Fall Fun with Grandma & Grandpa

Eric and I were invited to a Halloween party over the weekend.  We went as "sushi" and ended up having a fun date night.

 While we were on our date, my parents took the girls on their own special date to a corn maze.  The girls had a blast!  First they shucked corn.

 They had a little dinner,

 went on a hayride,

 saw some farm animals,

 took another spin on the hayride,

 milked a cow,

 and ran and ran in the corn maze!

 Grandma and Grandpa made a strong effort to get the obligatory sibling picture next to the scarecrow.

 After some more picture posing,

 the night ended with cupcakes and

 climbing on giant tires! 

Wheeee!  What a fun night!

Wolfpack vs. Tigers

Eric and I are football people.  We spend many Saturdays at games, watching games, or attending parties surrounding games.  This past Saturday was BIG - Eric's NC State Wolfpack were taking on my Clemson Tigers.  We were excited!  The girls were all snuggled in with Daddy for an exciting gameday.  (Notice their lovely orange and purple attire.)

 Even though the Wolfpack couldn't pull a win, Eric was corrupting my little Tigers with the Wolfpack "woo woo" & finger motions.  They weren't into it, trust me.  :)

 Once we got the girls down for the night, we turned on the big screen on our porch and headed to the firepit for some adult fun.

 It was just our little family of four this weekend, and it was relaxing before the hub-bub of the holidays kicks life up a notch.

Trick or Treat 2012

Halloween was a big hit this year!  Madeline was very sure of what she wanted to be this year:

A PINK fairy, of course.

Grandma and Grandpa joined us.  Grandma likes to walk around with us.  Grandpa does a great job holding down the fort and passing out candy.

Grandma got into our stash of candy pre-trick or treating for quality control purposes, and where's there's Grandma with a treat, there will be two Stewart girls.

Amelia was going to be Blues Clues, but she wanted absolutely NOTHING to do with the costume.  So I decided it didn't matter when you are 22 months old and cute as a button.  Luckily, we have seasonal clothes, and this spider outfit was perfect.  And, yes, she insisted on wearing this ridiculous hat.  :)  We went with it.  However, Amelia held her own like a champ out on the streets.  She carried her bucket, said please and thank you, and in some cases, weaseled her way through the big kids to get to the front door.  She had no fear.  She also had to learn that you only stand on the front porch.  I lost track of how many houses she wandered into about to make herself right at home.

Trick or treating at some of our closest friends down the street.

Mr. Shannon has been blessed with only boys, so he loves my girls like his own.

Our friends, Brian, Jen, and Holston came to the hood to trick or treat.  Brian wanted Holston to have a photo opp with the Clemson Tiger, but as you can see Holston wasn't exactly keen on the idea.

We had a fantastic night & two very tired children!  All in all, a great Halloween for the Stewart girls.