We have had a BEAUTIFUL fall here in MN this year. Lots of crisp air but warm sun that make for amazing afternoons outside running in the crispy leaves! As far as I'm concerned, we could have this weather year round!! So, with the favorable weather has come many an outing. Here are a few pictures chronicling our fun fall!
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Playing in the leaves
Erik, Addison (3), Josiah (2) and Seth |
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Who doesn't love rolling down a hill??
The daddies were definitely more dizzy than the kids:-) |
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| Papa Gary's awesome fire |
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| Mmmmm.....s'mores! |
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Orchard time! Ready for the bumpiest hayride known to mankind?!
Josiah (2), Miles (3), and Henry(1) |
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| How big am I this year? |
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| Try to get 3 toddler boys to pose for a picture....riiiiiigggghhhht! |
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The boys were ultra concerned about the fate of this
poor biker until we showed them that it was just pretend:-) |
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The goats were a BIG hit! The boys picked up every
kernel of corn they could find to feed to them
and the little goats gently took it from their hands...precious:-) |
With fall comes....HALLOWEEN!! As many of you know, we have an annual Becker Halloween bash at my parent's house and dressing up is HIGHLY recommended. It's so much fun to see every one's creativity every year and now that we have a crop of wee ones around, the fun has multiplied! Since Halloween fell on a Monday this year, the party was on Saturday so we could party it up without fear of having to rise too early the next morning!
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| I know we got one with Seth but do you think I can find it? No. |
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Peter Pan (Miles) and Tinker Bell (Robin) came with
Curious George (Henry) and The Man in the Yellow Hat (Kyle) |
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Yellow (Nick) and Black (Olivia)...it's a song by an artist that
I don't know...but my Grandma does! Go figure? |
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Colonel Mustard (Steve) and Mrs. Peacock (Jeanie)
They won first prize for Best Costume this year! |
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Referee (Grandma Sissy), Gabriel the Angel
(Grandma Greseth) and Prisoner (Rosie) |
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| Beautiful Eskimo (Ellie) and her Igloo (Scott) |
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| Zorro (Doug) and his lady in red (Terry) |
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Go Vikes!! Coach (Brian), Player (Blair)
and cutest cheerleader EVER (Quinn) |
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Sonny (Mary) and Cher (Todd)
2nd prize in the Best Costume category |
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Cat In The Hat (Mike) with
Thing 1 (Nykkole) and Thing 2 (Nancy) |
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It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!
Charlie (Marc), Pumpkin (Callan) and Peppermint Patty (Jen) |
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Honey Bunches of Oats:-)
Laura and Jake |
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| The whole Becker Clan (minus Helen) |
What's Halloween without a few carved pumpkins?? A few years ago (pre-kids) we used to get together and spend hours carving intricate pumpkins. Now that the kids are coming in droves...we still got together to carve but the patterns have simplified:-) Check it out:
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| His first reaction to seeing pumpkin guts: "eeewwwwwww" |
For the ACTUAL Halloween holiday, we did our first Trick-or-treating with Josiah. Grandma Sissy's place offers trick-or-treating and we took them up on it! Indoors, warm and safe? Yes please! After a few quick stops to show off his Builder costume to Grandma, Papa, Grandma Pat and Grandpa Dewey, we headed to Homestead for the Halloween Kiddie Parade and trick-or-treating. Josiah was in a great mood (who wouldn't be with people handing you candy every 2 feet) and kept proclaiming "I'm a builder and I save the day!" OK Buddy:-)
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| Waiting for the parade to begin |
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After all that fun, a fella needs a nice warm bed
FULL of friends (obviously) to come home to
and get a good night's sleep!! |
