Our Halloween

We had a fun Halloween with this little bunch of Gobblins thanks to a surprise invitation from my sweet friend from this post.

We were so happy that we could all get together with so many sweet kiddos.

So off we went to the trick-or-treating...

Who wouldn't want to firemen showing up at their house?

So excited that they actually got some candy!

Me and the husband. I am dress as a stay-at-home witch and the husband is dressed up as himself - he went all out!

There was some of this, crazy candy face.


And some of this,

snuggles with mommy & daddy.

We love Halloween. Can't wait for next year!

OK Bakerella, here we go...

Surely you have heard of the Bakerella, but if not, check her out....

Bakerella's Blog

which is exactly where I got the recipe for these little cuties...

Mini Pumpkin Pie Bites

with a little cool whip for the kiddos

And a try at piping jack-o-lantern faces, came out more like smilie faces, but they sure look like happy little pumpkin pies.

So I am obviously no Bakerella, but they came out great! I'm kind of proud of myself.

They were a hit with these little guys,

then off for some quiet time on the couch with their respective cozy quilts watching Little Bear.

No school today for either of the boys

so we spent the afternoon making spookilies for the family room.

Lots of ghosts, bats, pumpkins, witches hanging from the family room ceiling.

We are ready for Halloween!

If only the temperature would drop out of the 90's - seriously it is almost November -

I cannot stand it anymore!

No Girls Allowed?!?

I picked up Big J from preschool today and went through the usual "how was you day, what fun things did you do today, etc...."

My sweet boy tells me that he only likes the nice girls (2 certain little girlies in his class) and that he does not like the other girls.

WHAT?? This is not like him at all ~ he is a little ladies man.

He tells me that one of the girls in his class is having a birthday party and only the girls are invited. So he tells me that for his birthday party, NO GIRLS ALLOWED, except for the 2 certain girlies he approves of, not the other girls.

OHHHHHHHHHH, I get it. His feelings were hurt because he wasn't invitied.

I told him that they are probably doing something girlie like a princess party or a tea party or some other craziness like that. He was not happy about this at all.

So my only question to him was, am I at least inivited to your birthday party?

He said yes.

We'll wait for his birthday June to see if this is still an issue.

In the meantime, I bet he has been making this face at certain little girls at preschool.

Stink Eye, Pink Eye

We brought home a present from Disney World. No, not the $10 dollar balloons (times 2), but pink eye and an upper respiratory infection (times 2). Yep, the Lil J and me are buddies and in this one together. We have been to our respective doctors and are medicined up and just hoping we heel before the big day - Halloween - and hoping Big J doesn't get it.

Not So Scary Halloween - Boo to You!

Our evening with The Mouse has come and gone and the boys are still talking about it. They were sooooo good. I cannot believe these kiddos. We did not take a stroller - yes people, no stroller! And these 2 boys were the best little troopers. I say this because the special party was from 7 pm through midnight. That is LATE for us!

They did great.

Here is Cinderella's castle as we were waiting for the parade.

It changed colors all night as the villians took over the castle. So cute!
Here is me and my Lil J at the parade, he had a good view and was waving at all of the characters go by yelling "Happy Halloween!"

(and yes, I made my Boo shirt :D)

This is my Big J driving the race cars - his absolute favorite ride, until tonight.
His new favorite is Goofy's Barnstormer rollercoaster.

Here he is, the husband himself with our Lil J, lookin' a little green after the roller coaster. He was OK though!

LOVE the decorations!

Big J and the Big Mouse

The Tea Cups

And yes, I am a SUCKER and I bought the kiddos the $10 balloons, hey its Halloween!

We had an awesome time as a family. This was a wonderful present from the Husband who got this for our family to celebrate our first 10 years together as a couple. Yep 10 years ago yesterday the hubs asked me to be his girlfriend - such a dork - but I guess it worked.

Awwww, thanks B!

Breakfast for Dinner

Who doesn't love breakfast for dinner?

I made it a little extra fun tonight for my sweet boys. I added some mini M&M's to the waffle mix and they were SO happy ~ this is their favorite candy.

(did I mention that both of my boys were M&M's last year for Halloween?

The husband was SOOOO very happy about these costumes.)

I even got a couple of "mmmmmmmmm's" and "mommy this is better than good" from Big J. Lil J was waitin' on the bacon and even trying to steel some from everyone's plate.

The brotherly love even came out tonight when we told Lil J no more bacon, Big J gave him some of his. Awwww, they do love each other!

(Lil J's 1st Halloween, he was 9 months old here - Big J is 2).

I love it when everyone actually eats dinner and likes it! So many nights I make it and then it goes in the trash or to the puppy (who by the way is now almost 5o lbs at 5 months old!)

We are patiently waiting on Halloween to arrive, Disney's Not-So-Scary Halloween party is this weekend. Hopefully Big J's Fireman costume arrives in time. Come on UPS man!!!

The Pumpkin Patch

It's here, it's here! The cold front came and Fall is here, we celebrated this weekend by going straigt to the pumpkin patch. I love pumpkins and cold weather

what a wonderful weekend!

Here is my Lil J

And my Big J

Looking for the biggest pumpkin at the pumpkin patch.

Me and my babies.

My sweet Lil J with his pumpkin.

Our silly potato head pumpkin family.

A view from our front door and yes that is sidewalk chalk on my door...

hey, we have little kids, what do you expect?

Now we are just waiting for the big night, Halloween night will be here soon.

We have had another costume change, now both boys are going to be firemen. They are in love with this Fireman Sam show on the PBS on demand. So this is the final costume change and hopefully they will be happy as can be in their costumes.