Happy Halloween!

On Halloween night, we went with our friends, Mat and Darbi and their kids, to an outdoor shopping area to go trick-or-treating. It was fun and Kate loved finding other Dorothy's like her (she became instant friends with them). She also liked seeing all the other people dressed up and when she would go up to get candy she would ask them what they were and then proceed to tell them "I'm a Dorothy doll" and then tell them what each of her friends were too. It was funny. I had to keep pushing her along to keep her going. She also wasn't shy about going up and getting candy from them. It was fun to see her having fun. We came home and then had some trick-or-treaters come to our house. Kate liked answering the door and seeing what the costumes were. The night was rough though... Kate and Preston both threw up in the night. Kate came to us at 3:30 am saying she had thrown up, but I couldn't understand what she was saying and finally she said " I. THREW. UP!" Then I understood. :) I'm not sure if it was too much candy or what. Today, they seem fine.

It was ironic because both times I had to get Kate dressed as Dorothy (last week for our ward halloween party and then last night) she loved getting into her costume and wig. However, Preston cried the entire time and would gag and throw up while getting him ready. It was crazy that he acted the same way both times. The minute I started getting Kate ready he would start to cry. What's with that?!

We're Not in Kansas Anymore!

Here are the kiddos in their Halloween costumes. Let's just say it was crazy on Saturday. Kyle left around 3:30 to go set up the Spook House at the Church and wouldn't be back home (the ward halloween party started at 5 pm) and so I had to get both kids ready on my own. I had no idea how I would do Preston as a scarecrow so I made it up as I went. He screamed the entire time I was stapling raffia to his clothes. Then he coughed, gagged and threw up on his overalls. Totally stressful for me. Then I forgot about the cornbread cooking in the oven and raced downstairs to pull it out, luckily it wasn't too overdone. I loaded the kids up, the food, the candy, the hula hoops (for a game) and the prizes. We made it and Preston was super good the rest of the night and didn't even pull at the raffia until right before we were leaving. He even left his hat on- miracle!

Kate and her friend Alyssa. There was black wig hair wrapped around that carmel apple sucker of Kate's. DISGUSTING!

Jackson (munchkin), Preston (scarecrow) and Dallin (monkey)- the three boys born last October.

I love this picture of them checking each other out. My friend, Jeanne, handmade those munchkin shoes!!! Impressive. (Jeanne was Dorothy too!)

Our latest

Tonight is our ward Halloween Party (it's called Boogly Nights) with food, games and trunk-or-treating. I will probably put on my awesome bowling outfit complete with shoes (not sure if Kyle will again) for the party tonight. Kate is "Dorothy" and I'm going to try and make Preston a scarecrow.

Yesterday was busy, but fun. We went to a friend's house for lunch, made roll-out sugar cookies shaped liked pumpkins, bats and moons then, frosted and decorated them with Darbi and her kids in the afternoon. I also watched a friend's kid in the afternoon (he slept for 3 hours! Where can I get a kid like that?!). That was the easiest babysitting I've ever done. :)

On Wednesday, my parents and sister, Sara, came over to trade in a car and buy a car in Bellevue so they swung up here after buying the car and I had yummy taco salads ready for them. I made the taco shells homemade- so easy and so good. Then my ultra kid friendly Dad (for real- he is so patient!) stayed home with Kate and Preston while my Mom, Sara and I hit the mall. We found lots of great shirts for my Mom and Sara found plenty of things to buy too, of course. After Kyle got off work, we all headed down to Southcenter to meet Marci at Cheesecake Factory to have dinner. My Mom had made these cute pumpkins out of a paper bag and filled them with candy. When she gave Kate one, Kate said, "ohhh" all tenderly and went and showed my Dad and said, "it's so cute!" We thought that was pretty funny how she reacted to it. I'm glad she appreciated it so much. It was a fun day.

To Bowl or Not to Bowl...

We are so not the type of people to dress up for Halloween, but we were invited to a couples Halloween party and decided to be brave and dress up- gasp! Kyle's work has put on two bowling tournaments in the past couple of years and has made bowling shirts for each team. He has 2 lovely bowling shirts now in his closet and we decided to put them to good use again and be bowlers for the party. I really wanted to find bowling shoes to complete the ensemble so I thought of asking bowling alleys if they had any old shoes they were going to throw away or are needing to get rid of. After calling three different bowling alleys, the last one I called I talked to a lady who was SO nice and said "oh yeah, we can definitely find you some. What sizes did you need?" She was so giving and super friendly about it while the other places were "no we don't have any old shoes" and "I'll have to see, we are getting new shoes in and will be throwing out some old one's, but I don't know..." Needless to say I was excited with this lady who was so willing to help me out! She didn't even charge me. Our costume was complete now! We put a fake mustache on Kyle and slicked his hair down. He looked so funny and I couldn't stop laughing and if he rubbed or itched his nose he would smear the black eyeliner. We were both cracking up. I put my hair in pigtails and put my wrist brace on that I have for when I get tendonitis. People at the party were like "what did you do to your wrist?" And I said, "oh, I'm protecting my bowling hand." I'm such a good actor. (HA!) It was fun to go to the party to see everyone else that dressed up. Some people are so creative with their costumes. It was a good night out with good food and good friends.