And so our month concludes with Halloween...and boy did we have an eventful Halloween weekend!
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| It looks like he has seen a ghost! |
On Thurs, I helped out with Nate's Halloween Party at school. Since it was a costume party, he wore his Woody get up and he insisted I be Jessie. (Other parents were dressed up too, so I wasn't quite as crazy as I look in these pics!)
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| Cupcake Cowboy |
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| Woody & Jessie |
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| I love this pic of Woody carrying his giant backpack |
On Friday, Grandpa Dale, Aunt Julie, Keagan and Rayne, Aunt Abby and Uncle Jeff all came in to town. So on Saturday we decided to make a day trip to see our Grandparents in AL (not realizing it was Talladega race day)...it was a longer drive than we had hoped for but we had a nice visit with them and the kids got to enjoy running around on a beautiful day (before getting back in the car!).
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| Grandmother Odom & Matthew |
And then it was the big day...first we had a birthday party for Rayne...
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| Of course Nate had to take Rayne for a spin in her new doll stroller |
Then we headed back to the Pumpkin Patch to pick up some more pumpkins for carving...
As the sun started to set, the costumes went on. A brief aside about the costumes selections...Nate was Woody from the get-go and he wanted the rest of us to be Toy Story characters. He was adamant that Matthew be an alien but I looked high and low for the costume (I really was not going to make anything this year, really!) but I couldn't find it, not even online - everything was sold out or on backorder. Once I found out Keagan and Rayne were going to be with us for Halloween, I decided to make them all partners...so Mom and I made Keagan a Jessie costume and we decided to make Matthew and Rayne Mr & Mrs Potato Head. Which began the arts and crafts project...we weren't going to make anything but it turned out to be fun!
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| Mrs Potato Head ripped her eyes and nose off right away |
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| Mr Potato Head with Woody's Grandma |
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| Finally, we took to the streets |
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| Snow White Summer and Cowgirl Shelby |
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| Fairy Princess Pamela |
It was a fun night...it got a little cool once the sun went down so the kids were ready to head home within an hour so we went back and warmed up with a bowl of chili before the little goblins had to retire for the evening. Now, if I could just get all of this candy out of my house without eating it all myself....
So, that pretty much sums up the highlights of October...but I guess the biggest event around here is that I am officially done with my job and am currently a SAHM! It might just be temporary but for now I am going to enjoy every minute of being home with the boys...it is a weird adjustment...once you are used to a blackberry's little red flashing light controlling you it's hard to turn your work mind off but I am learning how to be productive during the week so that we can actually enjoy weekends. It feels great!!!
Now, let the holiday madness begin!
