The Maynard Family: November 2009

I must say, our fall fun day went much more smoothly than I expected. I call it that instead of halloween because we never really celebrated "halloween" when I was little. We still don't today, but we do participate in all the fun activities that kids get to do on halloween. Mary-Evelyn was a precious little flower and was very cooperative with her costume - surprisingly. Every time I put the flower on her head before for practice, she would go into coniption...until October 31st. All those trial runs and pep talks about her costume paid off because she put that costume on like a champ, didn't cry, and kept in on practically all day for all our activites. I think she felt secure behind the petals of her costume. I know every parent thinks their child is the cutest when dressed up, but I must say, I think Mary-Evie was the cutest flower I've ever seen! We had such a fun day!

We started out by going to our church (HBC) for the fall festival. Mary-Evelyn has never taken a paci, but she's with Parker (my nephew) every day and sees him with one. She is teething right now, and she asks for this paci to bite on and just hold on to as sort of a security. I may be doing a really bad thing by giving it to her, but I know teething is really hard on these babies! Anyway, there were lots of big blow-up bouncies in the gym and lots of activities for the kids. It was so rowdy, and ME is still a little too young to appreciate all those activities. We had a lot of fun just playing on the playground outside letting her swing and slide!

She also had a blast on the hayride. We went all around the campus of the church, and it was such a gorgeous day to be able to do outdoor activities!

After coming home and taking her 2-hour afternoon nap, we loaded up and headed out to go trick-or-treating at friends and families' houses. Our first stop was at Mr. and Mrs. Hill's house - our across-the-street neighbors. They don't get to get out much because of their health, so they enjoyed getting to see Mary-Evie all dressed up! I hate that I didn't get a picture of her with them.

Next, we went to Aunt Sandy and Uncle Woody's house, also in our neighborhood. Jen was home from State for the weekend, so ME loved seeing her!

When we left from there is when I gave her this sucker. She looked at me like, "Are you sure I'm supposed to have this, Mom?" She thought it was the grandest thing. Little did I know that I was creating a candy-feen! All night long, from here on out, she was constantly asking for "canny."

Our next stop was at one of Jon's cousin's houses - Hayden Eisenzimmer. She and her husband, Aaron, have 2 little girls - Daylon and Ann Michael. Hayden's sister, Kayla, and her husband, Jarrett were also there with their girls, Addison and Marlee. Jon loved being able to see family, and Mary-Evelyn just loved seeing all the kiddos! Across the street from them, Kevin Caldwell was set up for trick-or-treaters. We visitied him for a little while and got to see all his ghostly decorations!

Here's a pic of all the girls. Marlee is 3 1/2 months, and Ann Michael is 5 weeks - sweet babies!

Next we met up with Mary-Evie's first cousins - Liza Kate (the bunny), Evan (the dinosaur), and Emma (Minnie Mouse) - at NannaLibba's house. This was one of Jon's mom's best friends, so the kids call her NannaLibba. We had not seen her in a while, and she had yummy pumpkin cookies and goldfish to give as treats!

We followed Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Ryan out to their house to see Ryan parents - Mr. and Mrs. Gregory.

Mary-Evelyn wouldn't take a picture unless I was holding her, so I'm in almost every picture that she is in.

Jon with Liza Kate's bunny ears on. Isn't he CUTE!!

The whole gang!

Family pic

Lastly, we headed out to Mimi and Grandad's house for a weiney/marshmallow roast! Caroline was dressed as Tinkerbell, and Parker was dressed as Spiderman!