Knight Halloween Festivities

Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween with your families.  We sure did! 

It was a fun filled Garden/Farm themed adventure...with a little angel and race car driver in there too!

Our Halloween Sunday started off with going to church.  Jim and I had just purchased some new pajamas for the kids and happened to get some that were or could be like a costume.  So I decided to put them on the kids for their Sunday School Classes.

Evan wore his race car driver p.j. shirt

 

...and Evie wore her new angel p.j.'s.  It actually came with the little tutu too.

 

After church we got to have lunch with Pops.  He and GrandDeb brought us all Halloween Goodies.  It was sooooo sweet literally! :)  Thank you from all of us!

After his visit and nap time, Grandma and Grandpa Thompson came over.  They brought the kids Halloween buckets from McDonald's and Jim and I some accessories for our costumes that we would be wearing that evening.  Thank you too!

That night we all geared up and got ready for Trick-or-Treating around the neighborhood.  Jim and I figured this would be the last year we could really decide what Evan would be for Halloween and thus decided that we would all be part of a Garden Themed Halloween.  This would allow Jim and I to easily dress up like Gardeners.

 

Evan was a Garden Gnome

 

...and Evie was a Flower.

 

 It was fantastic!  Until, we came to the kids putting on their head gear that accompanied their costumes. :)

We did manage to get the head pieces on for a few pictures, but mainly got a lot of NO's from Evan as see below and running away.

And lots of pulling and tugging of her costume from Evie.  I just love this picture below.

The good thing for Evie is we had an alternative to her head piece - a flower hair clip.  She did wear this and it can be seen in several of the pictures.

Jim and I decided that we would avoid head gear costumes for next year if at all possible. :)  However, this was a fun problem to have and will I am sure be very memorable for years to come. :)

After achieving some decent pictures of everyone in their outfits, we headed out for Trick-or-Treating.  Evan's second time and Evie's first.  I think again that we were more excited than the kids, but I do think that Evan was equally excited this year.  He got way into it and became a Trick-or-Treating pro! :) Here is a picture of me and the kids as we left our house.

 

One of our favorite houses to visit was our neighbor and friend's house Nilda and Dave.  Nilda is also Evan's Sunday School teacher.  She was awesome and very festivie dressed in a pumpkin costume.  She gave both Evan and Evie little glow stick necklaces, spider rings, and yummy pretzels.  Here is a picture of her in action with the kids.

While visiting Ms. Nilda, she also took a picture of our family at her door.  You can see us in action.  Jim was walking around with a rake; it was pretty awesome!  The cool thing too is we actually got Evan to put his hat on again for this picture.

So many of our neighbors got into the festivities.  One of our neighbors even puts on a full Haunted House.  Jim and I actually walked through it taking turns while watching the kids outside.  They had a friend to keep them company in the yard.  I love how they are looking at this crazy guy in this picture.  Evan eventually did get closer, he was a really good sport and thought that they were silly.

Here is our little dude at another house.  He was fearless.  Jim and I were so proud!

We ultimately made it Trick-or-Treating to about two and a half blocks.  At this point Evie wanted out of the stroller and Evan wanted in. :)

Since Evan didn't really want to wear his head gear we were commonly mistaken for Farmers, we initially corrected people, but by the end of the night...Farmers we were, with a little flower! :)

When we got home the kids inspected all their lot, along with Mommy and Daddy.  They were adorable checking everything out. 

Lollipops were the big hit for both kids.

Evie especially enjoyed trying to put all the lollipops in her mouth and trying to take the wrappers off.  It became a real fun game. 

Mommy and Daddy got in on the fun too! :)

Lastly, we also got to hand out candy at the door, which is always fun too!  Here are Jim and Evan in action when we got home.

 

It was the perfect end to a great day.  Happy Belated Halloween to all of you!  Love the Knight Family.

Nine Months Old

 

Evie turned nine months old on October 9 and is very quickly approaching ten months (tomorrow to be exact) as I finally am getting this post done.   This little girl is growing up in turbo speed and has been achieving many new things.  Here are her milestones at nine months:

-Evie pulls up on everything.  Here she is after pulling up on one of the bar stools with her cute tongue smile. :)

Here she is helping Daddy with the ladder.

Pulling up on the gate.

-She can cruise the furniture and crawl like no one's business these days.  This girl is on the move!

-She is getting more teeth (the top ones are coming in).  She has been really fussy because of it and in pain, especially in the evening.  We have been giving her Baby Orajel and Tylenol to help.

-Evie can clap.  She is adorable when doing it and really enjoys clapping for an accomplishment.  A great example is when we are playing baseball with Evan and he is trying to hit the ball.  When he does we all clap.  Evie just loves to cheer people on.  We may have a future cheerleader on our hands. :)

-Evie can wave too.  You kind of have to know what she is doing, but it is pretty obvious when someone leaves and we go out to say goodbye.   She again likes to join in the fun and wave with the rest of us.  It is so sweet!

-She is enjoying the swings at the park.  Here she is on October 2nd at Royer Park in Roseville.  I just love her smile in this picture. :)

  

-She is feisty too, just look at this picture and the face she is making...so sassy!  Here feistiness especially comes out when she is playing with Evan and wanting the toy he has.

-Evie loves paper just like Evan used to, however, we find she enjoys it best in tiny pieces and then loves to suck on it and stores it up in the palate of her mouth.  Sometimes we won't even know she has had any paper/napkins, etc. and then it comes out of her mouth all mashed up and wet after she munched on it a while.  So silly and kind of gross.

 

-Evie thinks the grass is cool too and fun to pick up and eat

-Evie ultimately continues to be a good eater with other foods besides paper and grass.  She eats oatmeal, rice, squash, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, pears, apples, bananas, peaches and mixtures of these items.  She is a big fan of finger foods too.  She actually tried her first french fry on October 6.  Here she is in process and then thinking about this new delicacy with a little product placement going on to in her other hand. :)

-She is sleeping well and continues to have a morning and afternoon nap.  She also goes down at about the same time Evan does at night about 8:30 - 9:00 p.m.  She still gets up in the middle of the night to eat at least once (we need to break her of this, but it is more our desire for sleep that has kept us from doing this). :)

-Evie discovered the door stopper on October 14, doesn't she look proud.

-Evie's hair is getting so long.  We just love her luscious locks.  Look at the volume in this picture and that model pose. :)  You go girl!

-Evie and Evan continue to enjoy each other during play time so much these days.  This is a hilarious picture of them switching roles a little bit. :)

-She continues to be the fashionista at our house too... thanks to generous gifts from family and friends as well as some fantastic hand me down's from our MOPS friends!  Thank you all so much!

 

Looking fabulous and happy with her handsome Daddy.

So cute with her brother and wearing shoes (mainly to help keep her socks on at times as well as to protect her feet) :)

Happy nine months little darling!  You make your Mommy and Daddy so proud and happy.  We love you!

Evie's moving on up with the big kids

Evie got to partake in play time fun with Evan and Tyler at the Roseville Galleria play area (pre-fire) on October 7.  She had the best time just look at the excitement in these pictures.  I think the boys had a pretty great time playing with her too! :)

*Side-note, this event was three days before Tyler's Mommy, Natalie, gave birth to new baby girl, Jayne! :)  Evie can't wait until her new little girlfriend gets to move up and play with the big kids too. :)

Family lunch at Chipotle

Jim and I got some fun pictures from a nice lunch we had at Chipotle on October 3.  Just thought I would do a separate blog post about this because some of the pictures were pretty sweet.

Here is our beautiful daughter eating one of her favorite foods - paper. :)

Here is our handsome son concentrating on how to walk around this umbrella pole as we sat outside on the restaurant patio area.  Gotta love the tongue.

 

Than how could you not melt with this picture?  Father daughter love!  I just beam with joy at how they are looking at each other and smiling.

Lastly, one big smile from our little Evie after our meal.  Priceless...to quote the commercials! :)

Hope you are all doing awesome and enjoying some quality time with your family too!  Love you family and friends and thanks for following our crazy happenings. :)

Evan's Sunday School Class

Evan has a wonderful Sunday School Class at church with the best teachers and classmates.   One of his teacher's Miss. Nilda took these pictures for us on Sunday, October 3.  Here are all the kids, their other teacher Miss. Nichole, and the two older helpers, Christina and Mady, pictured below during snack time.  Aren't they all just so adorable?!?! :)

 

 

Little boys need naps

This was Evan at about 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon on Monday, October 11.  He was not wanting to take a nap and so I was having him sit and rest on the couch.  He passed out on me in this position.

 

Silly, tired little Evan! :)