Halloween

As is our tradition, we went to the ward Trunk-or-Treat this year for Halloween.

The night was really fun. Josh got a T O N of candy! He kept going around and around. This was Katie's first experience with this. She liked the candy, but liked the running around the parking lot better. And then there was Eric. I am starting to think that maybe he is getting a little old for this. He went a round once and then came back to say that he had enough candy, could he play with Katie. It was cute to watch them together. He is a wonderful brother.

And now the fun part, the costumes!!

Eric was a skeleton this year. I love it when the kids want to be "tradition" things for Halloween!

Josh was the best looking Dash! I so so glad that he choose this costume because it really fit him!



Katie was our little clown. She was pretty cute, if I may say. I had her done in these min-bun type things, but she pulled them out.


My little Halloween cuties!

bear

Eric received his Wolf this month. He is now a Bear Scout. I am very proud that we reached the Scouting milestone. It is hard to juggle everything that we had going on this year and finish this too. Eric is awesome! Now on to this year!

Full Moon

This is the scene I came into the other morning when I went to get Katie.


Look closely at the picture. Do you see what is on the floor, next to the crib? It might be hard to see, but look hard and you will find a blanket, black pj bottoms, and a... D I A P E R!

Look again at this picture and you will see the full moon that was at our house on Saturday morning. What a cute bum she has!

Eric's Birthday

It would not be a birthday without a party! This was our year for a family party. Our theme was the DENVER BRONCOS, Eric's favorite team. I was really surprised that I was able to find him a cake and napkins that match our theme. Thank goodness for football season!

He is really into being cheesy for the camera. It cute, don't you think?

He got a lot of really nice gifts. He got an mp3 player and a Bronco's sweatshirt from Brandon and I. A *Bakugan starter pack and books from one grandma. Lego's, books, and clothes from another grandma. He also got MONEY!


We had a really nice night. We had Grandma and Grandpa Pinon, Uncle Aaron and Aunt Marissa with Gabe, Carly, and Lauren, PLUS, Marissa's mom Debbie here for his party. We had a yummy dinner of pizza (eric's choice), bread sticks, salad, the great cake from the first picture and ice cream. The big boys watched football while the kids played and the Mom's talked. It was a really fun night. We were especially thankful to have Marissa here with sweet Lauren who is still recovering from her heart surgery. She is doing sooo well and we are grateful that her prognosis look great!

Eric had a great night. Since our family has left he has been in his room playing with all of his new toys. He is excited to read his book and he hasn't taken that mp3 player our of ears since he opened it! He is really becoming a great kid. He is becoming someone that I can talk to about various things. I am sad that he is getting older because he is my baby, but happy that I am getting a new friend. I love you Eric! Happy 9th Birthday!

* NOTE TO ALL MOTHERS OF BOYS-- If you are yet unaware of what Bakugans are please educate yourself and QUICKLY! They are clearly the popular toy for boys 5 and up. They are very hard to find in the stores and many sites on the internet have been sold out. If you have a boy who likes these and wants them for Christmas please start shopping for them NOW. It will be a sanity saver. Good luck.

Eric's birthday song

Birthday Lunch

Every year on Eric's birthday (or the day closest to it) I go to his school to have lunch with him. And since I have done my time eating cafeteria food I also bring lunch with me. This year I decided to bring him Panda Express, a newly acquired taste for him.

Each year I pretend that I am not going. I either make his lunch, or offer him the hot lunch option. I also send the cupcakes with him to school. I tell him all the things I need to do that day in hope that I might have an element of surprise left. This year I did well, if I may say so. By accident Brandon ended up with my debit card. The original plan was for me to go get it from him, but then we decided to have Brandon join us for lunch instead. He has never been able to come for lunch before and so Eric was definitely surprised to see his Dad.

We had a nice time together. We ate outside away from the rest of the kids in the crazy cafeteria. The weather is great! Afterwards I took Eric to the book fair and let him pick out a book. I love spending this kind of time with Eric.

things

We had Kate's 15 month check up today. Little bugger grew an inch over the last three months! But she still doesn't weigh anything. Not even 20lbs yet. How she is so light I do not understand, she eats a ton of food and eats it all day long too! She is getting so big and has such a fun personality. She likes to pray and when she is done she yells "done!" Even in church. She also says no (of course) and bye bye. She likes to turn in circle to make herself dizzy. Apparently this is fun?

Eric's birthday is coming up and what a chore getting his gifts has been. A month ago we decided to get him an mp3 player, but we wanted one with an fm tuner. We found one at Walmart.com and ordered it. They only had it online but we used that free shipping that they offer. When it finally came in they had sent us the wrong one. So then we turned to Circut City since we had lost our trust in Walmart. They have this option to purchase it online and the pick it up at the store. They had one that we liked so we did that. When I went to it on Monday they didn't have it. The internet had been wrong. Thankfully another store in town had it. The sweatshirt we got him was almost as bad. Long story short, I won it on ebay and for some reason the address change did not go through and it was shipped to the old house. Thankfully I was able to get it before the new owner knew it was there. Boy was I lucky that day! So after a lot of stress I finally have his birthday gifts. The things we do for the kiddos. And with that said, I am off to make his cupcakes decorated in the Denver Bronco's colors.