Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Halloween 2012

I asked Riley one day what he wanted to be for Halloween and he said Spiderman!  Later I asked Finn the same question and he said the same thing, Spiderman!  So I told Finn that Riley had already said he wanted to be Spiderman, asked him if he still wanted to be Spiderman or if he wanted to choose something else.  He emphatically replied that he also wanted to be Spiderman and then said that we should ALL be Spiderman!  So here you have it!

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Knowing that our boys were all going to be the same thing for Halloween, I signed us up for some Halloween Mini-Photo Sessions, and I am so glad I did because our camera broke and I wasn’t able to get a good picture.  The photo shoot was hilarious!  She was able to get this great picture of the boys right before Riley stripped down to his undies and black socks, of which she got plenty of pictures of!

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Finn was at school when the costumes came in the mail, but I love these pictures!

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Kellen LOVED his costume!  Totally kept the mask on all the time, never fidgeted with it, he thought it was awesome and I think his little face in it is the cutest thing ever!!!!  He also took right after his brothers and started stomping around in his big old muscles trying to shoot webs!  It was just SO adorable!

Both boys had parties at school.  I helped coordinate Riley’s class party and I sent in these treats for both boys!

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Some pictures from Riley’s party!

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They all made masks based on the book “Glad Monster, Sad Monster”.  As each child entered the room, the teacher told what monster color each child chose and why….”Riley chose the blue monster because sometimes he is sad when Finn socks him.”  No lie.  The teacher went on to explain who Finn was as I buried my head in my hands in complete embarrassment.

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Story time!

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Saying a prayer before digging in to their treats!

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Arrrrrg!

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Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet!

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Riley woke up sick on Halloween day, he threw up a couple of times and said his throat hurt, I assumed strep and off we headed to the doctor.  Turns out the cough he had had for the last 2.5 weeks was actually Pneumonia.  Oh holy moly, did I feel awful for not bringing him in sooner.  After his oxygen levels only moderately increased after an in-office breathing treatment, we were sent home with an inhaler breathing treatment and an antibiotic.  We still went trick or treating, at least for just a little bit around the block anyway!  Kellen totally held on to his little bucket the entire time, ran from house to house with his brothers, even leading the way at times, and eagerly threw the candy in to his bucket (or held on to it in his sweaty little hand with a vice grip!!!!)!!!

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

4th Annual Lakes Halloween Spooktacular

We had another amazing Halloween party this year with even more amazing costumes!  People are really bringing their A-Game and we LOVE it!!!

The desert table

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Which was later graced with these AMAZING cookies by my friend Lee Anne!  She is truly talented!

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I really didn’t add much decor this year, but I did take some time to make these awesome bats!

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Our usual treat bags with mini play doh and free frosty coupons (which I actually had a hard time tracking down this year!)!

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And this little ghost banner is courtesy of Kellen’s little hands!

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And I added this little banner!

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Now time for the costumes!!!! 

The Lakes Spiderman Family!

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Alice in Wonderland!  Amazing!

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I love this adorable family, Ketchup, French Fries, Hello Kitty and Lightening McQueen!

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I mean…I.die.

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Wonder Woman!

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Awesome Star Wars Family!!!

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Spideys unite!

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Hermoine!

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And adorable Kitty McKenna!

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Friday, October 26, 2012

Pumpkin Carving

We didn’t buy our BIG pumpkins at the patch, and evidently waiting until the 23rd of October to buy them is way too late!  I eventually found them at the 4th store I went to!  Sadly I was by myself so the boys didn’t get to pick theirs out, but after dragging them to three other stores and dealing with their disappointment, I just couldn’t do it again.  BUT, I found them in a fit of insomnia at a 5:30am grocery shopping trip, so when I got home, I lined them all up on the front porch and when they woke up told them there was a surprise for them on the front porch!  They were SO excited!  I also got THE BIGGEST pumpkins EVER which they thought was SO COOL!  (Yes, I’m silently high fiving myself!)

When we were done this year I commented to Todd that I thought this was way smoother than it was last year….and then as I was typing this I pulled up last years post and had to laugh at myself that the first thing I typed was “Pumpkin carving with small children is maddening.”  hahahahahaha

This year was much smoother!  Finn was completely 100% in to it!  Riley mostly was but when it came down to scooping out the goo he was not a fan.

Our little and big pumpkins!

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The Aftermath!

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Drumming on their pumpkins!

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I love how you can just barely see Kellen peeking in to his pumpkin!

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And then we went on a moonlit walk through the cemetery! 

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It was an awesome night!