Window painting

Last Saturday, Downtown Downers Grove had its annual Halloween window painting. The rain didn't deter us! There were a lot of kids there, armed with brushes, paint, and creativity.

We chose a window under a large awning, just to be safe, but while we were there, the rain slowed down. (It POURED right after we left though!)

Gavin wanted to paint several things: a pumpkin, a bat, a ghost, a cat...then we just started adding things like a moon, a mouse, cornstalks, another ghost, etc. He was excited to paint, but still very careful with his brush (and he didn't get any paint on his clothes).

He had a great time and we will definitely do this again!

Halloween Decorations

Gavin was really excited to set up Halloween decorations this year! He planned out where things should go in the graveyard and helped hang up lights! (He says he wants to help hang Christmas lights, too!)

He thinks that our yard is the spookiest one on our street. :) 

Birthday Party

This year, Gavin wanted his birthday party at Pump It Up in Lisle. It's a bouncy place, but this one is different in that we were only with our own little group the whole time. There were no other birthday parties on the jumpies with us, nor any other kids who were playing for the day. I have a lot of pictures - but since the kids were in constant motion, many of them are a bit blurry. But they all had a great time, so I can't complain!