A weekend alone

November is in full swing!  Last weekend Zach's parents took the boys for the weekend so we had a weekend alone for the 1st time since Isaac was born.  It was awesome!  We had a great time doing some shopping & talking without interruption.  Saturday night we went to a John Waller concert at our church.  We really enjoyed that.  We are very excited to see the Newsboys at our church in March 2012!  Isaac & Caleb had a great time with Grandpa & Grandma and we were excited to see them on Sunday.  

There isn't a lot of interesting things to update you on.  This week is busy with meetings, shopping, & work!  Zach & I are leaving on a high school retreat Friday evening so Isaac & Caleb will be staying with my parents for the weekend.  I can't believe the next week is Thanksgiving!  Time is flying so fast!

Below are a couple of videos we have taken in the last month.  Caleb is quite the dancer & I finally got a little bit of it on video so I wanted to show you his moves.  The second one is Isaac & Zach doing "exercises" together.  Zach is exercising...I am not sure you would say Isaac is!   The funniest part is when Isaac starts shaking his arms just like daddy...daddy couldn't hold it any longer!

Halloween 2011

Last weekend was busy with Halloween activities! Grandpa & Grandma Erickson came down on Saturday morning to hang out with the boys & see their Halloween costumes. Isaac was determined to be a tiger again this year but lucky for us there was no tiger costume at the store we went to. I showed Isaac a fireman hat & he was sold on being a fireman. We then found a policeman costume for Caleb. Both boys were extremely cute & a major hit with everyone we ran into! Especially our little ham, Caleb. He milked his cuteness for all the candy he could get!

Isaac, our fireman

Caleb, our policeman

Late Saturday afternoon we went to an event at the Blank Park Zoo called Night Eyes. Kids dress up & the zoo is transformed into a not so scary Halloween. The kids trick or treat through the zoo & get candy from the different sponsors. Some of the animals are available to see but most are not. Isaac loves the lion & tigers and they were one of the few on display so that was cool to see. Caleb, cute in his policeman costume, decided that a pacifier would make the perfect accessory & got many "Oh, look how cute that policeman is." He even stopped a few times to show everyone his killer dance moves. We really enjoy Night Eyes and plan to make it a yearly event.

Isaac giving Curious George a hug

My boys in front of the Pirate ship

Isaac's favorite part of Night Eyes: the pedal tractors!

After Night Eyes it was off to Cici's pizza, which was extremely busy! Grandpa Erickson was ready to celebrate as we learned that Minnesota had beat Iowa in their football game that afternoon. After supper we came back home & watched ISU dominate in their game against Texas Tech. So we were all very happy that evening!

Headed out around the neighborhood

Done with the 1st house

Sunday night was Beggars Night in Indianola so we dressed the kids up again & went out around the neighborhood. Believe it or not but this is actually the first year we've done this. Every other year it's been too cold or we've had small babies that wouldn't get to eat the candy anyway. We went for an hour & only got down one street & our cul-de-sac. Mostly because both kids were walking and as the night went on they got slower! Caleb once again milked all his cuteness for all the candy he could get. At many houses he walked away with 2-3 handfuls of candy & only stopped because I told him no more! Once again the pacifier was in his mouth! I think Isaac really enjoyed going to our neighbors & trick-or-treating.