Trick or Treating and the Traveling Bowl

We had a fairy, ninja, and lion grace our house this Halloween!Our little lion two fisted his candy the entire time. Whenever we handed him his pumpkin bucket to go to a door and get candy, he'd just pull out his already existing candy and two fist it :)My two favorite Halloween pics. . .We went to a few houses in our neighborhood. . .see what I mean? Who needs more candy when you can just pull out candy out of your bucket? And then our "tradition" is to go to my parents house for pizza and more trick or treating! The kids could hardly wait to get over to Grammy and Grampas for pizza with the cousins!Thanks for the special treat bags and pizza! We also went to a Fall party at our church Wed night! On our drive to church we always pass under a tunnel, raise our arms and honk the horn. . .when Trey sees the tunnel coming he gets ready!
And what were GooF and I for Halloween? Pumpkins of course! It's tradition!As for the traveling bowl. As a wedding present, we got this blue bowl. As newlyweds, we wondered what we'd use it for so we passed it on to GooF's best man as a housewarming gift. Well, it then went to some other college friends on their wedding day, and around it's gone between 3 couples. . .weddings, new babies, moves. . .any reason to pass it on :) And we've even begun filling it with diapers, baby clothes, etc! The bowl has been at our home since Trey's birth, but on Halloween one of the couples welcomed precious little (well, not so little :) )Fletcher into their family! CONGRATS! Did I mention I got to snuggle him when he was only a few hours old?!

Pajama Day, plus some

For Ainsley's fall party at preschool, the kids (and mommies) got to wear pajamas! I LOVE PAJAMAS, and so does Ainsley, so we could hardly wait! It was the first time I helped out in her classroom and I completely enjoyed my morning at preschool!

Ellie and Ainsley held hands for the longest time :) so cute. . .

At circle time the teacher asked what happens in November and Ainsley replied that the WALL-E movie comes out on DVD on Nov 18th :) When the teacher asked what they knew about Thanksgiving, Ainsley said, "The horn of plenty!" She's taking after her daddy, sitting up in the front :)

Our littlest pumpkin is almost 15 months old!!!!Plus, we're gearing up for sledding season around here :)

Christmas card PHOTO FLOPS!

I decided if I wanted a Christmas pic of the kids outdoors I better do it while it's still nice, so off we went to a scenic park. I packed suckers and chips in case I needed bribes :) Here's to the Christmas card photos that DIDN'T turn out! On Take 1, Trey was crying. . .not quite what I envisioned for a Christmas card photo, but still cute :). . .On Take 2, Trey was crying again and Porter was eating a bribery chip :) On Take 3, again, not quite what I imagined :)I DID thankfully get a photo where everyone was smiling, but you'll just have to wait and check your mailbox in December :)
I also captured them just playing between Take 1, 2, 3, and 4!

Sunny Saturday

It was beautiful outside today, so we tried to soak up some rays before winter hits! We took the kids to a Cougar girls soccer game. . .GooF kept teasing me for saying, "The goal is so big. . .why can't they get it in there?!" And this would be how Porter was dressed for the game. . .Old Navy had a big sale this morning and if the kids came dressed in costumes they got to pick out a free shirt! I am all about free shirts, so we were there! Plus, the Old Navy costumes were all 5 dollars. . .well, we got a free 5 dollar off coupon when we walked in the store, so the Ninja costume came home with us and it's been on Porter ever since :) Check out the free shirts. . .yes, they're both a size 4T :) We continued soaking up Vitamin D by CARVING PUMPKINS!And then painting them!This post would now be over, except that there were some surprise pics on the camera taken by daddy! GooF says he knows nothing about this :) Tubby time when mom is out. . I guess the bathroom was quite wet :) But boy, does Porter look like he's enjoying it!

And for my "not me" of the day. . . We went on a walk around the block today, and someone DID NOT once again say to me, "You have your hands full!" 3 children ages 1 to 4. . .full hands. . .NOT ME!

Blessed?! YES ME!

Turn up the Volume!

Turn up the volume on your computer, get off your computer chair, dance around your room, and lift your voice to God as you sing the song my man just uploaded on my blog for me. . .Mighty to Save, by Laura Story. Sometimes when a song comes on the radio, like this one, it stirs up a dance party at our home (by myself, with the kids, or with my man). I love praising God with my voice and my moves :)

SO.CUTE.

Ainsley looked SO.CUTE. (on the inside and out:)) heading off to preschool today!I want her sweater in my size! I bet you wish you could've seen Porter in this coat :)

You can be in prayer for us as we make schooling decisions in the next couple of months!! Porter has a May birthday, so we could put him in a Pre-Kindergarten program next year and kindergarten the following year, or 2 years of preschool. And Miss Ainsley. . .we're planning on sending her to public school, but the idea of homeschooling keeps popping up EVERYWHERE.

Porter just said, "Let's go pick Ainsley up from preschool!" :) I'm sure he misses picking on and loving on his big sis, but I also think he's looking forward to the butterbraid samples at preschool today and the juicbox in the van :)

Recipes

by Ainsley (age 4 1/2) and Porter (age 3)

The kids made up recipes, and gave GooF and I the giggles in the process
"SUGAR FROSTED COOKIES, by Ainsley
1 c flour, that's what you put in 1st
3 eggs
2 scoops sugar, that's brown sugar
Next, 4 c sugar, white sugar
1 c flour
1 tsp vanilla
Then you mix them together. Then put the frosting on after you bake them. Cook until they turn white with sugar on them."

"BLUEBERRY BUTTERSCOTCH COOKIES with Butterscotch in them, by Porter
5 c sugar, the kind we have
5 c flour
Sprinkles on it, 5 c
5 c chocolate"

After persistance from Ainsley and daddy, he then added. . .

"blueberries out of blueberry yogurt 4 c
butterscotch in it"
"Bake 1 min. A little hot and a little cold oven. MAKE A LOT SO WE CAN SHARE WITH BRIDGER AND TAETUM!"

I am not recommending trying these at home :) Although the kids asked if we could!