Jack's Birthday WEEK!

Because Jack's birthday fell in the middle of the week we celebrated twice. On the 26th we carved our pumpkins, had the dinner he wanted (chicken pot pies), had a birthday cookie, and opened his gifts from Mom and Dad.

Leah was with us for Jack's birthday and she was totally excited to dig into the pumpkin with Ella Jane, who (on the other hand) was not into the pumpkin goo.


Patrick really got into pumpkin carving this year. He worked and worked until every bit of goo was out of his. Isabelle was having fun, but it's hard to tell because she didn't want to look and smile at the camera (Sigh... tweens!).

Sam joined the chaos too.


Friday evening we had Jack's party with his friends. The guys came over, we had pizza and cake, then headed out for bowling. I forgot my camera when we went to the bowling alley which I'm really disappointed about. The kids had a great time. Ella Jane and Patrick both bowled for the first time. Ella Jane even got a strike!


Jack is such a nut. He insisted on wearing his Halloween costume when his friends came over. Again, I didn't get any pictures aside from cake pictures with the kids at our house.