Halloween

We had a great Halloween! Our family is a big fan of Halloween and everything that comes with it!

We carved our pumpkin, and oh my word I promise to start being a better photographer... I didn't get a pic of the finished masterpiece!! Ah well, the kids were much cuter and more fun to take pics of.

It is just downright funny to me to watch these two little munchkins and their different personalities. As you can tell, KynnLee thought the pumpkin guts were totally gross...


... and Jaden thought it was the coolest thing ever! Trevor suggested gloves, otherwise Jaden would have just dug in. He IS a little weird about the cleanliness of his hands though. :)


And of course Jaden just wouldn't be a real brother if he didn't tease his sister!





We have some plywood and other stuff sitting in our garage and I had the wild idea to make a haunted house out of it. I bought a bunch of little wooden Halloween nick-nacks a couple years ago and haven't done anything with them, so a Haunted House it is!

We started with the big piece of plywood and painted it all black. Yes KynnLee's jammies are too small, but they were the first ones I came across that I didn't care if they got paint on them.



And here is the finished (scary voice) Haunted House! We had a lot of fun doing it! The best part was that we already had all the supplies lying around the house!

We all had fun Trick-or-Treating. We let the kids go in the Viper, although I'm thinking a wagon would be ideal for Trick-or-Treating. You just can't trust a 6yr old to park a car in a good spot and be quick about it (it was cold doggonnit!). Ha ha, no Jaden did ok driving and parking. :)

Oh my word, this was hysterical! There's a house down the street that always goes all-out for Halloween with all kinds of monsters and such in their yard. Well, as I send the kids up to the door, I'm on the sidewalk by the guy you see below and he starts moving toward me!!! Scared the bajeebers out of me! He didn't move fast, or even say anything. So I motion for him to go after Jaden as he comes back... didn't even phase him! I'm such a sucker!

This random pic was on with my Halloween pics.... yes he was actually stuck.

Summer past-times

Summer quickly came to a close and I haven't posted much about how we spent our summer. Mr. Stubborn (aka Jaden) didn't want anything to do with removing training wheels from his bike. After some convincing he actually gave it a try. Here's how the first "no training wheels" session went.

He's good to go.... then crashes into the bench.


So we move and try another spot.

He's good to go.... then crashes into the bleachers.


I swear, I didn't purposely send the kid into obstacles!! We had a wide open space and EVERY time he would veer off and go for a crash into something dangerous! Luckily he never actually crashed into things, just came dangerously close!

Yeah, KynnLee enjoyed the show by drinking all Jaden's Gatorade. It was blasted hot!

Great job Jaden-boy! He did master the skill of riding a bike by the end of summer. :)

More Swimming

We got the chance to go swimming with Dad this summer too. We all had fun! Jaden even got brave and went down the big slide all by himself! We had to coax him into it the first time but after that he was a sliding FOOL!




Jaden thought he was funny playing with my foot, and well, since my toes looked so good (would you expect anything less?? :)) I thought it was totally picture-worthy!



These pics are for my feet-lovin friends out there!!