Rockne's Halloween Party

We had another Halloween party to go to tonight at Rockne's. The boys dressed up in their costumes and we enjoyed time with friends outside. It was a nice cool night to be outside too. Dr. John dressed up as himself-when he was in med school, Dan (John's son in law) was a Gopher like Gerrit, Luke helped Gerrit with the games like the fishing pond and taking him for a ride in the wagon, Emmit hung out with dad sporting his costume (a football), I had to take a picture of my ghost suckers for Oma (I attempted to make them when she was visiting and it didn't work), Deb (John's wife) went as the Church Lady from SNL.

I will once again, wash Gerrit's costume so he can wear it tomorrow night (I should know better than to have white pants for the kid). I think we got our money's worth out of those girl's leggings I found on the clearance rack at Target last year!

I think the boys will visit a few houses tomorrow and then Gerrit will go with Luker and Maddie to officially trick or treat.

Punkin' Carving

Thursday night, Dahlen's came for dinner and pumpkin carving. Well, I should say, Luke and Anne (and eventually, Paul) carved pumpkins with Gerrit and I.
Gerrit did very well with a knife and with a little help from Anne he made lots of 'stabs' in his pumpkin.
He wanted an owl carved into his pumpkin so I did my best to get him an owl. 
Luke did the face and Paul did the boo. I made the 'bat' face.

Oma and Opa's Visit

We had some house guests last week. Oma and Opa came to hang out and get there Gerrit/Emmit fix.

We put Opa to work outside getting things ready for winter while Oma was busy doing sewing projects. Opa found time to do a little golfing with Adam and Gerrit (and Paul) as well as visit the auction with Gerrit a few days. Opa always takes Gerrit to the cow auction when he comes to visit (Adam and I have never been ourselves). Oma and I went shopping a bit when I had a few days off of school. We all went and watched Adam and Gerrit race and hung out at home. Oma gets a new knee next week so we didn't venture too far for her sake. The boys loved the extra attention and Adam and I liked the extra help around the house. 

 

I forgot to take pictures during their visit, so I quickly snapped these before they left:

Where's Gerrit?

Gerrit didn't want in on the picture taking at 6:30 in the morning!

ECFE Halloween Party

Gerrit joined his friends Abby and Olivia for a little pre-Halloween fun Monday night. Opa joined in the fun too and came to watch. We didn't have to stay but I wanted to get a few pictures (plus, it took Gerrit a good 10 min. to warm up to the idea and actually let me put him down!).

Here are a few pictures from the evenings fun:

He played basketball and trucks as well as talked on the 'phone' during some free time. The highlight was painting his pumpkin and having a snack. They read a few Halloween stories, sang some songs, and ended the night with pin the tail on the cat. Bottom left picture - Gerrit's tail is the one on the far left - yes, spacial awareness comes from his father! :)

Quote of the night: when in the car heading home, Gerrit asked why he had to put the tail on the cat. Maybe next year he'll understand that game!

We have more festivities yet to come this week with pumpkin carving tomorrow night, a Halloween party on Sat. at Rockne's and then trick or treating on Sunday a bit!

More pictures to come for sure...

3 Years Old

This is what happens when you leave a 3 year old outside by himself for too long:

 

This is what happens when you ask to take a 3 year old's picture:

Brotherly LOVE?

We keep telling Gerrit that Emmit will remember these times and that PAYBACK is HUGE!

 

Hockey Boys

We are not really hockey people, in fact, we can barely skate. My brother's family would like to think that because we live in MN, we can become a hockey family. Not really, they know we are a basketball family but like to tease us about hockey. This weekend Gerrit pulled out his hockey net (which made its way in the garage due to the basement remodeling). Here are a few pictures from Opa:

Gerrit showing us his grip

 He shoots...he SCORES!!!!

 Emmit's version of hockey

This is how you will often find Emmit - "he explores" by putting everything in his mouth!