Halloween 2007
Halloween 2009
Ryan wore Zach’s Buzz Lightyear costume from 2 years ago. Zach, unfortunately, could not wear Ryan’s Woody costume! (We did steal the belt and sheriff star badge though.) You would never guess that Zach is actually 6 months younger than Ryan.
And now I promise I’ll stop posting Halloween pictures.
Well, after this one…
Pretty sure that’s the cutest little princess I’ve ever seen in my life.
Comments closedHalloween weekend was fun, but so busy that I still feel like I’m behind. We spent Friday night with my Dad and his wife, then Saturday we headed up to my sister’s house and pretty much spent the rest of the weekend there.
The kids got to Trick or Treat with their cousins through my sister’s neighborhood. We had an alien, Woody and Buzz Lightyear (from Toy Story), Mickey and Minnie, and my little princess. I couldn’t even keep up with Zach (though I was lagging behind a bit waiting on tiny princess legs to catch up). Evie finally figured out what was going on about 2/3 of the way through and started trying to push her way through the boys so she could get to the door and say “Tick ‘o’ Teet!”
At one point, Evie started asking for her Aunt Tanya. When I pointed ahead of us and told her that Tanya was way up there, she looked up at me, said “Run, Run!” and started running to catch up. Maybe you had to be there, but I think it was pretty much the cutest thing ever. She kept yelling, “Running, Running!” until we caught up. (So maybe it was cuter if you could actually hear her and see her little face light up as she ran.)
I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t get some better pictures of the kids in their costumes, but it was rather crazy with all six kids running around. I do seem to be missing a few that I thought were uploaded to flickr though, so I guess I’m going to have to check my camera again for the rest.
This week’s I ♥ Faces challenge is “Balloons” and I had to do some digging to come up with my photo since I didn’t have a chance to get any balloon shots this week. I think I may have missed the deadline, but I’m going to go ahead and post this anyway because it’s just so cute.
This picture was taken at Zach’s 2nd birthday party. The party was supposed to be outdoors, but we woke up to a wet, rainy day. Instead, we came up with a few games and blew up a ton of balloons for the kids to play with inside. They had a blast!
Be sure to check out some of the other fun balloon shots over at I ♥ Faces!
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In my last post I asked for scarf pattern recommendations and Marilyn suggested that I get on Ravelry and look up the Drop Stitch Scarf pattern. Since she’s all kinds of awesome, I took it to heart and jumped on Ravelry. There were lots of scarf patterns listed under “Drop Stitch Scarf” but I’m pretty sure this is the one she meant in her suggestion.
I took a look at the pattern, decided I could handle it and cast on that night. I cast on with size 9 circulars because apparently I don’t have any straight needles in that size, but it seems to be working out ok. I will admit to having to rip out a couple rows due to accidentally dropping the wrong stitch and not noticing until I was a couple rows past it, but overall this is a fun pattern. All of the yarn overs and stitch dropping can be a little scary at first but I think it will turn out great.
The only drawback is I think this one is going to require blocking when I’m all done and I’ve never blocked anything (Shhhh…don’t tell the knitters!) I guess I’ll have something new to learn, eh?
Anyway, this is as far as I’ve gotten on it so far because I was busy making Halloween cookies last night but I plan on working on it some more tonight while I watch my shows.
3 CommentsI debated where to post this entry because it really could work as a recipe post or even a crafty post, but really it is just about me and my boy having fun in the kitchen so I’m posting it here.
Back in early September I was walking around Dollar Tree and spotted a bag of Halloween cookie cutters. I couldn’t pass them up for the grand price of $1.00 so I bought them and stashed them away. Well, apparently Halloween is coming up in a couple of days (whether I’m ready or not) so I told Zach that we could go ahead and make some cookies using them tonight.
(And when I say *make* cookies, I mean roll out the Pillsbury pre-made cookie dough, cut out the shapes, bake, and then decorate with pre-made icing. One of these days I’ll do it from scratch but I’m just not there yet.)
Zach and Evie both helped with the cookie cutters while I rolled out the dough and placed each cutout on the cookie sheet for baking. Evie got bored after the first few and went off with Daddy while Zach and I finished up. I was a little disappointed because for some reason I can never get sugar cookies to bake without spreading and flattening out so some of the shapes didn’t come out too well. Zach didn’t seem to mind though.
I had planned on baking the cookies tonight and then decorating tomorrow because I knew it would make for a late night but Zach was having so much fun I gave in and we started decorating. I think he got about four cookies done before he was too “tired” to do any more. He munched on a couple of cookies, then headed off to bed and left me to finish the rest.
Some of them came out nice, some didn’t. But, the important part is that we had fun together, right?
Here are Zach’s masterpieces:
A group shot:
And my very favorite one* that I love so much I won’t be able to stand to eat it:
*The idea for the spiderweb design came from another blog (I believe she used it on cupcakes?) that I read this week but I can’t for the life of me remember which one. If anyone knows, please tell me!
Also, sorry about the crappy photos but I was too lazy to go get a real camera and took these with my iphone!
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I knew it would happen one day, I just assumed it was still a ways off…a long ways off. It happened without me even really noticing at first. I had been working all day cleaning out my closet and dresser, doing laundry, and just general house cleaning type of stuff. I finally decided I was done for the day and sat down in my comfy chair to relax for a bit. There I was minding my own business when I realized there were no little people in the room, just me and Hubby.
It was so QUIET.
It was quiet in a way that seemed so wrong, yet so right at the same time. I heard some giggles coming from the back of the house, but that didn’t ruin my moment of pure bliss. It was then that I realized my two kids were in the bedroom playing together. Evie, who is usually contained to the living room/playroom area by baby gates had escaped and gone back to watch TV with her brother.
They were playing and laughing and having the best time together. It’s not that they don’t play together, because they do all the time. The difference was that there was no screaming or crying or fussing. I didn’t have to jump up twenty times to see who was hurt or which one had stolen a toy from the other. They were just having fun together.
I sat in the living room with Hubby just enjoying the sounds of my kids being not only brother and sister, but friends. The fact that they were entertaining each other and not using me for a jungle gym or crying, “Mommy, Mommy, MOMMY!” was just icing on the cake.
It was one of those moments that reminds you just how worth it it all is. All the day-to-day stuff just pushes itself away and isn’t so important.
Later that night, as I was putting Evie to bed, Zach gave his sister a big hug and said, “Sissy, you’re my best friend!” And my heart melted into a gigantic puddle of goo.
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