Kate's Second Birthday and Halloween

Good greif... Sorry it's been so long on these updates. Kate had a great time at her birthday party on Saturday Oct. 29th. We were joined by the Nani and Pop-Pop, the Mormino's, and the Grande's for her party, then Adie and B came over again on Halloween on Monday. It was very fun. Be sure to check out the videos. She made out like a bandit, frankly. She got a Radio Flyer Tricyle from great grandpa Ernie, a Baby Doll from Nani and Pop-Pop, a Basket of Veggies from Grandma and Grandpa, a book and some cool scarves from Adriene and Brian, Bug Tunes Xylophone from us, and many other books and toys.

All are AVI format, compatible with QT and WMP
Singing happy birthday is 13MB, the others are around 5MB

Owen army-crawling / Kate going down the slide / Kate's pony ride
Kate talks to the bunny / Singing and blowing out the candles / Owie bathtime tickles


The Smith's dropped off a beauty parlor that they weren't using anymore and Kate LOVES it
 Nani lost no time getting reaquainted with the kids
 We had some time to get the party ready in the morning before we went to the Pumpkin Patch. The cake is very simple yellow cake with frosting and sprinkles, and cupcakes to match.
 Sorry, I wax artistic
Here we are at the pumpkin patch, on a VERY brisk October day. The wind was whipping, and had the sun not been shining brightly, it would have really been cold!
 I carried Owen in the sling. He started out on the outside of my jacket, but as he got more in need of a nap and his little legs got colder, he ended up inside my jacket in the sling. You'll see.
 Look familiar? Go visit the 'Celebrating Fall' page and you'll see the same shot, I think
 Nani and Pop Pop soaking it all in
The Mormino's arrive. That was fun, the kids really enjoy each other (as far as we can tell!)
 Kate loves her 'Aunt Adie'
 The inflatable pumpkin was a big hit. This was taken through one of the air holes from the inside, then I ran around to grab the other one
 A view through one of the 'eye' holes in the inflatable jack-o-lantern
Max LOVED the carpet slide. You really got some speed on it! If you zoom in you can see his face... HUGE smile!
 Kate, not so much of a carpet slide fan.
 The adults did a lot of standing around. I never understood this before, but the perspective is totally different from this angle (and point in life)
 Kate did ride the pony, but never looked at me for a picture, despite all her mom's gesturing!
LOVE Kate's expression... she does this weird underbite thing...
 'Here, you take our camera, and we'll take yours'... this on the hayride. You can see that Owen is now INSIDE my coat
 Back at the casa for the party. Kate? Grrrr.... Why, you ask? because she was staring at Brian, in the next shot.
 Staring Contest? Yep... Be careful, it'll get stuck that way!
Kate and Georgia Grande enjoying the spoils of the sweet... I didn't get a picture of the blowing out of candles, opting instead for a movie. See above
 Opening presents. Keeping the other kids from tearing paper would have been a big deal, but Kate wasn't interested in the ones that were still wrapped, so no biggie!
 See? Get's one open and just wants to play! ... amateurs...
 I'm a sucker for a sun flare

The place was a zoo, I must say. OH for 2500 square feet.
 I tell you, it was happening!