Somethings missing...

Saturday morning... day after Halloween... going through mounds and mounds of candy. What to eat first??? Mmmm.... this popcorn ball looks yummy.

She takes a bite and wouldn't you know??? Rae's tooth decides to fall out. And I cry. My baby's passed the next milestone to not being so much my baby. How can something that is so hard for me be so WONDERFUL to her??? She has been wishing for loose teeth since she was barely 3 years old. And now she is running around like it was Christmas morning at Disneyland. I know that the prospect of the tooth fairy coming and being able to be part of the missing tooth club at school is all great... but what about Mom having to deal with my little precious darling princess angel growing up???? Okay, yes... I am over reacting a little. And she does look absolutely adorable. And she is so super-d-duper-dy elated. It'll all be okay... right?

A few more Halloweenish pictures

So, here we have pictures from Rae's Kindergarten Zombie party, we turned all the kids in her class into zombies. Way fun!!!

We also have her little friends all in costume at my house. I love these kids.

We also have some family fun night pumpkin carving.

And last but not least, Rae's trick-or-treat costume... The Corpes Bride. (I didn't get any great pictures. Shame on me!)

Redemption... I hope!

So, here ya all go!!! Don't my kiddos look AWESOME!?!?!? We went to the Halloween High-Jinx Symphony this past weekend with our good friends Anna & Sydney. It was a great time, as allways... however, we definitely got jipped in the costume contest, the kids didn't mind... they had so many people asking for pictures and giving them all kinds of compliments. Everywhere they went somebody pointed and said, "Hey look! The Blue Man Group!" They all felt pretty cool. After, Sidney took us out to Leatherby's for icecream. A perfect way to end our fun night out.

Pumpkin Walk

The kids and I spent a few hours at the Stansbury Park Millpond Gristmill. It was fun to see all of the fun pumpkin displays. They had a little maze set up and lots of little games like beanbag tosses.

I never have been able to pass up a photo op like this. Maybe next year Vince can be a scarecrow and Jason a flying pumpkin. Rae is wearing the Donkey Kong costume I made for Vincent when he was three. We were looking for a quick fix just to wear around the gristmill and DK is definitely easy on easy off.

The kids did a little coloring while we were waiting to watch a few friends dance. I really love it that they can have fun together... maybe not the time of their life, but still they can enjoy each other.

Before we went home, we decorated cookies. Vincent wanted me to take a picture of his for the blog and tell the story behind it. There was a guy hanging out in a cave full of stalagmites and stalactites. Well, I guess there was an earthquake or something because one of the stalactites fell on top of the man. You can see his leg poking out from the front of the stlactite (candy corn) and I think an arm is in the back. So sad... poor guy.

Yoshi 4-Ever?

Can you say, "Blackmail"? Hee Hee!!! While the boys were looking for costumes, we thought it would be funny to see if the old Yoshi costumes Grandma Doris and I made for them YEARS ago could fit. I wouldn't exactly say that they "fit"... but they did get them on. And oh boy, I could not stop laughing. I wish so badly that I could find some pictures from when they were little, (I think they were 3 and 7 when they wore these the first time). Jason and Vincent were sooooo cute. Anyway, those of you who remember them in these costumes years ago will get a kick out of this. For those of you who never saw the originals, I think you'll probably get a laugh as well. :)

A costume for Vince

This year, my kids are going to be the Blue Man Group for Halloween. We are not quite sure if the bald caps can be used more than once, so until the symphony on Saturday, they have to make due with costumes out of our "costume box". These are the ones that Vince came up with for the Halloween Carnival.

He ended up going as "Rocky" in the first photo... however, I really thought he looked just darling in pink. What a ham!

Happy Late Birthday Shelisse!

After spending a wonderful day in Fillmore with the Harper's, Ben drove the kids down to Cedar City to see Shelisse and her family. Shelisse turned 13 in September and so we thought it would be fun to have a little birthday with her. They all went to this amazing park near the Blad's home. I wish I had some pictures of them playing tag and running around, but alas, Jason was in charge of the camera and he was playing tag and running around.
After the park, they went to Pizza Hut for lunch and Jason did take a few pictures... yahoo!!! This handsome young man is Shelisse's brother Christian. He is super friendly and Vincent really likes him.

This big guy is Shelisse's youngest brother, Gabe. I hear he's a real cool kid too. After Pizza Hut, they went back to the Blad's house for some Birthday cake... (I know... could be a candidate for Cakewrecks)... and some good old video games.

Rae fell in love with Shelisse. They painted fingernails and Shelisse put make-up on her. Since they've been back home, Rae can't stop talking about her sister. She's drawn multiple pictures for Shelisse and points out her picture to everyone and anyone who comes by.

Thanks Shyanne, Shelisse, Christian and Gabe for spending an unforgettable day with my family!