Beggar's Night/Halloween

Anakin Skywalker "Baby Vader" ready to go trick-or-treating!




Decorations




Check out the Bears pumpkin!

Trunk or Treat

Sneak peek of Alex in his Halloween costume at his school's Trunk or Treat night. It was too windy outside for the cars, so they moved it indoors

Pumpkin Patch II

So, we went to two pumpkin patches in 24 hours! On Saturday the Kelly, Hennig and Reelitz cousins hit Center Grove Orchard, about 35 miles north of Des Moines. The kids had a blast, then we topped off the day with dinner down at the farm.

Alex modeling his new football jersey. Some might think that this simply proves that Dowling does start recruiting pretty early, but to be fair, Alex's grandpa, his grandpa's five siblings, his mom, aunts and uncle (and many cousins) all went to dear old Dowling. In this case, it's a family tradition, and we hope that he will be the third generation to attend!






An even bigger corn pit than Howell's!


Little Diva watching the boys




Scheming and dreaming...


Three Little Pigs house


Milking the cow










Beautiful farm sunset


Cousins


Doin' the Mac!

Pumpkin Patch

Alex's preschool had a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch on Friday. Beautiful weather, tons of pumpkins, and a big corn pit meant lots of fun for everyone!