halloween + my kids

a nerd, a witch, a cat and a wizard

1. after tennis practice on friday, kaylee and the girls got ready for halloween.

2. i made kaylee's favorite sloppy joes, cheesy hash browns and fruit salad.  ashley and family brought an apple pie.

3. our other neighbors brought over some brownies with marshmallow ghost and frankensteins on them.

4. i also went and bought a 3 gal tub of chicago style popcorn on a whim. (i divided it into halloween bags and gave them to whoever we know!)

5. i wanted to stay and pass out candy this year but the other mom's were walking so i had to go leaving mike and ashley's dad behind.

6. after trick or treating, our neighbor's invited us in for some birthday ice cream cake. we ended up staying till 1:30 AM- i know! such party animals! (mike went home around 10:00)

7.  rest of the weekend was spent relaxing. i ended up crying for about an hour on sunday morning. just had a bad week and needed to get it all out.

8. while i still feel sad, my kids make me happy. (and today is a new day!)

9. later in the day ham said something funny (he doesn't know about my melt down) and kaylee is just a farting machine.

10. sunday's we let kaylee sleep in our room on our couch. as she was laying there she said she felt like she was in isolation even though the couch is about 2 feet away. funny little girl!

halloween + a fun video

 halloween 2013 with our "nerdy" neighbor

halloween from 2008- 2012

1. kaylee ended up being a candy thief this year. which was a great hit. i love it when no else is wearing the same thing.

2. i made her mask out of felt and sewed stretchy band around it and her bag is a pillow case that i painted. love that she can wear the clothes again.

3. the night ended up being perfect. the rain stopped and it wasn't too hot or too chilly.

4. mike was suppose to take her around but i went instead since merribelle + ashley mom's were going. 

5. mike was in rare form anyway so i didn't want him going around being all loud and obnoxious. ashley's dad ended up hanging out with mike once they caught up to us.

6. sad, we didn't get to end our tradition with birthday cake for anderson. [he was at tennis and then had to go to the library]

7. i painted the trim in ham's bathroom yesterday. i think it looks awesome but i'm sure ham will find something to complain about.

8. after a few errands this morning, i'm going to start painting his room.

9. one wall will be the same color as the bathroom trim and the others will be white. [photos soon]

10. and some fun entertainemnt: i've been watching this over and over. it makes me happy.