Visions Of Sugar Plums Dance in Their Heads

I am grateful for sleepy babies all snuggled up.

I  don't know how they could possibly be comfortable sleeping like that, but they are.

Pictures taken by an amazing friend...

My friend  Sarah is a photographer (how lucky am I!) and when she comes to

my party's or if we are just hanging out I am pretty sure I will get some amazing shots!

 So here are some pictures that she has captured from Miss A's party and from Little Dude's pirate party

(and it was pretty lucky that she came with her camera because I am not sure that we would have gotten pictures other wise) There is one of my friend Khania talking to my Granny that just brings a smile to my face. Or the images of Little Dude crying because he is all full of cake. 

I'll put one more plug out for my friend - if you are in the area and need a photographer seriously 

check her out!!

Sarah Severson Photography

All I want for Christmas...

 

 Having fun with CUTE kids and my neighbors Camera! 

Now guess what I want for Christmas??!?!!!

 

Birthday Cupcakes and Photos that I may or may not get in trouble for...

Eating Birthday Cupcakes!

ok pictures that I could get in trouble for...

 

Also Miss A's birthday weekend we watched my sisters dogs. She adores them so I thought

it would be fun for her to have her doggies here.

Ashley and Gunner sleep in their crates so the crates usually come along too.

Little Dude, Miss A and M had SO much fun playing in the crates. 

I just want to say in writing

that I did NOT put those kids, or ANY children into the dog crates. They did it of their own free will.

Let it also be known that at times the sisters (M and A)would lock each other in the crate. 

But I did NOT lock the crates.

I may or may NOT have dressed someone up in a dog suit and I may or may not have taken pictures of this.

Also, let it be known that Miss M is a good actor and is only acting like a sad child in a dog crate...

But really, could you blame anyone for taking pictures of this fun activity???

Lot's of Tricking and Treating!

 

The Ward Halloween paryt which also happened to be on Miss A's birthday!

Miss M, Keenan, Little Dude and I dressed as pirates, Miss A was a Snow White

Princess and Cuppy was a "desperate" house wife! NO she was just a house wife...

 THEN we went out for I C E C R E A M to celebrate Miss A some more. The cashier was so smitten with Miss A he let her pick out her own doughnut and then gave her a kiss on the cheek. It was pretty cute.

 

Thursday we  celebrated with our Preschool class. Miss M came too. It was SO cold, but the kids were troupers smiling away for us crazy parents taking SO many pictures. I guess that is why

Miss A is NOT smiling in the class photo. or any of them for that matter...

 

Friday was Miss M's class party. I am the room mom so I got to help organize it!!

I had Miss A dress up as a Cat, Little Dude as a dog and Miss M as a vet.

Then, Miss M changed into a nurse and we went and visited Daddy and Aunt Cuppy at work. Instead

of the kids trick or treating at the hospital, we brought treats to them. It was cute to have

Miss M pose with her daddy in the ER.

 

 Saturday!

 Little G was not feeling well (another ear infection) so he and Cuppy stayed home, while

we took the girls to the Farmers Market. They could trick or treat at all the different

vendors and got to pick out a pumpkin to doctorate. Miss M painted a pirate

pumpkin Miss A Toothless dragon from "how to train your dragon"

 

But WAIT we are not done with our Saturday yet...

we headed up to Glencoe to trick or treat at the shops in their little down town area.

It has been our tradition for 6 years now. Miss M dressed up as a nurse again, so she could be warm and Miss A was a fairy witch.

 We ended our day off at Mc Donalds! The girls were super excited.

Miss A took pictures of her new kitty Gloria. 

*here is the story behind Gloria. This past summer Miss A started asking

if I had seen her kitty, I asked her where she last saw her cat thinking we could retrace steps.

We all looked high and low, no kitty to be found. I soon caught on we were looking for

an IMAGINARY kitty. Gwowia aka Gloria. I asked her what she looked like then maybe that would help me to know what to look for. Gloria is a little purple kitty. 

We later found her on my bed taking a little cat nap.

I shared this story with my friend and she found a purple kitty for Miss A's birthday.

Now, Gloria and Gworia go everywhere with us.

 

 Its fun to have so many dress up clothes, everyone kept changing their coustumes.

so FOR HALLOWEEN 

Miss A dressed as the Fairy witch (not the cat, not snow white)

Miss M dressed as the Cat (not the princess not the pirate not the nurse/vet)

Little Dud was a Pumpkin (not a dog not a pirate)

Cuppy was A punk Pirate (not desperate)

   

 and finally HALLOWEEN!

We went trick or treating with our neighbors aka Teenage Mutant Niga Turtles. Keenan decorated our front

porch in piratey fashion and dressed up as Captain Jack.

All around our neighborhood lot's of people get into the spirit of Halloween,

my favorite block we went down even the adults were dressed up. It's like

right out of one of those kids Halloween movies. It is now my new favorite street!

Anyway, one of our closer neighbors always goes way out to decorate and dress up for Halloween.

The "Spook-s-dook's" this year he was the Mad Hatter and TOTALLY in character!

Keenan had his picture taken with the OTHER Johny Depp character.

We HEART Halloween!!! And glad there are so many fun things to do as a family.