Trick or Treating early

We took our kids to the Legacy Center to go Trick or Treating. We went last year and they really enjoyed it. This was Jonah's first time trick or treating and he was adorable. He wouldn't take the trick or treat bag off his arm. He was even unsure of letting people near it (even if it was to put stuff in). I must say, he makes an adorable pumpkin.


The girls were so excited to take pictures with the princesses. The person handing out candy told them they should just stand there all night and be part of the display.
























Two pumpkins. How cute.

Digital Scrapbooking

Ok, so I'm considering getting into digital scrapbooking and my sister (who's also thinking about it) found this really cool site. It has searches for all the free downloads and has them on one site. Yes, I have been ignoring my children way too much today, but I'm almost done downloading.

http://digifree.blogspot.com/2008/10/freebies-previews-7-of-7-27-oct-la.html

Out to Dinner

Catherine has been asking us for quite awhile to take her out to dinner, so tonight we took them out to Macaroni Grill (that's the macaroni restaurant she's been asking to go). Catherine's been getting better at going (though we haven't been in a long time), but I have to say I was sooo impressed. Tonight was the first time my kids were actually entertained by those coloring/activity books they give you at the restaurant, and not just to scribble in. Catherine was doing the word search and Megan was actually coloring the pictures. If Jonah hadn't have been there it would have been an enjoyable evening at a restaurant. I don't think I've said that with kids in the same sentence. I can't blame Jonah too much though. He did good for an 18 month old at a restaurant.

The Party's Over

So here are some of the highlights of our party. We had a lot of fun. Dan did a great job on the games.
Here is the totally awesome scarecrow Dan made. It will probably be put away this weekend until Halloween night. After Dan put it up on Friday I kept hearing kids screaming outside. It was pretty funny.







My favorite part of Halloween parties is seeing what creative costumes people come up with and lots of times the most creative cost the least.



Here we have the pregnant "Sister Morrell", the devil and the pregnant nun. They funny thing is, none of them knew each other before the party. I just had to get a picture of them all together. Cara, as the pregnant nun, won the "Funniest Costume" award, though Becca, the pregnant Sister Missionary, was a close second.

Zorro or Wesley? All night long people would say how cool his Zorro costume was and that she was Catherine Zeta Jones. Problem was, he was Wesley from Princess Bride and she was Princess Buttercup. Oops! Larry tied for "Most Original" Costume.







Our devil and angel here won the "Best Couple" costume. He also was a close runner up for cutest costume. This is actually the second time they've won the "Best Couple" costume award at our parties. I guess they're the two to beat.





David was hilarious (as usual) and made a great joker. He won hands down as the "Best Costume" overall and won "Scariest Costume." Debora won the "Cutest Costume" this year.






Matt was the other who tied for "Most Orignal Costume" with the gangster costume. He was hilarious and should have gotten funniest, in my opinion. But, we vote so my opinion isn't the only one who counts. When he turns around, you'd see why his should have been the funniest. You can see his wife is the pregnant Sister Missionary. Boy, her Mission President would love that.





I was the infamous "Mad Scientist" as you could tell by the food. And Dan was our Mexican Revolutionist. He was hilarious also, though he couldn't stay in character all night because he had to act as host also.











By the end of the night, Dan was bone-tired (ha,ha) as you can see.

I wasn't able to post everyone's pictures. They're just too many. It was a lot of fun though and we're already coming up with ideas for next year.

Handwritting

I don't know when others starting playing around with how they write, but I know I didn't start when I was in kindergarten. Catherine came home from school the other day and was very proud of herself and when I went to her teacher conference last night, her teacher said she was very surprised because most kindergarteners don't play with their lettering. I remember when I was older playing with how I wrote and exploring new ways of writing and what I liked best.

Miserable time

I know I went from having a wonderful time and now it's a miserable time? Saturday night Catherine came down with the flu and I was up all night with her throwing up. Of course, she only wanted mommy. Then yesterday, Megan was playing with the ear thermometer and wanted her temperature taken and when I took it, just playing around with her, it turns out she had a temperature. Great. Out of curiousity, I took Jonah's, who was fine, and mine, and I had a temperature. That would explained why I didn't feel the greatest yesterday. To make a long story short, the rest of us came down with the flu last night... Dan, me, Megan and Jonah all at the same time. I know, I know.. Who's supposed to take care of whom when you're all throwing up in the bathroom. I've never been more grateful for having more than one bathroom. Though we're (Dan & I) are exhausted today, we're all on the upside. Of course, Megan and Jonah are acting like nothing ever happened. Why can't they just want to lay around and recover when I want to lay around and recover. Oh well.

My week

Sorry I don't have any pictures for this week. Hopefully I'll get on the ball soon. We had our sewing classes this week and they went really well. I've even had a couple of people tell me they've worked on their projects (pillowcases) at home or have started other projects. I'm really excited and having lots of fun teaching it.

Update on Catherine's hearing test. It was fine, just like I thought. She's just wiggly, which makes the numbers come out lower. Imagine that, a 5 year old who's wiggly. I just can't imagine. It also means that when I have to call her name more than once to get her attention, she's can't use the excuse she can't hear me. She's just being 5.

Megan and Jonah are driving me nuts. If she isn't teasing and making him scream, he's pulling her hair and trying to get his way. And I thought it would be easier with just the two of them while Catherine's at school. I know, I know. This too shall pass. We're just trying to teach her not to tease and him not to be a brut. If he wants something he will pull or push you where he wants you to be to get what he wants. It'll be fun when he's older, right.

Today my wonderful husband took care of the kids and let me do whatever I want. It was a in return of his going to all the BYU football games and leaving me at home every Saturday while he does what he wants. I'm beginning to like football season. I spent a lovely 4 hours at the Family History Library (by myself) (with no kids). It was great. Of course I didn't find what I was looking for, but I did find lots of stuff I wasn't looking for. Such is the way of genealogy. I guess I'll just have to go back soon. Oh darn!

Well, back to inputting the names and places into my genealogy program.