Happy Halloween!

It has been a busy week in the Cooper household. Apparently, Halloween is actually a week long holiday, not just one day! With all of the Halloween parties, the kids spent most of the week in their costumes eating candy.
This evening, we attended the annual neighborhood party followed by Trick or Treating with friends. The kids had a great time!

Music Class:


Preschool Class:


Carving Pumpkins:


Silly Face!


Andy and the pumpkins:


Our Little Lion and Captain Rex:

Trick or Treating at Grandma and Grandpa's:

Eating candy post Trick or Treating:

Kansas City Zoo

Today, M&I Bank treated their employees (plus immediate family members) to free zoo passes. We took advantage and spent this beautiful fall day at the zoo. This was our first oppurtunity to checkout the new polar bear exhibit. We were very impressed! Definitely the highlight of the day for Sammy and me. It also happened to be Star Wars day at the zoo. So, the highlight for the boys was having their picture taken with Darth Vader and Boba Fett.

Polar Bear exhibit:

Kangaroos:

Train ride:

Carousel Ride:

Darth Vader and Boba Fett:

The Pumpkin Patch

Saturday turned out to be a perfect day for the Pumpkin Patch. We made our annual trip to Louisburg to pick out our pumpkins at the Powell Pumpkin Patch and to eat apple donuts at the Louisburg Cider Mill.


Hayrack Ride:

Picking out pumpkins:

Donuts at the Cider Mill:

Tailgaiting

On Saturday, we spent the day at Arrowhead watching K-State play Iowa State. We started the day early tailgating with Grandma and Grandpa.

Mmmmm...chocolate sprinkle donuts

A little pre-game football

The Great Midwest Balloon Fest

Last weekend, we took the kids to The Great Midwest Balloon Fest. We watched about 15 balloons launch. After the sun set, 15 more participated in the Balloon Glow. This was the first time for this event, but I think the 50,000 spectators who showed up Friday night made the event a success.

The Launch:

The Balloon Glow:

Sammy's First Day of PDO

Sammy attended her first day of PDO today. She was pretty excited until she realized she wasn't staying in the same room as Andy. She still had a great day and didn't cry when Daddy dropped her off.

Around the House

Over the weekend, I painted Sammy's fingernails for the first time...purple of course. She typically won't hold still to have her nails trimmed, but she had no problem for the polish. She squealed in delight once she realized what I was doing. She immediately ran to show Daddy and Andy. Now, every time she notices her fingers she gets excited!

Since I was busy at the hospital on Friday night, the kids had a picnic in the family room and watched The Little Mermaid. After seeing Andy wear his Halloween costume all week, Sammy decided it was her turn.