The Halloween Trifecta

I am not sure when Halloween became a three day event... but apparently that's the new thing.

Friday, we went to the zoo for the ZOO BOO SPECTACULAR.
Saturday, we went door to door trick-or-treating. (The city changed the day to celebrate Halloween.)
and
Sunday, we went to Aberly's school which was having a trunk-or-treat festival. There were bounce houses, a petting zoo, and tons of candy. (Because, I mean, I am always a fan of teaching your kid it's totally fine to go get candy out of a stranger's car trunk.)

Here are a few photos to document our three days of Halloween festivities.

Aberly's 3rd Birthday

Happy Birthday Aberly!!!!


Princess Aberly all dressed up for her party. Princess Aberly and Princess Claire.


Okay, so I'll admit it. This was a last minute, thrown together party. This was the only cake left at 8 o'clock at night. Personally, I would have never pick a dark colored icing (and you will soon see why). But, the kids loved it, and I guess that is all that matters.


Oh, icing.


A little collection of some of the gifts today: Snow white dress, tinkerbelle wand and of course, her new horse.


Ryan P. decided since it was Aberly's birthday, they should have a sleep over in his room, in a tent.


We agreed as long as they understood the rules -- no coming out of the room and no loud, crazy laughter/talking. We told them after three warnings, they would have to go to bed in their own room.

I told Ryan, that I gave them 1 hour.




They lasted 58 minutes.

But LOVED every minute of it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!!!

Chasing Tinkerbelle

This is how lazy people entertain their children....

First Day of Kindergarten

Since Ryan has already been to Pre-K, Kindergarten didn't seem like such a big deal to him. (Don't ask about the cat... I don't know.)


He quickly ran into some friends from pre-k

That's right... all of his friends from Pre-K.... Girls!

Happy 5th Birthday Ryan P.

It was a pirate party in the Lobato house this weekend. I think I need a few years to recover before having another major party, but it was fun and Ryan had a blast!


The cake or may not have taken around 4 hours to finish... but I am just glad it wasn't a cakewreck.


You can't have a pirate party without pirate balloons.


Table decorations


I think the candle "cannons" were my favorite part of the cake.


The kids went on a treasure hunt all over the yard.... good times.


present time...




Modeling Nana and Papa John's present.


Can't leave out Cap'n Jack!

All in all , I think the party was a success.

We had a secret....

But it is a secret no more.

Introducing....

Lobato Baby 4.0



Due to arrive early December.

Merry Christmas to us!!!

Jack's First Birthday

We had some friends over to celebrate Jack's first birthday.

This is for the (almost) resident dermatologist of the family

I think Aberly might be allergic to something...

(maybe... possibly)



We had our lawn cut today....


She also made a pillow out of sand and took a short nap on top of a railroad tie.

Honestly, we don't know what did it, but we should probably figure it out.

And if you think the top half looks bad, you should see her legs!!!

(In case you were worried, Zyrtec fixed her right up.)

...And We're Back!

After donning her new overalls, Aberly announces to the kitchen, "Look at me, I'm Papa John!"


What else have we been up too?

We celebrated Easter this year at Papi's!

Finding the eggs...


Enjoying the eggs...



But first,
Painting the eggs...




We took a little trip to the circus. As Aberly reminds me every night, she rode Dumbo at the circus!


The two in the back are ours! :)

Random Photos for your Viewing Pleasure

Doing a little sandbox playing...


Taking a spin around the driveway...


And, um... uh... preparing for a flash flood, maybe... yeah, I don't know, I give up.