus and the places to visit. We took an adventure down to the trails the last time we were there and rode on the bridge as well!

By the time we were leaving, it was getting dark, but the best part of the night- and I don't have pictures- was finding a large pile of ice shavings in the parking lot from the zamboni- the kids were THRILLED to find a mountain of snow to play in and ride their bikes on top of.