Daddy Daycare

While Mom was out on a much deserved shopping trip, Dad thought he would show her what she missed.



Happy Halloween

Trick-or-treating was a success for the Benners.  Mom took the Pink Poodle girls in the wagon while the T-Rex boys ran along tail whipping whatever they could.  Getting good pictures of all four in costume was elusive at best.  Here's a sampling of what we could get:

 Let's go!

 Allison.

Allison.

 The girls in their wagon.

Ready for candy, not for pictures.

 In action.

T-Rex ROOOAAR

"Just one more piece?"



Wilson's Apple Orchard

Blair and Irma visited this weekend.  We decided to optimize one of the last gorgeous fall days by going to Wilson's Apple Orchard in Iowa City.  Our first graders went earlier in the month as a tribute to Johnny Appleseed.  When they returned, they raved about the orchard.  Several staff members have been since their field trip.

Before the orchard, and while the girls were napping, the boys carved pumpkins with Moose and Grandpa Benner.

Will and Jack love leaf piles!

This is pumpkin bowling at Wilson's.

Moose sharing his pumpkin slushy with Sydnee and Allison.

Jack and Will finishing their pumpkin slushies on the tractor ride.

Grandma Irma and Sydnee before the ride starts. 

Sydnee walking the bridge.

Allison on the bridge.

Fall Days

Jack and Will waiting for Grandma Linda to arrive.

Sydnee and Allison tempting fate in their brothers' leaf pile.

This picture does not do these outfits justice!  I heart the Gap:)

Jack and Will doing what they do best: playing outside.

Birthday Cake

The girls were in awe of their candles.

Allison awaiting her first piece of birthday cake.

Sydnee awaiting her sweet treat.

 Allison's first bite of birthday cake.

Sydnee's first bite of cake.

Allison figured out that is was easier to just pick up the piece of cake and take a bite.

Sydnee needed a break between bites.

Will enjoying the cake he helped make for his sissies.

Jack and Moose sharing a bite.

Allison's face looked a little like a clown when she was finished.

Sydnee stuck with the smashing technique.

Happy 1st Birthday, Girlies!

It is hard to believe that it has been a year since our family welcomed Sydnee and Allison.  While this past year has been a blur, it seems ages ago that the boys were turning one.  Thank you to everyone who has made a trip to help out and those in town that have lended a hand when we needed one.
Jack and Will decorated the house with streamers and balloons while the girls took their short, morning nap.  Syd and Allie really dig paper products so they were excited to tear the streamers down and get in a few bites before Moose and I stopped them.

Fall update

Sydnee and Allison being sissies.  This is a rare happy moment in the van.  The girls are not as content in their car seats as the boys were.

Sydnee is walking!

 Sydnee pushing Allie on the motorcycle.  It was a beautiful fall evening.

 This weekend Grandma Linda, Papa, and Frankie came for a visit.  We went to Blooming Barnyards for the corn maze and to check out the pumpkins.

 Sydnee and Allison picking out pumpkins.