October is a busy month!

Earlier this month, we took our first, yes you heard that right, FIRST road trip. We rented an SUV and loaded up the kids and drove all the way to....Wichita! Casey's grandparents live there, and his grandpa just turned 90 this month, and had a shin dig. It was great to see Great Grama and Grampa "who live far away", as the boys call them.

And then Halloween....So, the king of the three Little Knights, succeeded in hand-making two amazing costumes! Tevan and Luna wanted to be Knights this year, and Casey's eyes lit up while thinking of all the different ways he could craft armour for them...and cardboard it was! A little tape, some staples, some spray paint and crafty hands was all that was needed to make these masterpieces come alive! And they did! Tevan and Luna seemed to love the shield the best out of the entire costume and decorated their own. Funny, how kids are...Casey said later, I could have just made them each a shield, and they'd been happy with only that! Tevan and Luna had a blast wearing their costumes to their schools for their Halloween Parties, and then of course trick or treating! Casey trucked along with the older boys along our block to fill their bags with candy and show off their armour that would never "really" battle. I stayed home with our littlest to hand out candy to all the other dressed up youngsters.

Ziah, bless his heart, had a bad infection in his eye. And thankfully expressing my breastmilk in his eye everyday, kept the white of the eye from getting pink and kept the infection at bay. We did need some local antibiotics to kick the infection, and within a few hours, he was all back to his beautiful self.

And now he's walking....!!!! Took his first steps a few weeks back and is now taking more and more steps on his own! What a guy. 10 months old, 6 teeth and just so proud of himself! In the leaves this morning, on our way home from walking Tevan to school today, we found a great HUGE leaf, from a sycamore tree or maybe a white birch tree..and the leaves are bigger than the boys' heads and we laughed that they would be a great hat! Well, we tried it on Ziah, and looked how cute he is...

Then we all decided to fall into the leaves, and take our annual Fall Picture. Casey and I had a giggle, that each year the picture is the same, and the only difference is...one more kid each time. HA HA! Well, for now, let's leave it at three princes...and a family of five.

Here is a video of Ziah walking...sorry for the sideways viewing....I'm still new to all this!