The rest of October...

It feels like I have been back to work for 3 months instead of 3 weeks!  Things have become even more busy at the Mayfield house since my return to work, but overall it has been a pretty smooth transition.  Needless to say, working and being a mom to 3 kids, 5 and under, leaves me limited time for blogging!

Hannah participated in a "fun run" at school to help raise money for projects around the school.  She called some friends and family members to get pledges per lap.  She had a blast the day of the fun run, and Mommy, Daddy, Ben, and Ellie all came out to cheer her on.

We had Ellie baptized at our church this month.  She was perfect throughout the entire service.  We have actually been able to bring her to church multiple times and keep her with us.  She usually stays awake for the beginning of the service to enjoy the music.  She usually falls asleep during the sermon and wakes up during the closing hymn.  We had both of our families in town to celebrate this special day with us, and our new pastor came to the house earlier that week to get to know our family.

Uncle Mike has to keep watch on his nephew because they both love the same girl!  Ben adores his Auntie Ashton and always talks about giving her a kiss.  He gets so silly whenever she is around.  We feel SO lucky to have her join our family!

Hannah decided to be a pirate for Halloween this year.  This meant several days of her and Ben dressing up in her costume and fighting as pirates.  I thought Ben was going to change his mind about his costume, but luckily he was okay with staying Scooby Doo.

This was the first year that Ben was old enough to have his face painted at the pumpkin patch.  I've never seen him sit so still.  He picked out a ghost for his face.

We have been going to the pumpkin patch every year since Hannah was born with the Young family.  We always have so much fun with kids running through the pumpkins. 

The day after we went to the pumpkin patch last year, was the day I found out we would be having another little pumpkin.  It was special to get a picture of Ellie with the pumpkins to see what a difference a year makes!

It's close to impossible to get all 5 kids looking at the same camera and smiling at the same time!  They had such a blast picking out their own little pumpkins and a big family pumpkin to bring home.

Our family of 5 with the pumpkins!  Maybe one day Ben will smile for the camera!

Our neighborhood had a Halloween party in our cul-de-sac for all the kids.  They had pumpkin painting and lots of goodies.  Hannah, Ben, and I baked cupcakes to share with their friends.  Both kids had a blast playing with kids.  We LOVE our new neighborhood!  With the exception of Halloween, that has been our month of October.  I've got a crying baby that needs some love, so the Halloween post will have to wait until tomorrow!