The Mooney Clan

It's not halloween yet but we've been enjoying the prehalloween activities around here! On wednesday we dressed up our kiddoes at moms and tots. Liam is not pictured because he refused to wear a costume. Simply screamed and ran!! Dylan, Luca, Lena and Evan The big boys: Caden as a Knight, Michael (spiderman) and Elijah (batman) THEN - the really great part. I got to meet Tim and Tara's new baby girl, Ella Irene Then back to my house for some fun with friends and gross foods (thanks to my creative and fun hubby) Crystal and her favorite triplets Caden and Justin's jack o lantern Qtips with ear wax... Mummy dogs eyeballs worms (some of the kids would NOT eat these - funny) and yes, a salsa vomiting pumpkin. What more can I say? HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Nine days ago we had two bunk beds delivered. It has been a mostly fun transitional time for everybody. Caden was able to sleep on the top bunk the very first night and decided right off that it is great. He loves it. Dylan slept in Caden's room (now Dylan and Caden's room) on the bottom bunk a day or so after that. He was great. Liked it. Climbs in right away when told to. Even at naptime! WOW. I was pretty happy. A few nights after that we had Liam and Evan try their beds. That first night went really well. The next days nap was like an episode from Super Nanny - put kid back in bed every time they get out for an hour and a half (without exploding). This not for tv version had a couple of spankings in it though. What can I say... an hour and half of that is a REALLY long time. Plus... it worked. Evan stayed put after that and then that helped Liam settle down some. It was just hard for them because they kept egging each other on. Plus they were excited to ...

We've had a really good last couple of weeks. We had a bit of a frustration because Evan was starting to wake up more and more in the night. At one point he was up every two hours. Not ok with me! We had been wondering if he was running into the sides of the crib and sure enough that was what was happening (we heard a big thunk one night and then the screaming began). He has now been in a play pen for a week and is sleeping through the night. Beautiful! Anyway - here are a few shots of life over the past little while. Pudding painting - eating it is the best part regular painting. They liked this even though they didn't get to eat it. And I think they preferred not getting their hands in it! - just hanging out Thanksgiving Weekend is also Western's lectureship and we were happy to have the Pippus Crew spend the weekend with us. We went to Wascana Park and Candy Cane Park - the weather was fantastic. Megan and Liam Katie and Megan Pippus Family Us The boys The kids...

We took a few pictures this past weekend. We went out to Pumpkin Hollow and had a really fun day. Here's some of those pics. We started at the Pumpkin Patch. Next stop was the Cowtrain. Caden went twice. The first time, Liam sat with him. I took Dylan and Justin rode with Evan. We took up half the train! The kids liked it ok but Liam cried for most of it. It was a short ride though. He was fine. The second time around was a little later and it happened to be at a lull in the line so Caden was able to get a ride just for him. He was pretty pleased about that. He was also able to ring the bell this time. Next we went through the Corn Maze . We eventually made it out of the maze. Caden was pretty proud when he found the exit. Go on to the next entry for the last few pictures from our day at Pumpkin Hollow.