UW Homecoming Parade

Love this pic of Tessa and Nolan.  Derek was gone for the night and the kids and I headed into Madison for the UW homecoming parade.  We had never gone and I didn't know what to expect but we thought it would be worth a try.  The kids LOVED it.  It was a super fun evening.  A very fun atmosphere and the kids are still talking about that night and the funny things that we saw at the parade.  So glad we went and I can definitely see this parade turning into a yearly tradition.

Halloween 2012

Happy Halloween 2012.  What a fun day and night.  It's definitely the most into it the kids have been yet.  Tessa was very excited to dress up for school.  They had a parade from the school down main street.  I wasn't able to take off of work since it was during the school day but Jess and Beau captured a picture of Tessa walking down the street.  She was pretty proud of herself :)  Thanks to Grandma Lane, Tessa and Marah were both matching cats.  The costumes were very cute...thanks Grandma Lane!

 Here's a pic of most of the group...missing Marah who had just taken a tumble :(

 Here's Tessa walking down the street for the Halloween Parade with her Kindergarten class.

 Tessa, Sadie, and Marah trick-or-treating.  Love these girls.

A quick stop by Grandma Grape on the trick-or-treat route.  She was very adorable handing out candy to all of the kids.  The kids loved showing her their costumes.

 The only pic I got of the princess cats.  Marah is blowing away in the wind :)

 Our little cow and cat just starting the night of trick-or-treating at Grandma and Grandpa's.

 Yep...Tessa's is the cat one.

 Nolan got into it after warming up a bit.  He was hesistant at first but ended up digging right in.

For workout on Halloween morning mom and I needed to create paper bag masks to wear.  Here they are...the smiley face won the best mask competition.  Nice work mom :)