The Vara's: Halloween 2010

We are glad to see November! October was not the best month for us. Both kids came down with upper respiratory infections that lead to double ear infections and two eye infections for Haley. Poor kids were miserable for about 2 weeks but are finally on the mend. Whew!

Despite not feeling 100% we managed to do some fun activities. We visited the pumpkin patch one morning and the kids had fun climbing on the pumpkins, riding the train and taking a hay ride.
Haley loved to climb to the top

Jackson and the pumpkins

Hi Mom and Dad!

I'll take this one

Finally our turn for the train

The silly Vara kids

Jackson was the first to start feeling better. Once he did, Matt put him to work! I died laughing one morning when I looked outside and saw this...

Never too early to train them

Pumpkin carving time! Haley was taking a look at the "gooey stuff". She decided she didn't want to help clean it out and watched Daddy do all the work.

Jackson was too busy eating to help too. Did I mention he is within 4 lbs of Haley? No wonder why, this kid can eat.

Matt did an awesome job on the pumpkin. He created the Disney Castle and had lots of compliments from kids on Halloween night. Yay Daddy!

The kids being silly the night before Halloween. Jackson was walking and jabbering away. His newest word is "Ut Oh".

Cookies...Cookies...Cookies. The kids waiting for the cookies to finish baking.

And finally, Halloween! YAY! Grandma, Uncle Nathan and Uncle Mark took Haley and Jackson to Chuck E Cheese for lunch. This was Jackson's first trip and he really enjoyed the rides. Haley loved it as always. After nap time, it was ready to get dressed and go trick or treating. Grandma stayed and helped pass out candy while Matt and I took the kids down the street. Jackson made it to the end of the street before he was done so I took him back. Haley, on the other hand, was quite the trooper. She caught up to one of the neighborhood girls and they did the entire neighborhood! Matt had to carry her near the end and she wanted to eat her M&Ms but she did great.

Cinderella, Grandma and the little Spider