Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!!! The boys have been on a Halloween "high" ALL MORNING, and the sugar hasn't even started yet! For breakfast this morning they were plotting on how to get rid of their mom and dad - Why you ask? I think it might have something to do with me starting the conversation this morning by telling them I think it's time to set some new family rules...like no more chores for Mom and the kids have to do all the work, and that mom and dad should get to have sugar for breakfast etc...the kicker was probably when I told them that when they get home from trick-or-treating tonight they'd have to put all their candy in a big "mom and dad" bowl and eat salad while we ate all their candy....Anyway, then Sharla called so I talked to her for a minute and when I got off the phone they were plotting to do away with me. I have no idea why!! :) So...They decided on baking us in the oven and turning us into a Gingerbread Man and Woman, then they could eat us. Yum! I asked them what they would do without a mom and dad and Sam said they would just get a babysitter to stay with them forever, then Josh said that they would turn the babysitter into a cookie too and so on..you get the idea. So then I asked them who would buy them school clothes and Joshua said they wouldn't go to school, they'd just stay home and play all day, and Sam said they'd just "play" school at home, so then I said that you have to actually know big things like times-tables and stuff to "play" school and Josh said "I DO know my times-tables!" WHAT! (that is what I thought in my head) - So then I tested him and said "oh, yeah..what is 4x2? He answered 8! without a second hesitation...hmm....okay..."what is 4x3? - this one took him a minute but he said 12! Okay....2x3? 6! WOW! He really does know his times-tables! Some of them at least. Who knew!! :) Anyway, that is just an example of the conversations at our house. No real rhyme or reason, anything goes. :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, have fun TRICK-OR-TREATING!! (Gabe is a TOTAL pro at this by the way. If you ask him what he's going to do he will run to a wall or door, pound on it and say "knock-knock - Tic-do-deet!") I can't wait for tonight!

Witches EVERYWHERE!

On Friday we went with Tricia, Cydney and Ben to Gardner Village to see the Witches. I've never been before and didn't realize it was such a tradition among families. I think it will be a tradition for us now too. It was SO much fun! They have the grounds all decorated so cute with witches everywhere doing funny things. We had Emily with us too and they all got to ride a pony and pick a treat at the candy store. The candy store was a bit of a joke as it was SOOO BUSY!! I kept losing Gabe and every time one of us found him he had something else in his mouth, like a jelly belly bean or an m&m. Finally I stuck a .20 cent sucker in his mouth so I could actually PAY for something he was eating. :) They have the best fudge there and I asked for a sample of their raspberry cheesecake fudge only to be left wanting more and ended up buying some. Yum!

Pumpkin Patch!

A few weeks ago we went to the Pumpkin Patch for family night. They have a darling spot right in the patch to take perfect pumpkin patch pictures (say that three times fast, hehe!) I had turned the house upside down looking for Will's cute halloween shirt and couldn't find it so I settled on a halloween sleeper that barely fit him and his pumpkin hat. Everyone else wore their halloween shirts and the weather was perfect. We got them all situated on the hay and I went to click the picture only to realize that my camera had no memory card. Where was it? Still in the memory card reader left there from updating the blog. ARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!! I vowed to return and take pictures another day but then the weather turned freezing and then we got busy. Well, on Thursday I had a few errands to run and it was a beautiful day AND they were in their halloween shirts so I stopped by the pumpkin patch again to take our picture - lucky for me, it is practically next door.





We had Brayden with us so I snapped a few cute pictures of him. He was SOO excited about the tractor that kept driving by that I couldn't get him to smile, I think he was kind of mad at me for trying when there was a totally awesome tractor to look at nearby - how silly of me! :) He kept saying "See it? See it Mennie?" SO CUTE!


I made these cookies on Thursday night. The boys had a blast decorating theirs and ate them before I could snap a picture. Gabe's favorite was "Toodles" the Mickey Mouse head that is also the shape of the Toodles character on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and those are the only ones he would eat. :) They were so YUMMY!! I love sugar cookies!

Indian Summer

Definition of "Indian Summer" via the Wikipedia website: Indian summer is a name given to a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn, not long before winter. Usually occurring after the first frost, Indian summer can be in late October or early November in the northern hemisphere, and late April or early May in the Southern hemisphere. It can persist for a few days or extend to a week or more.

I would definitely say we are having an indian summer right now. The weather has been ABSOLUTELY beautiful. I am hoping it lasts at least through Wed. for all of the trick-or-treaters. It would be SO much more fun to take the boys around in good weather rather than snow and freezing temperatures which has been known to happen in previous years. Here's wishing for a few more weeks of Indian Summer!! :)

Comments!

Isn't it funny how you almost start to rely on people's comments! I love to hear from everyone and was sad that I hadn't heard from ANYONE on my last few posts....only to realize that I hadn't enabled the comments section on those - which apparently didn't happen automatically for some reason!! ARGGGHHH! I hope that isn't going to be how it defaults from now on, because I'm sure I'll forget again! Anyway, I fixed it for now and to make myself feel better I'm just going to pretend that that is the reason I haven't heard from anyone - because you didn't have the option to comment. He,he! :) We've had a BUSY and FUN week, I'll try to update very soon. Love you all!!

Yeah...we're cool!

Gabe is hilarious. Crazy, busy, Mr. CHAOS, exhausting, cute AND HILARIOUS! He is ALWAYS putting goofy things on and wearing them around the house all day. Lately it's been a santa hat but I have yet to snap a picture of him in it. On Sunday he walked around wearing these sunglasses and thought that "baby Will" needed to wear them too. They looked pretty darn cool, I must admit!! :)

SNOW!

The boys saw SNOW as soon as they woke up on Saturday morning and they were SOOO excited! It was all they could do to get their chores done and eat breakfast before they were searching for their snow pants, boots and gloves. Mark pulled out our little snowman kit and helped them make a snowman. The snow was PERFECT for snowman building and we saw a lot of little snow people in our neighborhood and around town. The poor guy didn't last too long though as the boys also thought it would be fun to knock him down. Maybe the next snowman they make will last a little longer. :)