Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween. The kids had two costumes this year. Authentic Witch and Wizard Hats straight from Salem, MA and mask $1 at Goodwill, all courtesy of Gran. The witch outfit was also made by my Mom for me way back when.

Just when I thought it would be the year I didn't make Trent a costume it came to me. And the "Most Creative Costume Award" goes to.....

Yeah, Trent rocked the school costume contest. I didn't think I could top last year's Lego Brick, but I think my LightSaber is right up there.

Callie went with a simple, yet super cute Butterfly being different from last year when she was, according to her, a Fairy.

Following our awesome discovery last year, of half off pumpkins on the closing day of the farm stand, we got the "giant" pumpkins this year. A bit of a seed scare. When I asked the lady at the farm if giant pumpkins still had seeds she said "yes." When we cut the tops off, at first glance there was none to be found! Whew! They were burried in the guts! So the seeds were there, and like the pumpkin, they were also giant! But they weren't as tasty as normal pumpkin seeds. So, though fun to carve, next year I will opt for the normal size pumpkins.

Chasing Time Rewind

I always wanted one of those digital picture frames, but could never find just the right one. I don't need it anymore now that my computer is here in the kitchen and I have the screen saver set to slideshow.
The pictures always get the kid's attention.
Today, Callie asked me why I take so many pictures.
I remember my life in pictures. If I didn't take a picture of it, it pretty much might as well have never happened. I am able to write this post because I can go back into my picture files and see what we've been up to. Hummmmmm, lets see......

When we were up at the cabin, Trent wanted to make a torch. Marshall made some pretty impressive ones, Man Vs. Wild style. We brought them home and lit them, one clear August night. Trent was maybe a little too into it.

The kids started school at a new school here in our home town. Not just any school, public school! Huge. HUGE. Step for me. During homecomming they had Crazy Hair Day. I was just gonna skip it, but last minute Trent wanted something, so I took a marker and colored stripes into his entire hair, and a chunk of pink into Callie's. Later that evening Callie got a-hold of the marker. This school has been a whole new world for us, but so far so good. I am offically NOT SMARTER THAN A THIRD GRADER! Sometimes Trent gets his homework wrong even after I check it! His teacher is a bit strict in her grading. I was very nervous about conferences, but she laughed the whole time, telling me stories about how nice it is to have Trent, and some of the negative, yet entertaining things he does, like try to "sneak" up to the front of the classroom while she's in the middle of teaching to whisper in her ear, asking if he can go to the bathroom.
End of October we went to LaCrosse for the annual hunting trip. My Dad, cousins and Marshall with the dogs had a great hunt. Marshall has found love all over again.
Kids, Gran and I were in our usual spots. The pool, the stores, the old fashioned IceCream parlor for a blast from my past, Black Licorice IceCream! And of course a visit to the Kids Coulee. I am on a quest to get a framer of the kids at this park, but mostly they want to have nothing to do with a photoshoot.

Happy "Hallaween"

Loved Trent's costume this year! He didn't really ask to be anything, so I made the decision to turn last years remote into a Lego Brick. I know my strengths and creativity is one of them. Again, the effort was spent on Trent's costume, but Callie got exactly what she wanted, a butterfly. We carved our pumpkins on Halloween this year. It was a nice way to round out the evening. We're one pumpkin short, Marshall picked a rotten one! Ooops!

This is the chaos that is our lives! Yes, its a One Adult, Two Kid and Two Dog wrestle mania

NEVER a Dull Moment!

Chasing Time Rewind

Not enough hours in the day!
We'll have to settle for a 3 minute replay instead of the full report!

We took Callie to the ballet, Cinderella.

We carved our pumpkins.Callie wanted a three eyed, alien pumpkin.
Marshall got innovative this year.
Trent did his all by himself. He did such a great job! I really liked the face he created. I don't really like the "throw-up" pumpkin he wanted to do, but it was inevitable.
We took our annual LaCrosse hunting trip. I however did not take my annual Hobby Lobby trip!
It is usually the highlight of my trip, but I decided this year I really didn't NEED anything and didn't want to be tempted by SALES!!! (I did get a chance to go a couple month's ago after a tennis match so I didn't feel completely deprived.)

I thought it would be cute to stage a leaf fight for pictures. Trent took it a little too seriously! Nothing like an arm-full of muddy, wet leaves flung ruthlessly into your face!Hockey is in full swing.
For Grampy's birthday I got him some "pin-up girls" stickers for his ski helmet. The look on Trent's face when he realizes what he is looking at is priceless.
Lastly, we had a destination Thanksgiving, Door County! It was a nice little get away.

Click-Or-Treat!

Callie decided this year for Halloween she wanted to be a TV. I talked Trent into being the remote.
It was a little windy for Trick-Or-Treat this year, you can imagine how that went! The best part of these costumes was watching Trent try to reach up to ring doorbells with his arms stuck inside his box!

Halloween Story

A man is walking home alone late one foggy Halloween night, when behind him he hears:BUMP...BUMP...BUMP...
Walking faster, he looks back and through the fog he makes out the image of an upright casket banging its way down the middle of the street toward him.
BUMP...BUMP...BUMP...
Terrified, the man begins to run toward his home, the casket bouncing quickly behind him. FASTER...FASTER..
BUMP...BUMP...BUMP......
He runs up to his door, fumbles with his keys, opens the door, rushes in, slams and locks the door behind him. However, the casket crashes through his door, with the lid of the casket clapping.
Clappity-BUMP...clappity-BUMP....clappity-BUMP...on his heels, as the terrified man runs. Rushing upstairs to the bathroom, he locks himself in. His heart is pounding; his head is reeling; his breath is coming in sobbing gasps.
With a loud CRASH the casket breaks down the door. Bumping and clapping toward him. The man screams and reaches for something, anything, but all he can find is a bottle of cough syrup! Desperate, he throws the cough syrup at the casket...and,
(hopefully you're ready for this!!!)

The coffin stops.

Happy Halloween! (Thanks for the forward Amy!)