conversation with an aunt

My kids were sitting with their Aunt Nellie in church and had this discussion:
A conversation with Sam and Evelyn today in church....
Evelyn: what is your shirt made of Nella?
Nellie: idk polyester?
Sam: or leather?
Evelyn: it's stretchy so it's made of springs...
Sam: well it sure isn't made of chain mail

Baby Vivien

I love doing newborn pictures!  We were a little rushed on these ones because of time constraints, but I'm pretty happy with what we got.  She's such a beautiful little girl! She was still a little red because of her jaundice, but I tried to work around that with photoshop. 

Things not to forget

Seth's favorite things to say:  "See Mom, See!" and "Oh My!"

Ada is going through the phase where they think acting crazy is funny.... I remember going through that phase.  I don't think it's funny now... maybe I will when she's out of it.

Sam is voluntarily reading a chapter book... I'm not reading it to him and he wasn't assigned a book... It's The Impossible Quest series.

My brother moved in.  When baby sees him for a while and then doesn't see him for a bit, "Where'd Uncle Teth go?"

Wilcox Family Halloween Party

For our family party this year, we went to Cornbelly's.  Seth LOVED it, every second.  He never wanted to go to the next activity, but he sure loved every single one of them.

Sam, Devin, Ada, Lance, Aubrey

Evelyn, Emma, Vivien, Seth, Jordan

She loves her costume glasses.

Grandpa's part of the fun.

This is how we bean bag toss.

Ada is such a marvelous big sister.  She helped any time an adult wasn't needed.  She made sure Seth played, was buckled, didn't get stuck.... once she left him in a little maze, but it was enclosed and we knew where he was.  I think that riding on the tractor was his absolute favorite!

Tractor pull.  It was a lot more fun to pull a tractor than I thought it would be.

Helper

They even had a giant foosball game.  Poor Ada kept losing her shoes, and Seth insisted on being right in the middle of the game... so he's Daddy's helper.

These three have adjusted to playing together for the most part.  They're good buddies and I'm glad of it.  There's nothing like cousins.

Sam must still have a slight allergy... we came out of the maze and he was itching and irritable.  I gave him Benadryl and a shower and he was back to his normal self.

These guys were all bummed out about having to leave and they wouldn't smile for one last picture.  Sam promised he'd try again next time to smile.

Halloween

This year we had no strollers and no early bedtimes.  Very weird.  I think the kids had a blast though.  We got to go trick or treating with my brother Seth (I really should have gotten a picture darn it), who's living with us while my parents are building a house.  Our baby Seth keeps asking for 'Uncle Teth'. 

R2-D2, Mallory from Studio C "Awww Yeah", Mario, Rainbow Dash (she wanted to be Appa from The last Airbender... would have been an adventure.)

Evelyn's glove got locked in the door.  Jer told her she'd have to stay and hand out candy.  She said she couldn't, "Because I can't reach it." (It's right next to her.)

Seth saw this one and said, "Mom! Bug!"