Haunts and Spooks

Halloween 2009. We had a fun month. We decorated all over the place. I had lots of helpers and I think they had fun decorating and anticipating Halloween. We carved pumpkins too, of course! This one's Erin's...

...Liam's, (he wanted a "mad one")

and Cameron's. He did a really good job. He did lose the tree that was supposed to be on the left hand side, but these pumpkins were so thick, I'm surprised that's all he lost. It looks nice and spooky.

Here's my Tinkerbell, pilot and Luigi. I had to leave this one in because Liam was always posing as Luigi with his one leg in the air and his hands fisted. Silly boy.

My cute little spooks!!

Rainbow Erin

I took some pictures of my nephews today and got some of Miss Erin. I love love LOVE her fashion sense. I thought these were some pretty cute pictures of her. She posed this one herself. "Take a picture of me mom!!

Stinkin' cute girl. I'm not biased or anything!! Love you Erin!

Wrapping Paper Hats

A couple of people have asked me how to do the wrapping paper hats. These pics aren't the best, but it'll give you the idea.
First you get two different kinds of wrapping paper. (I just went to the dollar store). You can just use one if you want.
Then you cut out big squares of the paper, and spray some spray glue on one of the non-print sides. You glue the non print sides together, so it is printed on both the top and bottom.

Then you put it on the little person's head like so...

...and have someone else help you. You hold it on their head while someone else tapes around their head. We used masking tape, but I've seen those colored painters tapes that you could use. That would be pretty cute.

And lastly, you cut off the excess. I would take it off the head to do this, don't follow my example in the picture. Then you can decorate it with whatever you want. I got flowers from the dollar store, but you can get whatever, or just leave it as is. The kids loved them. Erin still has hers! Hope this helps.

My New Fashion Accessory

Oh yes, I know you're all jealous! look at the lines, the color, the absolute fabulosness of it all! You only WISH you had an accessory like this. I bet you all want to walk down your stairs with a load of laundry, talking on the phone and miss a step and fall down the stairs just to get this little number. Don't fight it, just let the en vogue-ness of it all wash over you! I can't wait 'till I see what it looks like with a dress!

What's in a name?

I would like you all to meet Teddy, Liam's friend for a couple of years now. Liam sleeps with this bear. We got him at Bear Lake, Liam's favorite place in the world (besides Grandma's house). Liam decided Teddy needed a friend so we got...

...this guy. After thinking about it for a while, Liam decided to name him. I thought it would be generic like Teddy, right? No, he named him...wait for it...

Line Figure.

Canning

Thanks to a couple of my good friends, I got some canning done this year. We canned diced tomatoes and salsa...
Apple pie filling...

Applesauce...

and peaches. This is only some of what we did. We got lots and lots of bottles of everything. I can't remember exactly how many, but thank you thank you guys!! My family appreciates it lots. It was more fun doing it with friends than doing it alone for sure. Plan on it again next year right? (Falls on the floor in an exhausted heap.)

Savoring every little thing.

So Owen had his very first ice cream cone and it was so fun to watch him savor every bite. Can you tell he loved it?

At least as they get bigger, some of the messes get smaller.