Our Fun CRAZY Weekend

I can't believe that it is Wednesday and I am just now getting around to adding our weekend fun to this blog, but it has taken me that long to recover!
It all started Friday morning. My friend Holly and I went to the cannery and canned jam. It was fun....and I can honestly say that I will never look at a can of Jam again without laughing at the label. Thanks Holly!
After school, we took the kids to Trick or Treat Street....the kids had a great time, but I thought it was way expensive for what it was. (and, worst of all they got too much candy before Halloween, so all they have done since then is eat candy :)



Here are the cute kids at Trick or Treat Street!

On Saturday, John's cute neice had a Halloween party. It was fun and Kylie, I can't believe how much time you spent on this party. Thanks so much! We had a blast.

Look how cute Easton is...and smiling in costume...amazing!
The mummy wrap.....good job Coleton and Hailey, but Easton and Chloe won!

Just thought i'd throw this picture of a wanna be pirate in.

Cookie decorating.

After this party we went straight to the ward party and guess what, the kids ate more sugar! By Sunday, needless to say my kids were on a sugar high and Sacrament Meeting was interesting. Thank heavens for the cute Bishops wife who saved me...and my kids. :)

Hailey's Story

Hailey wrote a story while she was off track....pretty good for a first grader! (I am typing exactly what she wrote, so you'll have to sound out the words.)

The Balreenu By: Hailey Winn
Lily went to dance. She whus the best dancer you know but she...

just cud not do a backwocovre. (backwalkover) Her teecher was nise, but her mom....

whus not. She said due a bacwocovre but she said i chride.(tried)

Finlee she did it. Her teechr was happy. Her mom was nise.

ilustratide by: Hailey Winn

Do you think she thinks her mom is mean??????

Does it get any SWEETER?

Last night Easton crashed in Hailey's Princess Chair. I was gone and John thought it was so cute that he took a picture...Good Job John!

The CAT in the HAT in a whole new LIGHT

Last night I was putting the boys to bed when DR. SEUSS' THE CAT IN THE HAT brought a whole new dimension of FUN to our lives. Coleton picked the book to read, so I sat in the rocking chair with Coleton on one leg and Easton on the other and began reading...."The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play..." We got to the part "Lots of good fun that is FUNNY......a lot of good TRICKS. I will show them to you." Immediately, I could feel the EXCITEMENT coming from Coleton when the words FUNNY & TRICKS were said....(the light started to come on in my head.) We continue on with the story... When I saw the picture of the cat STANDING on a ball balancing a fish in a bowl and other items the light totally came on in my head.....Coleton is going to try to BALANCE on a ball holding a glass bowl full of water!!!! " 'HAVE NO FEAR!' said the cat. 'I will not let you fall. I will hold you up high as I stand on a ball...." I asked Coleton if he thought this trick was neat to which he replied, "YES, I AM GOING TO TRY IT."

I am going to have to keep a CLOSE eye on him today because I know that just TELLING him about the HUGE mess it would make and the BROKEN HEAD it will cause, will not deter him from actually trying it! It should be an interesting day!

PUMPKIN PATCH

Today was Coleton's Preschool Field Trip to the PUMPKIN PATCH. We had a FUN time! A real live PIRATE told the kids a story, then they got to play on a PIRATE SHIP. Coleton loved the pirate ship..notice he is covering one eye. Sometimes I think Boys are so WEIRD!!!!!!

They got to hunt for some things including a TREASURE BOX.

YES...Coleton picked out the WEIRDEST pumpkin in the whole patch. He said it looked like a SPIDER. Is it even a pumpkin?

Tomatoes Anyone?

My tomatoes ripened just in the nick of time. Last week I helped...well I was there...make salsa at my grandma's house, and today I canned some tomatoes all by myself. If we get sick this winter, we will know why!

oh what do YOU do in the AUTUMN time?

FALL is definitely here, the MORNING AIR is crisp, our FALL PANSIES are planted, my fall DECOR is up, John has been watching FOOTBALL every Saturday, and what did we do today?

WE WENT SWIMMING.........YIKES!

The sun was shining, the water was warm, and the kids had a blast! Thank heavens for the last few warm days of the year!

It doesn't get more relaxing than this!