Happy Halloween!

We have had a lot of fun with Halloween this year. It's much different with Easton being old enough to have fun! We got to go to both grandparents' trunk-or-treats and had a great time at each! We were supposed to have a party with friends Friday night, but it was cancelled which allowed us to go to my parents' truck-or-treat. So we took the veggies and dip we were going to bring to the party up to Sandy.

Picasso Pumpkin

Sick!

We went out of our way to find a pumpkin patch where you could pick your own pumpkin off the vine. When we got there the lady said, "Well they're pretty picked over. We have a few left over here." And she pointed to some terrible looking pumpkins on the side of the road! But I can't tell people "no" so we just picked out our pumpkins and pretended to be happy with them:) Now I'm wondering if the huge sign that said, "Pick your own" meant "choose" your own... hmm...

We carved them Sunday after naps. I wanted to use an idea I saw on Pinterest and carve lines of little holes down the lines of the pumpkins with a drill. Easton was all over that. But he wasn't about to touch all the yucky stuff inside!

After that we made carmel apples.

For Halloween dinner we had a yummy mummy chicken braid. I also played a Halloween trick on the boys by turning the rice and cheese sauce green with food coloring. (They were supposed to be purple and orange, but I didn't have red food coloring for some reason!) Tyson had a hard time eating it:) But it tasted great!

Here's the Halloween cuties before we went trick or treating. The green pumpkins are the ones that grew in our backyard thanks to our neighbor's vine that grew under our fence. I think they're so cute!

Callan wishing he could eat up Easton's loot.

Callan in his "My First Halloween" jammies.

Easton wasn't all that in to the trick or treating. He just wanted to go home and veg. So we had hot chocolate with marshmallows and watched "Scared Shrekless" which was really sick and weird.

Tyson took a picture of our glowing pumpkins for me:)

Easton wasn't quite ready for bed (sugar high) so he and Tyson are watching Snow White and the Three Stooges. I think I got it for a white elephant last year and it's kinda fun!

Here's the Halloween pictures we took a while ago off of our photo blog in case you missed them.

Cal Cal the Cow Cow

Cousin Crew Dogg in a pumpkin. Cal got in the pumpkin too, but it didn't go well...

Cosmo Crew Dogg

Happy Halloween!

It's Now or Never!

I've been waiting and waiting for a better day to take pictures of the house for everyone to see... but I've come to the realization that it's never going to get any cleaner and there will always be another project. In October I get a little stressed about blogging because my yearly blog books end in October so if I don't do it now, it'll have to wait till next year's book. So here's our house!

Warning: these pictures were taken by me, not Tyson. Yes, I used a flash. The walls are gray, not purple or yellow, or whatever color they look...

Master Bath

Downstairs Bath

Living Room

TV... Area?

Kitchen

Master Bedroom

Easton's Bedroom

Had to copy these rain gutter book shelves from my cute cousin... :)

Callan's Room

By the way, I uploaded ALL these pictures onto our photo blog on accident first. It took forever!

Cornbelly's

Let me tell you it has not been the best week at our house. I just hate sickness! Nothing gives me more anxiety than hearing my kids cough the same cough that is on that whooping cough commercial. You know-the one on TLC. Easton is getting over the croup. He can breathe easily now, but still has that nasty lingering cough. I spent the first few nights of the week sleeping (or not sleeping) with Callan on the couch. He SCREAMED all night long for most of those nights. He had a really snotty nose, but it didn't seem like croup. I finally took him in to the doctor to get his ears checked. But no. I don't think any of my kids will ever have an ear infection. I'm not that lucky. The doctor said it must be his teeth. I kinda figured since I can see two coming in, but man - the kid is a sensitive teether!

Well, the next half of the week didn't get much better. I spent those nights on the couch with Callan as well, but this time with croup! The poor kid. I don't think it's gotten him as bad as it got Easton, but in combination with the teething it's kind of been a beast. Tyson had a test yesterday so he wasn't too much help this week. Wait, I shouldn't say that - he was a LOT of help - just not as much as he would have been had he not had a test. Don't worry he passed. It's such a relief to get that phone call at noon every other Friday and know that we have an entire three days to spend together!

We decided to go to Cornbelly's Friday night. It was really last minute since the boys are sick, but we just can't stay cooped up in the house any longer! I figured an outdoor place would be ok.

I think Easton's favorite part was jumping around on the hay bales. We should have planned ahead better - he could have used a buddy! I guess mom and dad just aren't that much fun!

We waited in line for the cow train forever. When it was almost our turn Easton said, "I didn't really want to go on it. I was just kidding." Well, tough! We waited way too long to turn back now! He looked pretty bored for the whole ride.

I think my favorite part of the night was sitting on the bench waiting for Easton on the cow train. We forgot the strollers, but we had the baby carrier in the back of the car. My shoulders were killing me by the end of the night!

Callan's such a sweetie. He's so miserable yet still so pleasant.

And here are the little buggers that have been giving us so much trouble all week! Teeth numbers 5 and 6! They better come through soon!

And one more thing. I've discovered a miracle this week! It's this CD my grandma gave me a little while ago:

We've been having a lot of trouble with Easton and his naps. When he doesn't nap he is SO DANG NAUGHTY. I mean really bad. So I told him that mom and dad really want him to start taking good naps on his bed so he can start making better choices. I got him some gold fish crackers and told him he could read on his bed, but not to come out or else I would have to lock the door. I put in this CD and he was out like a light! AND it worked again today.

MIRACLE!

Need I say more?