Halloween Pictures

In spite of the chilly weather on Saturday night, we still managed to break our record for trick-or-treaters at our house.

Brady had a fun time handing out candy and he even managed to hit up a couple of houses with Daddy, Uncle Jason, and Grandpa. In the short 1/2 hr. or so that he was gone he managed to come home with quite a bag-full of candy. The funny thing is that all he really cares about are the suckers. The rest of it he could do without :).

Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Laura, and Uncle Jason came over before the madness began and we ate some pizzas from Costco and some owl cupcakes. Thanks Auntie Laura.

Also, later in the evening, Brady had a great time beating Grandpa at Mario Kart. He could hardly stop laughing about it all night.

We hope everyone else had a great night too!

Halloween

I've never been a big fan of Halloween. Call me a party pooper, but in my opinion, it's way too expensive and meaningless.

Sure, I've been known to dress my boys in costumes, to eat too much candy, to put out my pumpkin decorations, and even to take Brady out trick-or-treating once. But, I still don't really care for the so-called holiday.

To prove this point, let's look back at the Halloween experiences I've had since being a mommy.

This was Brady's first Halloween (at 4 months old). He was a lion (in a costume we got from a friend).

On Brady's second Halloween, he was 16 months old. This year I bought this puppy costume for about $5 at K-mart. This year also brings bad memories of Brady's first stitches in his forehead.

This is Brady's third Halloween and Logan's first (2 years old and 4 months old). Do you like my costume choices? Remember what I said about not liking Halloween?

Ok, this is Brady's 4th Halloween and Logan's 2nd. Logan has now taken over on the puppy costume and he's appears happy to have done so. Don't you think? Brady's costume is one I also got for $5 on a post Halloween sale when he was 4 months old. It just finally fit him this year (and he was finally not afraid of it anymore too).

And this is Brady's one and only trick-or-treating experience. He had a ton of fun going door to door, but he really didn't eat hardly any of his loads of candy.

So, I bet you'll never guess what costumes the boys will be sporting this year for Halloween. To be quite honest, I was going to completely boycott Halloween this year and skip costumes and trick or treating all together. And then I found out that Brady needs a costume for his preschool class party.

So, as Brady and I browsed Wal-mart.com and Craigslist looking for incredibly cheap costumes, Brady announced to me that he really wanted to be Tigger this year. Amazing, I thought! Way too easy. I then showed him pictures of himself as Tigger last year, and he confirmed that Tigger is what he wanted to be again.

Yesterday Brady helped me tear apart the garage, and we finally located the Tigger and puppy costumes from last year. So, to answer the question....Brady will be Tigger and Logan will be the puppy once again.

Our plans for this year? Well, we are staying home this year. We are having my parents and Laura and Jason down to have some pizzas, and we will let Brady hand out candy to the children who come to trick-or-treat at our house. I am fairly certain that Brady and Logan will get their fill of candy and fun this way while staying nice and warm inside.

Happy Halloween!

(don't spend too much money or eat too much candy :).

Happy Birthday!

Wow, it's been a long time since I last posted on here. I am becoming one of those bloggers that I dislike so much :). I guess I'll have to blame it on a busy weekend of almost selling our car, fixing our slow computer, working both days, and dealing with a sick Logan.

But for today, I want to say Happy Birthday to two very special people. Today is Uncle Jason's birthday (I won't say how old), and Grandma's birthday too (I won't give her age away either). Let me just say that they are both getting older :).

I am happy to report that both Jason and my mom are doing things they love today for their birthdays. Laura and Jason took this week off work to relax and make plans as they feel like it. It looks like a gorgeous week, so hopefully they'll be able to pack it as full as they'd like (or just stay home and relax, if they'd like).

This is quite the variety of pictures, but it's the best I could do. It seems that every picture I have of Jason, he is either with Laura or one of my children...imagine that!

My mom and dad are just starting their 16 day vacation. When I spoke with them last night, they were attempting to find a campground on some dark, country roads in Indiana. They were laughing hysterically, and had pulled safely into the campground when I let them go. They will not be returning home until Oct. 3!

Happy Birthday Mom and Jason! We love you both so much and hope you're having a great time on your vacations!!