Halloween

Wow! What a busy week for such a dumb holiday! I'm sorry, Halloween just isn't my favorite. We certainly made the most of it, though. We started with the parade in town with our friends (lovely picture of me with my eyes closed, but it gives a good feel for the evening). Then we had Trunk Treats at church - very fun and our first time at this event. It's like a giant tailgate party with all of your church friends (is that an oxymoron?) and the kids get candy. Emma and Hailey enjoyed their pizza in the back of our van. Lila decided after the candy that she'd like to chill out in the van with another slice and a movie by herself. Lila was supposed to be Cinderella as you can see in this picture from her gymnastics party. Luckily, I knew that once Lila saw Emma in her fairy costume she would want to be a fairy too - so I planned accordingly with an extra costume. We went to Emma's school parade. It was a beautiful fall day here - Lila thought it a little too sunny, as you can see by her visor and glasses. The finale to our Halloween season was our traditional Trick or Treating with Maddy, Andrew and Lillianne. Cute Kids!! I love those little fairies!

"Scoopy Punkins"

We had family pumpkin carving night last night. A great time was had by all. Emma pretty much did hers all by herself (Ryan just cut the top off). She had fun designing and carving. Lila was also very entertained by the tradition. She actually took bites of the pumpkin, and said it was tasty - more than one time. Hey, what can I say - she likes squash! Also, she gets the word "spooky" all mixed up. She usually says "scoopy" or sometimes "scooby". I'm thinking maybe it has something to do with "scooping" out the pumpkin, or "Scooby Doo", or maybe it's just a new word for her. She always wants to go see our neighbors scoopy house, though.

The master carver with her new "real" hair cut I might add. I've always trimmed her hair, but we had mother-daughter day at the hair dresser after school yesterday. -Very exciting!

You need to get a really good look at what you're doing.Ewww! Slimy!

"Is that tasty, Lila?" "mmm hmmm."

Ooooh! Scoopy Punkins!

Entertaining Our Kids

Last week, Lila and Mommy made applesauce...

While Emma put a diaper on Daddy's head.

Hmmm....

Fun With Logs

Yesterday, Ryan took down a dead tree in our yard.

This inspired Emma to play with her Lincoln Logs...

..and Lila to use Lincoln Logs as a flute.

Egg Comment

You'll be glad this post has no pictures! I was in the middle of making egg salad for lunch, I discovered that Lila was on the potty. Lila has history of trouble when left alone in the bathroom - need I say more?! So, I ran in to make sure she wasn't shoving wads of t.p. in the toilet or worse. I still had a hard boiled egg in my hand. She looked at the egg, then me, then said with a smirk, "Mommy, don't put scrambled eggs on my hieney!"

A Little Bit Sick

The girls have each had a day of being a little bit sick this week. "A little bit sick" is a pain in my neck! They're too sick to go to school/church/whatever, but not sick enough to just lay on the couch. Lila had it on Sunday and Emma today. It starts with a low fever, but as soon as the tylenol hits - they're healed. I'm thankful that they're not vomiting or shivering, but kind of miss the lethargy as a symptom.

That Funny Kid

We were riding in the car the other day, just Lila and I, and she said:
"It's smokin' hot in here."
Now imagine that statement with a slight lisp. :)
I've never said that in my life - I have no idea where she got it. She cracks me up!