A month of Halloween

Let me just start by saying time flies when you are having fun...and this month there was nooooo shortage of fun. No wonder it's already Nov 2!! (And in 10 more minutes it will be Nov 3!)

First off...Pumpkin patch! (Which you have seen...been there, done that) Next I wanted to get an early start on costumes. Eden decided she wanted to be a pink dinosaur...she is quite into dinosaurs these days. And Tex, I wanted to make him a Lolly Pop Guild boy. His hair always looks like this when he gets out of the shower.

But, when we went to the store to start piecing together Eden's costume, and look at fabric and such...she decided she wanted to be - Minnie Mouse, then Dorothy, and finally settled on Cinderella.

We found a great dress at Savers, only problem was it was a size 8-10. But, thanks to my mending and sewing skills, and safety pinning skills, it easily went from 8-10 to a 4t. ;-)

Then, I kinda lost the creative bug somewhere along the way, and decided to borrow the neighbors super cute skeleton costume. Tex is very into growling these days. Have I told you? Well, I'd say he made a pretty stinkin' adorable growling skeleton

The kids got a fun Halloween suprise in the mail from Grandma Parker. Eden and I had a great time digging through it, reading the Halloween stories, playing with the "wootch" Barbie doll, and eating the melted peeps, and decorating the house while Tex was napping... Sorry guy, you know what they say? Snooze ya loose buddy. ;-) But don't worry, really there was still plenty of fun to be had when he woke up. And a stuffed bat just for him. Can't find a photo though, I wonder if I accidenally deleted it.

We decided it might be fun to scare our kids to death and take them to the Haunted Lagoon ride at the PCC. Eden handled it fine in the beginning. She was even happy to pose with this scary lady.

But, once we got in line and took this photo with these lovely sights, all courage was lost.

But, being the good parents we are, we got on that canoe with those kids anyway, and they both handled it just fine. And ever since, I am proud to say...Tex is NOT a scaredy cat anymore. Everything use to frighten that boy. But on Halloween night, he gave this guy a high 5.
I tell you, before that ride - such an event would NOT have happened.

We had fun one night at the Library. Eden watched the story teller quietly wih dad,
while Tex and I hung out in the keiki book corner. And every now and then Tex would run off chasing some 8 year old boy down while growling at him.

The night after that was the ward trunk or treat, with great carnival games,
spaghetti dinner, and trunk or treating! The kids baby sitter was there, dressed as a wootch (as Eden would call her) most people pronounce it "witch".
She was wearing a great long cape that the kids had fun hiding in all night long. Making it difficult for them to finish more than 3 bites of spaghetti dinner. But, a Halloween party is meant for filling up on candy anyway...right? Right!

And finally, we went out with a bang on Halloween night. We trecked our kids around town for over 2 hours I think. (However, our more responsible friends had their kids washed and tucked into bed long before we were half way through with our evening of begging)Did you know that besides the fun, giggles, silly times and snuggles kids are good for...they are also good for tax breaks, and loads and loads of free candy!

Thanks guys! A job well done. ;-) Can't wait to do it all over again with you next year!

Hey Eden, I was wondering

I was just wondering if you remember when we brought you home from the hospital?Wasn't that just a few months ago?



And it was fun to have you be famous for a few weeks
That was fun...huh?

And within what I remember as weeks, you morphed into this sweet little miss

Then before I knew it you could climb out of your own crib, so Dad put a ladder next to it to make it a little safer till we could find you the perfect big girl bed.

And a couple hours after that you were running around with your panties hanging out of your pants chasing the birds. And then suddenly somewhere within those few weeks and months my stomach was getting huge again

And I just can't seem to figure out how this guy showed up. Surely I could never have been pregnant with him. Not enough time has passed since you came along....yet still I somehow have photos like this which means I must have been pregnant with this little guy who instantly became your best friend

And looking back at all these photos tonight makes me realize all the more how precious each and every day and moment I get to spend as your Mommy is to me. So so precious. And the time goes way too fast. And how happy I am that I get to spend so many moments playing with you both, watching you both, teaching you both, snuggling you both.

Whether you be stuffing stuffing in your brother's mouth

Pretending to be red eyed tree frogs



Making a yogurt mess

Killing time at the mall playground

Chasing ducks

You know....the usual. Well, I love it! And even though I get tired, and I get grumpy...I love you guys and I love all our moments. And I feel so lucky to have them, and I really wish I could pause time, or rewind, cause this time is flying just tooooo fast!

Pumpkin Patch

I have been dying since last year to take my kids to the pumpkin patch. We missed our chance last year....but not this one! And thus the reason for the next bajillion photos. I was bummed though cause I brought my nicer camera in hopes of some nicer pics...got there and the battery was dead! At least I had a back up camera. ;-)

And somehow Eden fell in love with these onion people. We could not leave without saying good by a hundred times, and running back for just 1 last hug. Hay-ride with Dadda!

Picking the perfect pumpkin

It's a lot of hard work

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