Maxwel

Uncle Chris brought his new pet, Maxwel, with for Thanksgiving. Chris found a praying mantis in San Diego and brought it to Arroyo Grande to show to Connor and Ryan. The boys weren't as thrilled with the bug as Chris had hoped. They looked at Maxwel, but did not want to touch or hold it. Chris released Maxwell before he went back home to San Diego.

Brent & Megan's Wedding

On Friday, November 21, we went to Brent & Megan's wedding in Sacramento. This was Connor and Ryan's 3rd wedding.

Above is a picture of Connor and Cody all dressed up. Below is Ryan.

...and Tyler too. Aren't they cute all dressed up?

It would have been cute to get a picture of all four boys all dressed up, but what do you expect from kids who just want to run wild.

There were many kids at the wedding and they even had a special table of kid-friendly food like Mac-n-cheese, french fries and cheeseburgers. Connor and Ryan loved dancing and all the people at the party. They never realized they were tired because they just wouldn't stand still long enough to get tired. We didn't leave the wedding until about 11:30pm and didn't get to bed until about midnight. I think this night was probably the latest Connor and Ryan have ever stayed up. At least, they slept in until about 9:30 the following morning.

On our way home, we stopped at the Jelly Belly Factory. The kids loved the factory tour, especially the free bag of Jelly Bellies they got at the end of the tour. Below is a picture of us in front of the Jelly Belly factory by the Jelly Belly car. The store was all decked out for Christmas and they had a giant Christmas tree out front.

Costumes

Below are the pictures we got last weekend at Picture People.

Ryan is the dinosaur and Connor is Elmo.

In the below picture Ryan is a fireman and Connor is an aviator.

Trick-or-Treating

Happy Halloween Everyone! Connor and Ryan absolutely loved trick-or-treating.

Below is a picture of trick-or-treating at our next door neighbor's house.

And then there is the loot, lots and lots of loot. The boys enjoyed looking (and eating!) through all their goodies when the got home.

Below is Ryan with a sucker in his mouth and melted chocolate all over his face.

And Connor.... there is nothing like eating three suckers AT THE SAME TIME! He would lick one then switch to another. I am surprised they got to sleep with all the sugar they ate tonight.

Halloween at the Office

My group at work didn't win any prizes for our costumes, but I think we look pretty good. My group was dressed up as Star Wars. We all got a $5 Starbucks gift card for dressing up.

Halloween Party

On Sunday, we went to the Gemini Crickets Halloween Party at Theme Fest. In the below picture, Connor is Elmo and Ryan is a dinosaur.


Below is a picture of Ryan with David (as Woody)
Below is Ryan and Bryan (as Buzz Lightyear)

Lemos Farm

On Saturday we went to yet another pumpkin patch. Grandma and Grandpa joined us at Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay.

We went on a spooky train ride through a ghost town. Before we even got to the pumpkin patch, Ryan told me that we had to ride the train. His favorite part of any pumpkin patch is the train! Good thing this one had a train! Below is Ryan looking at the ghost town from the train.

Below are is Connor at the pumpkin patch.

Uesugi Farm

Today we went to Uesugi Farm Pumpkin Patch in Morgan Hill.

We got one big pumpkin and Connor and Ryan picked out their own mini pumpkins.

The boys enjoyed climbing on the hay, running through the flowers and picking out pumpkins.

Above is Connor running through the flowers and below is Ryan sitting on a pumpkin.

Clowns

I love this picture because it shows off Connor's big blue eyes. Connor absolutely hated this costume and couldn't wait to get it off. He didn't like it because the hat was too big and kept falling in his face.

Ryan wasn't thrilled with his clown costume either. He is set on being a dinosaur for Halloween and didn't want anything to do with this one. Needless to say, they will not be wearing these costumes for Halloween. I thought they were cute, though.

Soccer

Soccer is back.
Today was the second week of soccer for this season. Soccer is available through the twins club in both Fall and Spring.
The boys get so excited talking about soccer before and after they play, but during soccer, they are more distracted by wanting to play on the playground or wanting a snack.
Hint: Ryan is in orange and Connor is in blue.