Well, here go lots of pictures and a quick rundown of our holiday. The only thing missing are pictures of our huge leaf fight and of Tristan and Alex at school. Alex marched in the little Dora Erickson parade over to Good Sam where they sang Halloween songs, and Tristan's class had a Halloween program. Tristan did great and remembered his part really well. If you ask him, he will recite it for you. I helped in his class with their party and wore that light blue poofy, costume dress we got at D.I. like 10 years ago. I curled my hair all up and put on lots of makeup and all the kids were in awe. I love kids. They're so easy to impress! Anyhoo, I don't have any pictures because of our ever silly camera, and I was soooo very tired of it not working, that we went the next day to Sam's Club and bought a new camera!! Woo-hoo! It was only $94, but it seems great for our needs. I would love to buy a better one, but I am just so happy to have a camera that will actually work. And, Justy very kindly bought us a new memory card with like 800 times as much storage as our old one. So now we can take around 2,300 pictures before it wil be full!
So, here are pictures of some of what we have been doing!
The Tuesday before Halloween we carved pumpkins, which is one of Alex's favorite things to do! I helped him empty his out a little, but he did all the drawing and cutting and everything after that! Do you see the ever-present jar of barbecue sauce? Alex puts it on everything we have for dinner, so it seems like it is always on the table. I should just make a special spot for it!
Alex's pumpkin is on the left, then Tristan's, which obviously I helped with (he wanted one with "fire"), and then Alaina's cat, which I pretty much did by myself. I shouldn't let them pick out patterns to do. In real life it was pretty funny, because Alex picked out the biggest pumpkin, and then the face on it was all squooshed in one spot!
Proud of their masterpieces, which they picked out the design for!
After carving we made a fire and had smores! I think it was the first time my kids have had them!
Getting ready to go Trick-or-Treating! They were all super excited. In case you can't tell, Alex is Santa, Tristan is a knight, Alaina a fairy princess, Emme is a sunflower and Danny is wearing a pig helmet cover, just for good measure.
Justin went with us, which was really nice. He helped carry Emme and kept the kids from getting run over and kept Alex from taking all the candy from people's houses!
It was such unbelievably nice weather, I loved it!! We just stayed in our neighborhood, as those three blocks seem like just the right amount. And then we get to show off our kids to the neighbors!
It was pretty funny when other kids out for treats would see Alex from a distance. We would hear one of them shout, "Hey! You guys look, it's Santa!!!" And they would all look and get all excited. I'm not sure if their depth perception was off from a distance or from excitement, but they did not seem to be able to tell that it was just a kid in a costume. They were very excited. Tthis happened several times. The funny part is to imagine what a horrible Santa Alex would be, seeing as how he alternately completely ignores people, and then is obsessed at other times and won't leave people alone. Wouldn't that make a great Santa?
This is Alaina falling over at the Wheatley's yard. It was fitting that I got a picture of this, as she probably fell over ten times. But her bag was cloth and flexible, so usually none of her candy fell out, so she didn't mind. She would stand up and say, "It's okay. I'm alright."
This year Alex was a lot better and didn't try to go in people's houses or refuse candy that wasn't chocolate with a "No, thank you," like he did last year. They were all great and Tristan only asked once if he could have two pieces.
Afterwards we went to the Campbells and dumped out bags and saw what they had gotten. They all got tons! So we let them eat what they wanted for a little bit, then that night took all the candy out of their bags except for like 5 or 6 pieces. They never said a word, and I think were just excited that they still got more in the morning! We put all the rest in a huge tupperware bowl and eat from it regularly. I love Halloween! :)
And here are just some other random pictures.
Proof that I do exist, and that I do read to my children. But it must be rarely enough that it is deemed picture worthy! (I don't think so.)
Emme is making lots of noises, seeing this picture of such a cute baby on here!
Now that I have a new camera, hopefully there will be many more pictures to come!
6 comments:
Oh, you have to post more often! Especially now that you have a new camera. It is so fun when you guys post and I get to see all the things we are missing!
I love their costumes! It is quite funny to see a Santa on Halloween, and I bet Alex loved it!
Audrey and Lucy fell some too. The worst being when Lucy fell and skinned her knee and cried for a really long time. Someone gave her a bandaid but she never quite recovered. Good thing it was at the end! I always over seeing all the costumed kids running from house to house and home all the trunk or treats, etc. don't make REAL trick or treating go extinct!
I love all the pictures and am SO glad you got a new camera! Now Noodle needs to get hers working too. I really love the picture of Emme with all the Kix on her face!
YAY! Hurray for your new camera and hopefully more posts! I love your random funny pictures, and the kids look like the happiest kids in the world, don't they?! They all looked so cute in costumes, but Alex's Santa costume is the coolest! He has still not gotten over the Santa Obsession. :) Please write more okay? It was so fun to read!
The kids look so happy and proud in their costumes and with their pumpkins. People must've enjoyed seeing them. I love reading all the little details of their Halloween, and I'm so happy that you have a working camera!
I wish we couldn've seen you dressed up for the class party. I'm sure the kids loved having a beautiful, magical-looking helper there. It's hilarious that Tristan only asked for a second piece of candy ONE time, hahaha.
It's cool that Justin was able to help. That pic of him holding Emme would get him a wife in a New York minute! ;)
Emme is darling in her sunflower costume. And Alaina as a fairy, Tristan as a noble knight, and Alex as Santa - what a little-used idea! And the other kids were delighted to have Santa wandering around. Hah.
The Campbells must've loved having the kids come over.
Thanks for the great post, Melinda!
My id word is 'unteat.' Is that a hint to you? lol
So I just had to show my mom your blog so that she could see Emme and we both agree that your kids are SOOO ridiculously cute!
I like all their costumes, and I agree with Haley, the look like the happiest kids in the world! You must be a really great mom :)
oh and, p.s. we think you look a lot like my mom when she was your age. funny huh?
I laughed so much at all your stories about your kids during this post! I love how Danny had his earphones in while taking the kids trick or treating. Does he do that to zone out their little comments? :) haha. I love all their costumes and how Elaina would fall down all the time. ANd that's so nice you had good weather! That's a rarity that time of year! I remember always being SO mad when my mom made me put my coat on over my costume. It defeated the whole purpose of a costume!
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