Halloween #3, Finally!

So, we had a great time at Disneyland and headed home to go to our neighbor's Halloween party on Friday night and then to a friend Halloween party on Saturday night. The kids had way too much fun and way too much sugar and if I never see another sugar cookie again I think I might be just fine. We spent Tuesday night carving pumpkins and Wednesday night at another friend's Halloween tradition...they invite people over for an open house style get together. They have scones, taco soup, hot dogs and scrumptious desserts. After we had dinner and chatted with friends, we were off to trick-or-treat. The kids were so excited. Carson and I stayed home and Geoff took Kolby and Eliza around. I thought they would be gone for a while, but Eliza only lasted about 10 minutes and then was ready to come home and dig into her candy. She had fun helping me answer the door and pass out candy, but still doesn't quite get why Kolby ended up with so much more candy than her that night. Kolby was a trooper and came home with a bucket full of candy. Luckily, he isn't much of a chocolate fan so he threw a lot of that away voluntarily. They both woke up the next morning asking if they got to go trick or treating again and if it was halloween. sorry kids...not for another year! It was quite the non-stop Halloween fun for us this year.

Halloween #2 - Disneyland

We had a fun day on tuesday, the 23rd. It started with a field trip with Kolby's class to the pumpkin patch and then off to Disneyland. The kids were so excited to get to our hotel and then go to Disneyland. We weren't quite sure if we were going to make it because of all of the So Cal fires, but we did. The air was a little smoky and windy but we all survived. We had a great 3 days playing at Disneyland and watching our kids be so brave. Kolby went on Tower of Terror, Space Mountain, Matterhorn, Big Thunder Mountain and of course all of the other smaller rides. I was in shock that he wanted to go on all the rides. I will say that though I don't think he loved them and was scared to death through most of the big rides, he just gave us high 5s and told us how brave he was when he got off the ride. Hopefully he will want to go on them again. Eliza keeps telling everyone she went on the "mountain" ride, or the Matterhorn, which she did. But she was definitely excited when the ride was over. The biggest hit ride was Autopia. But more than rides, Kolby loved the parade. We had to watch it every night or else there were major meltdowns. The photo of Eliza sitting on Kolby's lap is during the parade. They were so cute together. They could have done that over and over and over...We had so much fun getting to see our friends, the Wilsons, and also getting to hang out with family as Heidi and Abbey and Ashley all met up with us. Good times, but of course I was glad to get home and get back into a little routine.

Halloween Party #1

Wow...it seems like Halloween was very drawn out this year and it was so much fun. Our kids definitely got use out of their costumes and loved putting them on as much as they could. These are some photos for our church Halloween activity...the cute kids and our trunk decorated for trunk or treat. I was proud of Geoff for grabbing anything he could find around the house and making our trunk look cute for Halloween trunk or treat.

Pippi Longstocking Raggedy Ann???

So we had to go take Carson to the Dr. last week and Eliza insisted on wearing her Raggedy Ann wig. We thought she looked pretty cute. She really really wanted to wear it because she said it matched the red in this cute striped outfit that Grandma gave her (and she loves to wear anything that Grandma gives her!) Needless to say she put a smile on lots of people's faces at the visalia medical clinic last week.

First Trip to the Dentist

Kolby was so scared to go to the dentist, but I've been telling him that it was time for him to go get his teeth checked out and that the dentist office would have video games and toys for him to play with and movies to watch. Geoff took him last week for his first official check up and cleaning appt. I am happy to say it went so well that he is excited to go back and Eliza even wants to go to the dentist. Dr. Peterson is our friend and has fixed both Kolby and Eliza's teeth at our home when we have had teeth accidents so I am sure that helped out. But it was so fun to see Kolby come home and be so excited to explain to me what they did and how they did it. He was so very proud of himself and loves to brush and floss his teeth with his new toothbrush, toothpaste and flossers. Thanks to Dr. Peterson and the nice hygienist for making it such a positive experience. My only regret...I didn't send the camera with Geoff to capture the moment!

Sharing a Room

This past week we finally got Carson's bed set up. We decided to paint the white crib black to go with the black dresser in Kolby's room. I had great intentions of making him some really cute bedding, but found this bedding at Target which already matches Kolby's sports-themed room and decided that I would much rather spend the money and save myself a lot of time and hassle. Kolby is so excited that he gets to share his room. I hope the excitement lasts. Carson still isn't sleeping in there yet, but Kolby asks me every night if I can put Carson in his bed so he can watch over him while he sleeps. Hopefully someday soon, but for now, Carson seems to prefer sleeping strapped into his car seat or snuggled up right next to me.

The Cutest Book...

Some friends stopped by last Sunday with a gift for Carson and part of the gift was this book, titled "You're All My Favorites" by Sam McBratney. It is the cutest book for a family with 3 kids...I would highly recommend it. It is about 3 little bears who begin to wonder how their parents can love them each equally when they are so different from each other. Of course the parents explain how it is possible for them to love each one of them so much. Our kids love the book and i love the sweet message.