October 2016

October is always a busy month at our house.
We've got a big birthday girl to celebrate,
an annual visit to the pumpkin patch,
followed by decorating and baking all things pumpkin,
right up until Halloween.












But we decided that wasn't quite enough,
so we added a few more adventures this month;
a trip to Iowa and a Bubble Run.

The girls had an amazing time in Iowa...
jumping in piles of leaves raked by Grandpa


playing with cousins and celebrating October birthdays at Aunt Shelley's






and we even spent some time in KC.
We met up with Uncle Tyler & Holly,
spent some time with the Great Grandmas,
and two of us even got to see a Chiefs victory.


Sometime over the summer, I came across some information about a local bubble run.
Lauren can't get enough of bubbles,
so I thought it might be a fun activity for the whole family.
I greatly underestimated the bubble in BubbleRun.





We may have found a new October tradition.

Speaking of tradition...
This guy won the McQuinn Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest

by a landslide.

37 & 38 weeks

It's football time, ya'll.

The Iowa v Iowa State game is the biggest college football game of the year in our house.
I'm not sure if my husband would completely agree with this statement,
but let's just go with it.
We started a tradition with Lauren and let her choose her game day gear,
Iowa or Iowa State.
For the first time in her life, she chose Hawkeye colors.

And her sister did the same.



At least they know how to pick a winner...

In November...

Since I blog about once a month now*...
I thought it would be best to sum up November with some pictures.

Without further ado,

 Our November...


*Backyard Play*



*princess playing*



*a visit from Grandma*



which meant lots of Lauren time, some shopping, & projects

{Lauren's room: we went with the same nursery as Lauren's first}





{cork board niche: I've got a few of these little niches in the house and they stump me.
This solution makes me happy & if you send a Christmas Card our way, I've got the perfect spot to showcase it}


*Chiefs Cheering*

{Matt actually attended a game in November}

*Pajama Mornings*



*Thanksgiving*
This year it was just the three of us & although I made too much food, we had a lovely 'American' Thanksgiving





Big Fan of Thanksgiving.

Big Fan.


*Texas Renaissance Festival*



*Got into the Christmas Spirit*








See Ya in December.

*sad, I know. But I am determined to get better & not give up.

It's already December, isn't it?