Halloween 2011

I can never choose one picture to post. Here they are though. I sewed my costume first. I just kind of guessed. I held the material up and tried pinning it. Then I sewed Derek's. Once again I held it up to him and then pinned. I figured it wasn't a big deal to be a bit off. I was going to sew the triangles on, and after one I realized it was a pain and didn't look too good. I ended up using a glue gun. Kael's shorts I found a blog that showed you how to make shorts and create your own pattern from shorts you already have. They turned out pretty good, but were a little big. I made his bat out of extra pillow stuffing I had. It was pretty floppy so I broke a hanger and put it in there for support. Then Eden's shirt was the easiest part I made. I had shirt in her closet that was made practically the same and I just copied it exactly. Then I glued the triangles on. Her shorts were another matter. I tried doing the same as Kael's but Eden only had skirts so I had a harder time. It ended with no waist to do a waist band. I added about 4 inches and it still didn't go over her bottom... It was really funny. I ended up putting on some black leggings underneath and it covered everything pretty good. I had fun making the costumes, but even more fun wearing them as a family and taking the kids trick-or-treating. Both kids had it down pretty good this year. Kael ran door to door with his cousins and held Garek's hand practically the whole time. I'm only upset that in the confusion I forgot their buckets for candy and they had to use plastic bags. Poor Kael struggled to get the bag open while saying, Trick-or-treat, thank you and checking out the candy and holding his bat. Even Eden said trick-or-treat and thank you and bye bye. We got lots of comments on the costumes and I think it was a hit. I think I'm starting to like Halloween again. It was so worth it to see the kids so happy and yelling "Candy candy candy candy candy candy" in between each house. I have no idea what is in store for next year, but I'm already excited.

 I wish I could pick a favorite so I don't flood my blog book with copies of similar pictures. Oh well.

Some Halloween Festivities

I took the kids to a Mom's club party and I didn't want to take them in their Flintstones costumes for fear of the cold. It was warm and I should have, but this is what I came up with on the spot. They did crafts and did a candy walk. We didn't stay long, but they had a lot of fun.

 The Pumpkins. 

The kids painted them first, and then I carved them. Kael wanted a smiling one and a scary one. This is what we got.

Autumn is Upon Us

So I wanted to write about our Halloween festivities tonight, but I'm that lame Mom that didn't take any pictures. I forgot my camera the first party we went to and then last night I brought it, but in the midst of all the crazy chili eating, dressing up, trick-or-treating, candy eating madness I didn't snap one picture with my camera. We did get a photo of us in our Flintstones costumes, so hopefully I can snag it in the next couple of days. Let me just say The Flintstones were a hit! Derek and the kids were awesome sports for going along with my crazy idea. I can't wait to post a picture.

Anyway, this post is about the change in season! I have been loving autumn! The leaves are magical and I am so glad we got our family pictures done at this time of year. They leaves here in Salt Lake City are amazing! There is so much beauty. Last night it was warm and perfect weather for our costumes, which I was terrified of since I spent a lot of time working on them. Today however it showed how fast the weather can change. We got our first snow today. It was awesome. Kael looked out the window and yelled "Snow mom snow!" He then proceeded to run to his room and grab his coat, hat, gloves, snow boots and run back out completely dressed and yell "Snow Man Mom"! The kid is ready for winter. I'm not quite ready yet.

Here are some pictures of the kids enjoying our beautiful Fall here in Salt Lake.

Halloween and End of October. Hope You Enjoy. :)

So here we are on Halloween. We celebrated on Saturday night. Eden was a Fairy Princess and Kael was her pet dragon. We made up some chili and corn bread for our apartment complex parade and ended up leaving a little early and went trick or treating in Draper with cousins. It was too cold for me and Eden, so Derek took Kael and they had a blast! The weather wasn't very fun, but oh well. Ignore the crazy picture of me, it was the best we could do with two crazy kids. The Dragon. We lost the glow stick within 5 minutes. It was the thought that counts right?.
Kael playing in the snow. We decided to play in the leaves and it was a lot of fun!

Kael loved jumping in the pile.

And throwing leaves in the air.

We got a picture of Kael doing this exact pose with the same hat on last year. Too funny that it looks the exact same. What a silly kid.

Eden and all her cuteness.

My photo editer is gone since my computer got cleaned so no more red eye removal for a while.

This is Kael being like Eden. Eden LOVES crawling under the couch.

Kael and Eden playing together. I love it when they can actually play together it is so fun.

Eden with her fairy wings.

We had a fun Halloween, and now I'm ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Mostly I'm ready for Derek to have a break from school.

Our internet has been down for a week, and I haven't worked. No internet is no fun, but I have enjoyed so much more time with the kids. Back to work tomorrow.

Getting Ready for Halloween

It has been a rainy two days. Kael has some serious stir craziness going on. Maybe I do too. What do we do on rainy days? This was our day today. We checked the mail this afternoon, and got our Halloween cards from Grandma Sapp. Then this is what we did after.

Check out how stretched out we got the balloons. We blew them up REALLY big and put raisins in them. We shook them up a lot and played volleyball.
Dad got really light headed because I think he blew them up about 100 times. :) Thanks DAD!The orange and black balloons were perfect today because before we did balloons we got to carve our pumpkins!

Kael's pumpkin was white. It was REALLY gross inside. We had so much fun feeling how slimy it was and Kael thought the seeds were pretty cool too.

He helped to clean out the insides.

This is another pumpkin for Kael. It weighed 26 lbs! The same amount as Kael. Perfect fit. Here are the finished pumpkins. Derek carved Jack Skelington on the orange one, and I carved a grin on the white one. Eh. It works. :)

TA DA!

Here are the kids a couple of days ago. They were watching a show I can't remember what anymore, but it was so cute. They were sitting on Derek together and I couldn't pass the moment up. Eden adores Kael so much.

Now Eden is thinking, I sure love laying on Kael and Dad, but I really love my toes too!