Halloween Come and Gone

Another Halloween has come and gone. The kids woke with pure excitement as they broke out their new costumes to wear to school. Hayden and I attended two crazy school parties followed by pizza with friends and an evening of "Trick or Treating" or give me as much candy as I can possibly handle. The Aisan Princess, Bolba Fett and Thomas the Train are now settling down for hopefully a long falls nap!!!
I hope the kids don't wake up asking how many days till Christmas!!

Till next year!!!

Pumpkinpalooza

Excitement is in the air with the anticipation of once again dressing up and going full force toward that final goal. The biggest bag of candy they can possibly get. Halloween can always be bitter sweet since we are saying good bye to outdoor activities (we don't ski) and getting ready for the busy holidays. We did find the time to venture out to Greenbluff on a beautiful day to pick the PERFECT pumpkin. Then daddy swept in to help with carving. I put myself on picture duty!!!

Makena ahas always been able to take the insides out!!

Who gave Hayden a Sharpie!!!!

This one is my favorite. I love the resemblance in the amount of teeth they both have in their mouths.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Why Buy a New One????

Whenever I hear that someone is on their way over or stopping by I quickly check the kitchen sink, shut all of the doors in the house that I can and run over to throw my conglomeration of throws and pillows all over the sofa. Why? Because living with three kids, one long hubby, two dogs, and a cat has done a number on my sofa. It has suffered through years of tippy cups and bottles dripping on it, spit up and only your imagination can guess at what else is on this thing. Not to mention the broken arm caused by daddy standing on it to hang a picture and snapping it in half. It has served its purpose and seen better days but why buy a new one?

This is how Hayden uses it to watch cartoons!!!! He can have it for a little while longer. I am not ready to buy a new one just yet!

Why You Do Not Take Your Three Year Old Bra Shopping

I will spare all of you any photos for this blog since I feel like my boobs have been manhandled enough today. Hayden and I dropped some stuff off at the Goodwill this morning. I have to do this when the kids are not looking because everything in the boxes suddenly becomes their "favorite" toy and "we can't get rid of it". Since I was out and about I decided to hit some local stores to get some xmas ideas. Looking around, I saw bras on sale and boy could I use a few new super powered ones to hold my babies up these days. I proceeded to grab a few off the racks while Hayden is pushing the cart through the skinny aisle and knocking bras off the rack by the dozens.
As he sees a few in my hands he decides to be helpful by yelling multiple times
"Mom. Put your boobies in here!" pointing to the cart. As I pick another off the rack he yells "You got a big boobies?". "There's a lot of boobies here."
OK Hayden. I will put all the boobies back and try this again another day when I am by myself.