October Highlights

There were two momentous events from the month of October and they both happened on the very first weekend! The long awaited Markham Fair and the even longer awaited chance to meet and visit with Grandpa and Grandma Kennedy, Auntie Jillaine, Uncle Lehman and Auntie Maryn!

Although the time at the airport was all too short we were grateful for the time! The kids were quite taken with their grandparents, aunties and uncle - Mattea asked us in the van on the way home: "Mom are you SURE that we can't marry uncles?" 

The girls went head to head in a few categories at the Fair...Kayla came out on top with her rainbow...

But Mattea beat her in the waterfall fingerpainting...

C'mon, I thought Kayla did pretty good...

 Mattea had a few more categories than Kayla did simply because there are only so many things that  2 year old can make without too much help!

Mattea drew a picture of her family - Daddy's moustache and all:-)

When it was all said and done, they each got a cheque - Mattea's for $7.50 and Kayla's for $2.50 and we went to the bank to cash them. They were so excited with their coins - although Mattea felt a little ripped off that she and Kayla got the same number of coins even though she won more. All she got was a piece of paper as part of her money, she was a little moody until I explained what a $5 bill was:-)

I think this face pretty much speaks for itself. This is what I get to deal with on a daily basis:-P

 We still had quite a few days of nice weather...the kids discovered some old toys of Mark's that no longer work and were thrilled to be able to make them outdoor/sandbox toys!

And for Halloween, all the Newallo cousins came over and brought costumes for our kids to borrow, so this how Caney ended up. As a million tricker-treaters came to the door, all our kids would swarm the doorway to see who was here...
so one particularly outgoing kid (probably about 7) says "Wow! That's alot of kids! Are you having a party in there?"
To which I replied..."Well, sort of...."
The kid: "Can we come!?"
Me: "Um...no......."
The kid clearly not listening and not deterred and also not moving from our porch: "Soooo...are you going to let us in???"

And that is how kids get stolen by crazy people! Lol...