Zoo Boo!

I took the kids the enjoy a fun afternoon at the Norfolk Zoo. They had their annual Zoo Boo which included a costume contest, trick or treating around the zoo and pumpkin smashing with the animals. We had a really great time and cant wait to share in the Zoo Boo fun next year with Joe.



Mommy and Mella



Carmella and Adam



Carmella wasnt sure what to think



Brutus!!





So excited




My beautiful butterfly



Dancing for the costume contest

Tye Dye

To finish off the evening of halloween activites the boys wanted to tye dye. I had gotten everything ready and let them got at it. Adam has tye dyed many times before but this was Jarretts very first time! We were glad we could be their to experience this with him. All the kids had so much fun and all the shirts turned out GREAT!


Jarrett




Adam helping Carmella



Adam

Finished Pumpkins

After spending lots of time carving we finally got to take the pumpkins outside and light them! The kids were so excited to see what they looked like all lite up. I think they all turned out great and it was so much fun!

PUMPKIN CARVING!!!

This year we enjoyed some pumpkin carving with many laughs. This was Carmella's first pumpkin carving and she loved it! She dug right in and really got the full experience. By the time we were done she was a mess and so was my diningroom :) But all the kids had so much fun and the pumpkins turned out great!



Cleaning out her pumpkin





Yummy!





Making her first cut



Time to cut the nose

Working hard

Helping Mommy clean her pumpkin

He did GREAT!

COOKIES!!!

While Carmella was napping and we were waiting for her to wake to carve our pumpkins I let Adam and his friend Jarrett make some yummy halloween cookies.

Daddy Doll

While Joe is serving on this current deployment we are trying to get things to help the kids. For Carmella I found a site called daddydolls.com. These dolls were highly recommened and said they are a great way for kids to cope with a parent being gone. Each doll is personalized and made to order. I sent a photo of Joe and picked what the back would be. We also thought it would be a great added touch to include a voice recorder for her. While she has the doll we are waiting for Joe to record a personal message and send me the recorder so I can place it within Carmella's daddy doll. We are so happy we found this site, Carmella LOVES her daddy doll!!


So excited!!