Thursday, October 31, 2013

October!

 We took a family trip to the pumpkin patch!  We met up with the tail end of Megan's field trip and then stayed a few more hours.

 Megan's awesome teacher, Mrs. Olson.  Can you tell Megan likes her just a little?  lol
 We took a train ride around the farm.
 The girls before setting off of the corn maze.
 It was our first time and they did pretty well!  Good thing Dad was with us though, because Mom's sense of direction is not nearly as good!  We could very well have been stuck for days!
 An awesome slide!


 Lil punkin' cutie


 I painted a pallet for our front entry.  I just sat on the kitchen floor and lightly drew what I wanted and then painted it.  Thank goodness my rough draft came out pretty well!
 It bothers me that we can nail into our stucco walls because I always want to hang a holiday sign or décor, so I had Trent construct a post that resides permanently by the front door that we can hang holiday/welcome signs on.
 All dressed up for church.

 We had a few families over for a spooky Halloween dinner and had Raccoon Roadkill,
 Pumpkin Poop(the kids favorite of course!),
 Witch Fingers,

 Spiderweb Dip,
 Mini Oranges,
 a Mummy Calzone, and other yummy goodness.
 We, of course, played the girls' absolute favorite game--Donut on a String!  So fun to watch them wriggling around and getting hit in the face by a donut!  Love it.
 And when it falls off your string, never fear, just cram the whole dang thing in there.
 Then the big kids had a turn.
 And then the even bigger kids had a turn.
 The men were crazy competitive, it was pretty funny!
The kids also played the caterpillar game where they had to scoot along the carpet on their bellies with no hands eating MnM's off the floor.  Yes, I vacuumed.  Yes, it's still gross.  Yes, they loved it and played several rounds.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Kendra's Monster Party!

Kendra is pretty much obsessed with anything Monsters Inc. and has been planning on having a monster party since she turned 3.  We were so excited to have Monsters U come out this summer!
I made crayons and Sully popcorn for favors for the kids.  I basically melted down old, broken crayons into a Jell-O mold we had and made some big crayons.

My ever-talented mother made these way cute figures of Boo, Mike, and Sully.  They are just adorable!


Big 4 yr old with Magaw and Papa

Our first activity was to make a monster using play-dough and various craft items.



The cake I made.  4 layers of Funfetti with some cute play figures on top.
The whole family

We played "Scare School" where the kids put on Sully masks and tried to creep into the "bedroom" to wake a sleeping Daddy with their monstrous screams.  Pretty fun!
Some Mike chocolate dipped Oreos.
Monster cafeteria with our pizza, veggies, fruit, Monsters U cheez-its and Monster juice.
Kendra loved all her dress-up clothes, toys, puzzles, etc.

Make a wish!
Couldn't love this sweet little ball of joy any more than we already do!  She is such a great sister and daughter and constantly gives cuddles and kisses.  She loves swimming, bike riding, singing made up songs about various gospel topics all around the grocery store, knows what smile to give me to get whatever she wants and is just too darn cute for her own good!
Some more monsters the kids created!  So cute!
The party gang!

Monday, October 28, 2013

Baby Model

 Kara got to model and then keep a pair of Baby Barefoot Sandals for Tres Chic's baby collection.  I took the pics and then they were put up on her website.  Such a fun, girly accessory!