Happy Halloween

Ya it was fun but thank goodness it is over! Kids are what makes Halloween fun and it is exciting to do the crafts and baking and reading and all that fun Halloween stuff with them and then to top it off with the trick or treating but once that trick or treating is done it's a race to get all the Halloween stuff down and start with the "real" holidays :) But ofcoarse they are always so adorable in their costumes that you can't help but snapping 234 quick pictures. Here are a few from the spooky night.



I thought I had better put Emma in her costume right after her nap and try to get a few quick pictures before she tore it off. Yep...she did not like it AT ALL! After about 5 minutes of holding her and an enticing sucker I was able to get a few pictures..........before the meltdown...(these pictures do not do justice to the magnitude of the wailing and knashing of teeth of the Tuge [a.k.a Emma Drama Baby])



Ethan and Aria have been so excited this whole month for Halloween. Counting down the days and wearing their costumes in the house. On Halloween night they must of asked me about 50 times when we were going. When we finally did Ethan took charge and wanted us to follow him as he pointed out all the houses we should go to. Oh the excitement!!!

Just some summer fun

Guess I shoulda put this this post BEFORE the school post. I'll have to plead chronological ignorance. :)

Being on a pretty much "no money" budget we haven't been able to do too much this summer. We have spent a lot of fun time outside though going to the park, wheeler farm, and just hangin out in the backyard. (oops ya I realize I just repeated myself in the other summer post) So for my picture lovin' family here are my cutsie kids that I can't get enough pictures of! (thank goodness for digital cameras)

Goin' to the Farm....Feedin' us some ducks.....Ridin' us some trackter



Ya ducks arn't too particular in what they eat


The birdhouse (really? what birds)

...there's one!!...


What's the attraction to old tracters anyway? These kids could play on them for hours!



Uh oh...Ethan's in the doghouse


Playin' in the old Box Elder Tree






Look at how much wood we chopped....Let's celebrate!



SAND!!!! (almost as good as dirt!)



Playin' in the treehouse



Goin' to the Lou


Playin in the mud!!





Murray Park









Splishin' and a Splashin'





How sweet!


Cannonball!!

My little man is in first grade!!

My big boy is gettin' so grown up! He was super excited to go to school yesterday morning and had a fabulous day! Ofcourse all that new excitment takes a lot outta you and Ethan never gets sleepy tired he gets whiny-throw-a-fit-at-every-little-thing tired. Once he zonked out though, he had a great sleep and was rarin' to go this morning. Wouldn't it be wonderful if kids could have that excitement for going to school all throughout their education?







So now what do I do? with my little guy gone all day? Don't know whether I should rejoice in my new found freedom or sit and cry and wallow in guilt for not doing more things with him??? I'm sure trying to choose the former although it's kinda hard. I am looking forward to the extra scrapbook time I'll have though. In a couple of weeks it'll be Aria's turn. My, what am I going to do??