HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Chandra brought her kids down for a Halloween Visit. We had such a wonderful time. We took this photo right before we headed out trick-or-treating. Happy Halloween!

Halloween Party...For the Big Kids

Our Awesome friends, the Allreds, threw a great halloween party for the grown-ups. Our costume.... Mobsters, of course. We just had to get back to our LV roots.

So here we are.... Boopsie (on the left), Sticky Fingers (in the middle), and me... I'm The Needle. Isn't make believe fun???

And I just have to post all the other great costumes. Here's Amelia Earhart, and her husband, a 1970's cop (or in my mind, a cast member from the Beastie Boys video "Sabotage")
CSI, and her "Knock-Out" husband
Wendy and Colonel Sanders (AKA our Hosts)
The Doctor and the knocked-up nurse
Jack and Jill, with a broken crown and black eyes
The pirates
The fantasy
Audrey Hepburn and the King himself... Elvis
Candidates for "Best Costume"... Mit Romney and Sarah Palin
Medusa in her custom dress (made by her daughter) and the man she turned to stone
Best Costume winners, Ghostbuster and the DoughBoy
Snow White and Gumpy
A roll reversal, FBI agent and pregnant Mom
Woopie and the Cowgirl
After a yummy dinner and lots of laughs, we played several games. One of them was a doughnut eating contest. Notice in the first picture, the man of stone is not opposed to eating off the ground. Some people will do anything to win. :)


This one makes me laugh so hard, every time I see it.
OUR WINNER, who nearly gagged on the string, the stone man.
What a fun night! Thanks Allreds.

Luke's Big Day

Luke

Today we celebrated Luke's 2nd birthday. After breakfast we took some pictures. Mia loves to use my camera. She took this great shot of me and Luke. Luke carefully opened his present from Grandma Clark.
He was so excited to see the dinosaur toy.
And Mom got him a new bike.
He played with his new toys all morning.
After school the real party began. We had cake and ice cream.
Luke had to wear the crown that Mia and I made for him.
Who needs a stinkin' fork?
My messy but beautiful big boy. We love you Luke.

Happy Birthday Luke!

Luke is 2 ! More pictures to come.

Carving Pumpkins

Last night we carved pumpkins. I helped them clean out the pulp and seeds (because Cole wouldn't touch the stuff) but they did ALL the carving, totally by themselves.







They're both really proud of their work. It was a lot of fun.

Saturday Night

Here are two more photos of last Saturday night. Mia and Luke stayed up late after the trunk-or-treat and had a great time.

Mia still in her Halloween make-up and looking beautiful.

Time to Dress Up

This year it was a struggle getting Luke to wear a costume. Every costume scared him, it didn't matter what it was. It reminded me of the year when Cole was his age and was terrified of all costumes, so I had to put him in a yellow shirt with a big zig zag on it and say he was Charlie Brown. I refused to give in this year. So this was our attempt at getting Luke to become Superman. I know someday he'll be excited to wear this for dress ups. He finally calmed down when he realized the costume was indeed harmless.
Of course, sucking his thumb helped a bit. It didn't last though. And that night at the Elementary School Fall Festival he ended up dressing as himself. He still had fun though.
Cole really wanted to look "tough" for his Indiana Jones debut.
Mia just wanted to look cool, I think.
The following night was the "Trunk-Or-Treat" at church. Luke was a little more used to the idea, but still didn't want to be superman. So I dressed him in a flight suit costume I made for Cole when he was THREE. Good heavens, Luke is growing fast. It fit him perfectly.

He kept playing with the dog tags and I should have known better. We ended up losing them that night, even though I searched everywhere. But we were lucky enough to have a friend find them in the parking lot and give them to us at church the next day. So the costume remains intact. Doesn't he look adorable?
Indiana Jones had way too much fun! He said he had to go potty when we came home, and after 20 minutes with no peep from him, I asked Mia to check and see if he was OK. This is what she found.
With whip in pocket and fedora on the floor, he crashed. The skill of falling asleep just about anywhere, is something he gets from his Daddy.
So far it's been a great Halloween.