Hello October!

 

SO far this month has been amazing! Not just because it is one of my favorite months out of the year, but the weather! The weather has been wonderful!

On October first we pulled out our spookity (as K likes to call them) decorations and spooktified our home.

Then, when Miss M got home from school we pulled out our costumes, spooky stories enjoyed the out doors with a WELCOME OCTOBER back yard party. Complete with Cotton Candy, because what welcome party would be complete with out SUGAR!?!?!?

 

AND to prove how important that SUGAR is, Lil G demonstrates how to EAT cotton Candy!  I say the messier the better, and not gonna lie I was tempted to lick his little cheeks when he was done...

HAPPY OCTOBER!!!!

three years too fast!

Remember THIS cute little witch???

Fast forward THREE years

 NOW check out THIS one...

  

Cute little witch!

OH, they were so little! I miss my babies they grow up TOO fast!

Birthday Month

It's seems for the last half of October and in a couple of different states we celebrated Miss A's big day.

I have always wanted an October baby - so glad to have one. Planning and celebrating her birthday was lots of fun.

Thanks to everyone for making it such a special event for Miss A!

1.2. - K and I stayed up late decorating for her party
3.4. - I made one big cake and 30 cupcakes
5. Daddy showing Miss A her cuppycakes
6-8.- Ava and her guests (we had 48 people here)
9-12. - Birthday Girl and Guests
13-16. - Breaking open the Pinata (thanks Aunt Sarah
for the FUN pinata!)

Pinata fun, Candy, Cake and Kids!

Cute shots of the kids

(thanks Sarah, Stacy and Rachel for getting such great photos)
Miss A had some great gifts but not a whole lot of interest in opening them
so we let each child who wanted to open up a gift for Miss A.

Also, picture number 14 is my friend Sarah (Mr. Love's mom)
she had the AWESOME idea of doing a group gift. She was like Santa getting
all sorts of fun gifts for Miss A. Thank you SO much for that great idea!

AND as if we didn't have ENOUGH Parties for Miss A - at Hula class our Hula teacher made a cake for Miss A and Christine (my Hula friend and co-owner of the Big Ka Hoo Na)
Happy Birthday Miss A and Aunty Lolly!

Trick and Treating a go go

We had LOTS of Halloween fun!

Ward Halloween Party, Miss A's birthday party, Miss M's preschool, Glencoe Trick or Treating and then in our neighborhood. Miss M wore a different costume for each one.
(good thing we have so many dress up clothes.)

Hope you had a Spooky, sugar filled Halloween too!
BOO!


the many looks of Miss M

Preschool party

More preschool and community house Halloween party

Playing dress up at home and then trick or treating up in Glencoe
More Glencoe(from my friends camera)

pictures from my camera at the ward Halloween party

Trick or Treating in our neighborhood and then off to the Big Ka Hoo Na

Ward Halloween Party

My friends and I threw a Halloween Party!
It was a great turn out and A WHOLE LOT of Fun!

Here are some pictures my friends took.

1. Miss A the Puppy
2. Miss M
3. Mommy and Miss A
4. Keenan in the Kitchen
5. getting ready to trick and treat
6. Mr. Love and his Mom and Dad
7. my friend Jenn and the Firefighter
8. Talking with Rachel and Lindsay - they are the other big party planners
9.The Lunds and Bishop Downs

1. Angela and Stephan (they are our new neighbors! AND they took care of Miss A and M at the party!)
2. My friend Carrie and her boys
3. Getting ready for the parade
4. Keenan's root beer
5. Bishop Downs and Collin
6. Lindsay setting up
7. Jack
8. Miss A
9. Sister Nelson - or Elphaba!

1. Angela and Miss A
2. Story time with Linda Hoffman Kimball she wrote a WONDERFUL Halloween book, one of our favorites!!
3. The kids listening to her read Come with me on Halloween
4-6. Parade time
7. Jack and Miss A
8. Holden

9. Linda

1. The REAL Rachel Ray (the party planner)
2. a view of the party
3. K the MC
4. Carrie and Jacob
5. Mr. Love
6. BUZZ!
7. Evelyn
8. The Pixton's
9. - Guess I couldn't get enough of RR, there she is again!

It's the Great Pumpkin & My Halloween Wish List

Tonight we went grocery shopping and found some nice big pumpkins! for a great price! The girls each got one and we picked one out for our new neighbors...yes that's right NEW WONDERFUL neighbors!!! HUGE sigh of relief. (and they don't mind me decorating for holidays - last neighbor complained about all of my decorations)

I took some pictures of Miss a playing with the pumpkins. I wish I would have had my camera out earlier when she was trying to pick them up.

We also set up our Halloween decorations today. And as I was looking around I thought - I need more. I want a cute black metal haunted house and some cute glass pumpkins. I also saw on a blog a cute Halloween banner. I would love one of those for above my fire place. Here's my wish list and it's all at TARGET!! (well except for the banner)

(My friend Amy had a cuter one on her front door - but it is a sign I have always wanted)

(this cute banner(s) I found at this Blog - I LOVE it!)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

We Love Halloween

Here are our Halloween pictures. We had such a great Halloween!
I felt good enough to take Marlee out trick-or-treating with
Keenan and Jesica.
Grams stayed home and watched Ava.

I had been talking with Keenan how Marlee
was a year old before I left her with anyone. And
here Ava is a week old and I left her twice in ONE day!

Baby Jaguar, Marlee and Mommy

Grams, Daddy and Marlee cleaning out the Pumpkins

Sleepy Pumpkin (our try at an Anne Geddes pose)

Little Pumpkins!

Spooky Pumpkins!

Miss Witch with her friends!

Little Trick or Treaters up in Glencoe

Little Witch and Daddy Scarecrow

Trick or Treating in downtown Glencoe

Miss Witches Halloween haul from Glencoe
Two Thumbs way up!

Our little Ghouls

Miss Witch with our fabulous pumpkins carved by Daddy
and One by Aunt Keokilani (I took pictures and held a baby)

Trick or treating, waiting for someone to open
the door (they were not home...)

We waited in the car while daddy and Aunt Jesica went through
a spooky house.

Happy Halloween!
2007