halloween

I was really excited about yesterday.  Right when we woke up, I started talking to Porter about Halloween and how we were going to get candy!  After breakfast I put my kids in their costumes.  And then we started.  There were a ton of businesses that were doing trick or treating and my goal was to hit as many as we could.  I met up with my friend and her twin boys.  She outdid me on costumes...everyone loved their costumes.  Can't blame them :)

We walked on Main Street trick or treating at the little shops.  This wasn't as fun as I imagined.  It was cold and windy.  As soon as Porter received a piece of candy he wanted to eat it, even if he was already munching on something.  And pulling kids in and out of the stroller was...awful.  

After naps, we went back out to a retirement center.  Now that is the place to get candy!  All of the residents were sitting outside their door ready to hand out candy.  It was great.  Porter loved it...a lot.

When James got home from work, we went out again. (ha! I know, I'm crazy.)  We walked to a few houses and called it good.  

 

And guess what?  Porter can now say "candy".

new favorites

I've discovered a few things that are becoming my favorite...maybe even addictions.

1. The new TV show, PanAm.  Don't tease me, go watch it.
2. Zulily.  Did you know this existed?  Why didn't you tell me?

3. The sesame street station on Pandora.  We could sing & dance to that all day.
4. And finally, one of Porter's all time new favorite thing to do:

Climb on top of the toilet.  Stretch his little body between the toilet and sink.  Grab a hold of the sink and pull himself up onto the counter.  Stick his feet into the sink.  Stare in the mirror, talk to himself and make silly faces.  Sound like anyone you know? ;)

his & hers

Boys.  They went camping in the mountains for three days.  There were no bathrooms.  They packed can chili, steaks and pancake mix.  They slept on the ground, in a tent, in October.  Pretty sure James got a better night's sleep then he does at home with two babies.  They hiked around in orange holding onto their guns.  They probably also did some crazy, dangerous stunts that I prefer never to learn of.  (boys!)  And...they didn't shoot a deer.

Girls.  We made sugar cookies.  Cookie dough, Halloween cookie cutters, frosting and sprinkles.  We played at the park with my kids.  We STUFFED ourselves with chips & salsa, ribs, and the Molten Cake at Chili's.  We stayed up late laughing in my bed. (quietly so as not to wake the babies) Also ate pancakes for breakfast. We spent the morning driving around town looking at stores for a very specific piece of furniture for Crystal's baby room.

We both VERY much enjoyed our weekend! 

pumpkins

We went to a pumpkin patch last night.  Porter knows how to say pumpkin so the entire drive there he said just that.  "Punkin...punkin!"  I was excited to see what Porter would do when he saw all of the pumpkins.  At first he chose to run around the parking lot and throw rocks.  Dangit.

And then he got really excited about running on the haystacks.

But he FINALLY started talking to and pointing at the pumpkins.

And Paige smiled and laughed in her carseat the whole time :)

Oh and P.S. I totally know what my kids are going to be for Halloween. Ha...I'm so excited!

a day for paige

We had a great weekend, saw TONS of family, ate lots of yummy food, and James blessed
Paige Tiffanie Eldridge.  

(yup...finally decided on a middle name.  That was a hard one.  I felt guilty or selfish for naming her after me.  But I grew her, birthed her...she's mine.  She can totally be named after me.)

This is the same dress I was blessed in & see her bracelet? We had matching ones :)

 My parents and brother arrived on Saturday.  We went to the zoo.

On Sunday we blessed Paige.f

 The lunch afterwards....

Four generations

gatorade, popsicles & toast

drinking Orange Gatorade

We have this nasty bug at our house that we can't shake.  I thought we were all better.  And then it struck again...at night.  Of course.  Why does it always have to happen in the middle of the night?

eating a homemade roll - note the soft pants :)

So, today we're playing it safe.  We're all in nice comfty sweats.  We are not going anywhere today.  We are going to eat toast and applesauce and stay hydrated on yummy popsicles.  I have washed all of the bedding and I'm contemplating disinfecting the toys and door knobs again.  I opened all of the windows to freeze out our awful bug.  Please pray that it's over because I just don't know how much more I can take.

Luckily, Miss Paige is very healthy...and likes to eat her hand :)

nothing specific

 {She's so stinking cute huh?  We think so too.}

Our weekend was no fun.  Well, a little fun.  Our friends were here so the husbands could go duck hunting.  No success - but that's okay because I don't know how to cook duck.  I was able to visit with my good friend and plan her baby shower :)  And then everyone got sick.  It was awful.  

And why does the sickness have to start in the middle of the night?  

Waking up to crying, sick children is awful.

We're all better now.  We went to the library this morning.  Porter LOVES the library.  He'll sit at the computer, point and talk at the screen.  He runs and climbs all over the chairs and cushions in the kid section.  There's a sign that specifies the area is for reading only.  

I don't think one mom enforces it.  I sure don't.

On the drive home from the library we rocked out to a Glee CD I checked out.  Porter waved his arms, bounced up and down and said, "dance!"  It's hilarious.  

Paige slept the whole time.

The End