Halloween Costume Preview

I would say, "guess who we are", but I find that would be a pointless exercise after you see Melanie's costume, so... here you go.  A preview for the fun we will have this week.

Melanie as Dorothy:

 

Noelle as Glenda the Good Witch:

 

Oliver as the Scarecrow (he wasn't happy at first)

 And then he found the grass!

And the whole Gang (with me starring as the Wicked Witch from the West... p.s. That dress was my high school band dress.  I point this out for 2 reasons.  #1. After 3 children, it still fits, and I put it on and took it off all by myself!  #2. Yes, it was already bad enough that people make horrible band jokes, they made us wear *that* horrible dress, All. The. Time!)

But, it does make a pretty good witch's dress.  Happy Halloween.
(A special thanks to my mom for helping me with the costumes.  She made Noelle's dress and Melanie's apron.  I am only credited with Noelle's crown, Melanie's tutu, and Oliver's costume.  Another special thanks to Samantha Bartlet for meeting us for alittle bit on her "holiday" to take these pictures.)

Over the week...

It has been over a week, time has flown.  This week has been crazy.  So, in effort to keep up dated, but reduce stress, I'm going share some pictures (which say a 1000 words) and describe the in as few words as possible.

Tired:

 Show and Tell:

 Silly Sock Thief:

 Self inflicted:

 Music Class:

 Standing:

 Walking:

Life is good.

When the Cat is Away...

... The Mice will play.  Brandon was gone all week, and while he was gone, we had some fun. 

We: Did science experiments with milk.

 Made some ghosts to haunt our trees.

 Cleaned the kitchen and found this, which made us giggle.

 Dressed up as fairy princesses

 Dressed ourselves.

 Ate good food.

 Panned for Gold.

 Caught *a* fish (or 3 on the same line).

 Met Humpty Dumpty.

 Played in the water.

Other fun things that we did that aren't pictured:

*School

*Played with friends

*Went to the library for story time

*Watched movies

*Had lunch and dinner picnics

*Played at the park

*Made glow in the dark necklaces and bracelets

*Read books

*Ate ice cream

*Music Class

*Laughed

When the kids wake up in the morning, Daddy will be home, and they will be in 7th Heaven.  They love him so much.  But it is nice to know that while he was gone, we still did some things that were worth while.  They were really good for me while he was gone.  I have loved playing all week.

Cat in the Hat goes to a baby shower

 The Cat in the Hat went to a baby shower...  and I was asked to make the cake.  Here is is:

I'm not the best at taking photos of my work, so note that it looked better in person than on film.  The cake it self was really fun too.  The top tier had stripes of red and white cake with butter cream frosting.  The bottom tier was a white cake with red and blue confetti.  (Also cut into 3 pieces with butter cream frosting in between).  Anyhow, there you go.

Pumpkin Patch

In the tradition of the season, I took the kids to Mother Nature Farms on Wednesday.  We met friends there and had a great time.

 Trae, honey, I have my eye on you!

 The whole gang made this picture... only Oliver was trying to escape.

 We decorated pumpkins, did the hay maze, went on a hay ride, had a picnic, and checked out their pumpkins.

 

Every year I get a picture of the kids in front of the pumpkin... this year was no exception.

And a good fall picture of the all.

We had a great time and really enjoyed playing with friends.

Park?

Park day?  With the weather we received last week... absolutely!!!

This is what pure joy looks like:

 And while we are there, why not feed the ducks!

Monday was the first day of a week long "Fall Break".  We decided to make the best of it and met some friends at the Red Mountain park.  They played on the playground, fed the ducks, and then played games in the grass.  It was a really good way to start the week!