Halloween 2009!

Halloween was SOOO much fun this year. Both kids loved it. They loved picking out their costumes and getting ready, decorating, singing halloween songs (Thanks Jo-Anne for teaching them some:)..EVERYTHING about it!! For our outside decorations I hung up a spider egg sac, but after some crazy wind I think it may of lost some of its "spookyness", since yesterday Kyra told me, as I was trying to fix some of the webs "Don't worry mom, its still looks cute."

I was so happy that Halloween was on a Saturday this year so that Karl could still do all of the activities with us, including Trick or Treating. This morning, the kiddos and I let Karl sleep in, while we made him a surprise Halloween breakfast of "Spooky Cinnamon Rolls". Basically they are regular cinnamon rolls with orange and purple frosting. They were a big hit! I LOVE food coloring!

After breakfast we carved our pumpkins. The kiddos weren't so amused by the idea of cleaning out the pumpkin guts. Kyra did at least stick her hands in a couple times...Kyle refused, something about a snake being inside (but that's a different story). We did a Minnie Mouse and Goofy pumpkin.

After breakfast and pumpkins we headed to the zoo. The weather was perfect, and apparently no one else goes to the zoo Halloween morning! So the kids pretty much had free run, which was great! For costumes this year Kyle wanted to be Lightening McQueen, and Kyra surprised us by wanting to being a witch!

This evening we went to a friends house for dinner before heading out trick or treating. It was SOOO good, with smoked ribs, and all the trimmings. Karl was one happy camper!! Here is Kyle with his best buddy, Eli! These two are so funny together!

Here is Kyra and Bailee, the inseprable duo!Here is a picture of all the kiddos! It was such a fun night! The kiddos did great trick or treating, other than Kyle trying to walk into people's houses so he could watch TV, trying to negotiate which piece of candy they give him, or if they took to long giving him the candy, taking matters into his own hands...otherwise the kiddos were fantastic! Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to Apple Annie's this year, to pick out some good lookin' pumpkins. Due to Karl work schedule we actually went on a Friday morning, which turned out great because there really weren't very many people there. The big buckets of corn kernals is always a big hit!We tried the intermediate level corn maze again. (Last year, after about 1/2 hour we came out of the maze through the entrance). Kyle seemed to like the corn maze but was really concerned about all the corn kernals on the ground, and kept trying to stop and pick them all up...so it took a little while to get through it....But this year we made it out...through the EXIT!! Here are Kyra and her friend Bailee giving us some thumbs ups.Then it was pumpkin pickin' time.

It was so much fun, and the kiddos loved it!

Water fun

Here are some cute pics of the kiddos and Karl a couple weeks ago (Yes, I'm sorry Renna the kiddos were still playing in sprinklers a couple weeks ago.)

Difference Between Boys and Girls

This morning, for breakfast Kyra and I were making french toast, bacon, yogurt and fruit. Kyra requested "Mermaid" French Toast, which basically is adding a couple drops of pink food coloring to the egg mixture. So once we sit down, Kyra tells Kyle that we are eating "Mermaid French Toast". Kyle gives a significant amount of Ooooos and Ahhhhs, then picks up a piece of bacon, and excitedly yells "Mermaid Meat!!!" Takes a bite and announces "Mmmm...Yummy!"