Happy Halloween

Caleb and I waiting for Andrews preschool class

Andrew's preschool class giving me a "trick" before I give them a treat

The spooky skeleton after preschool trunk or treating

My sweet little Caleb


James before school

Luke...I am your father...

Quack, quack

James' first junior Grizz basketball game was on Halloween

Trick or treating at Lee's Market Place and posing for a picture with "Big Blue"

After trunk or treating at our church, we came home and found this deer in our yard

It was so close to us, and not afraid at all.

The boys thought it was pretty cool

We were so thankful for the warm weather. It was a gorgeous day. Some other highlights of the day include, the Whittier Carnival, carving pumpkins, roasting pumpkin seeds, eating our yummy Halloween dinner, trick or treating around the neighborhood, and then counting up all the candy while watching a spooky Halloween movie!

The Pumpkin Walk

The pumpkin walk is a Cache Valley favorite (at least it is for me). This year the theme was commercials. Many people/companies/classrooms around the valley choose a TV commercial and design pumpkins surrounding that theme/commercial and put together their display. This year it was super crowded, but we were lucky we went early. My favorites were the Micheal Jackson Pepsi, and the Keebler Elves. Unfortunately I didn't get pics of either of those, but here are some of the kids favorites (star wars, m & m's, fruit of the loom, rice krispies....)!!

This picture is actually from last year....the Yoda line was a little too long this year

I LOVE this time of year! The leaves changing colors and falling off the trees, the colder weather, and of course....HALLOWEEN!! It's always been one of my favorite holidays. Andrew is going to be a skeleton, James is going to be Darth Vader, and Caleb will be a duck. Andrew had his preschool trunk or treating today, and James gets to dress up for school tomorrow (something his school hasn't done for quite a few years). Then on Halloween we have trunk or treating at our church, then we will have our traditional dinner of eye ball chili, frog eye salad and orange jello (a big thanks to my mom for starting this tradition when I was little), and then the boys will go trick or treating around our neighborhood.

Happy Birthday James

James celebrated 7 years last friday. He went to school, played at home, had a birthday dinner of pizza and crazy bread (his choice), had a treasure hunt, opened presents, had a party with his cousins, hit a pinata (that he helped make), made "witch hands", opened more presents, ate cake and icecream, and played with his cousins. Overall I think he had a great day. A lot better than today. This morning he woke up with a fever. :( Anyway, here are some pictures of his birthday party. I wonder if he will ever tire of a halloween themed party? Hopefully not, because I love it!

I had to include this picture. This is a typical position for Andrew.

This is why I do crossword puzzles

As I was getting James an after school snack today, he asked me, "mom, do you know what a proboscis is?" Luckily I had just done a crossword puzzle the day before that included the word proboscis so I answered (pretending that I hadn't just looked it up 24 hours ago), "yes, it's a nose." He said, "That's right, it's also the nose on a fly, and they eat through it. I read about it in a book today at school." Thank you crossword puzzles for helping me keep up the appearance of looking smart in the eyes of my first grader.