Halloween 2011

This year, we spent Halloween over at the Kuhn's house and their neighborhood.  It was a very low-key trick-or-treating night because it was a school night.  My parents joined us which is a first ever!!  Now that my dad is retired, he got to see the kids up close and personal instead of in pictures later!  He dressed as a beach bum for the night!!!  Jill's parents also went and her mom stayed with baby Emerson so Jill could go with the other 3 boys!  We went out around 6 and went down their street and one other small section.  The kids were all wonderful and had a great time!  The amount of candy was crazy but they were so happy!  It is days like this that I don't want them to grow up and not enjoy these days like they do now!  So grateful for wonderful friends and wonderful times!

Dorothy and the Tin Man ready for the night!

Poppi is crazy!

They are now called "The big kids!"

Sawyer joined our picture too!

Seriously?!  I am sure that people enjoyed our Peeping Toms!

All of the loot!!!

Tooth decay waiting to happen!

Cute Colson Comments

The other night while on the potty, Colson was looking at his belly!  He looked up at Curt and said, "It's tangled!"  Then said, "Can you pull it apart?"  Curt was trying to figure out what he was talking about.  He asked Colson and his response was, "My belly button." 
TOO FUNNY!  Since most of you don't know, Colson has an EXTREME outty belly button!  It shows through his clothes, and is very "different" looking!  He asked Curt why his looks like that and Curt just responded with, "That is how God made you!"
CUTE COLSON COMMENTS

Our First Costume Party

Our friends the Maddens invited us to their annual Halloween Costume Party.  It was our first family costume party to attend!  It was so wonderful!  It was very geared toward the kids with tons of games: a scavenger hunt, pumpkin decorating, pin the smile on the skeleton, and tons of other things!  They even had a stage and did a little parade of the kids' costumes!  So fun!  Thank you for the invite!!!

 

By the way...do our kids not have the cutest costumes ever!  Well, there are a lot of Dorothy costumes out there, but none with a Tin Man by her side!  We got so many compliments and OOOs and aaahhhhs!!!

Getting Ready for Fall!

The kids are always so excited about picking pumpkins and carving them!  This year they each got to pick their own!  It was interesting to see their choices....Colson picks one that stands just right and is the typical looking "normal" pumpkin and does so in about 30 seconds!  Brooklyn, stews over her decision for quite a long time and then picks this pumpkin that is lopsided, has huge blemishes all over it and the little gourd-looking pimples all over!  Though I loved it, I knew it would be impossible to carve, so I sent her in for the hunt again!  About 15 minutes later, Brooklyn reluctantly picks a "normal" looking pumpkin and said, "I guess I will just be happy with this one!"  OH BROTHER!  I just thought this was very telling of their personalities!
One day after school, we started our carving.  Colson was excited at first and then that changed very soon!  I ended up carving his and he just played in the goo from the inside!  I used a mallet and cookie cutters and we did a fall pumpkin for him and Brooklyn wanted a "plain" Jack-o-lantern! 

 

 

Alford Family Fall Vacation

This year for our Alford family fall vacation we went to Toledo Bend in Louisiana. We had such a great time! We got there very late on a Friday night and I had to leave Sunday for work but Curt and the kids got to stay until Monday. On Friday night, we stayed up until 2 am playing games and just having a great time with family! On Saturday, we went to Natchitoches, Louisiana and visited the Alligator Park where we saw huge alligators, small alligators, white alligators, and baby alligators. The neatest part was watching them be fed and jump for the meat. The kids had a great time and it was so worth the trip there! We then went and ate on the square and had a day of shopping with the family! It was fun! We stayed in a house right on the lake and the kids got to spend time fishing and kayaking and just exploring. The trip was complete with s'mores, hamburgers, and tons of laughs! Thank you Alfords for a great time!!!