The week of Halloween

We had something everyday this week that required a costume and this week is such a blur that I cannot remember why we even put our costumes on Monday. Isn't that awful?! But this is what they looked like before we walked out the door.




Tuesday was a costume Birthday Party for Ben's friend Luke and how cute is this Luke was Buzz Light year.
Buzz and Woody

Wednesday Ben had is Halloween party at school and Kendall was mad that she didn't get to wear her costume this day. I only wish she had that enthusiasm at the end of the week.(Thanks for taking pictures Liz)

Thursday was trick or treat for story time at the library. I didn't take my camera I figured I had enough of them in their costumes already and we still had one more day to go.
Friday Halloween!! Kendall woke up this morning and asked to we get to go trick or treating today. I told her yes but not until it got dark and she was a little disappointed but she put on her costume reluctantly. First we went to visit my Grandfather and Uncle James with my sister and her kids so they could see how cute they were. It is always great to see them. The kids are always a little shy at first but when it is time to go they want to stay. It might have something to do with all the treats Grandpa pulls out when they come by but I like to think they just like hanging out with him.

Next off to see the other grandparents, more treats and more pictures! Kendall had about had it by now the cookies grandma made and the treats they had ready for them were the only thing that saved us there. We had to cut our visit short because it was almost lunch time and Kendall needed an early nap so we could get out on the streets before it got to dark.
They all had to hold their treats for the photo

Kendall went down for a nap and woke up on the wrong side of the crib. She would not put her costume on and she did not believe me when I told her we were going trick-or-treating. Well why would she? She had worn her costume all week and still not had a real chance to collect candy in her pumpkin. We left for our Halloween party with family Kendall in tow with no costume on. Tyler handed her a cell phone and told her for her costume she could be a teenager that didn't do anything her parents asked. Not really much of a stretch at the moment.
The party was great my Uncle and Aunt made hot dogs, root beer and cotton candy as their Halloween "treat" and feed all the trick or treater's. Such a wonderful idea. Kendall started having fun and noticed all the other kids in their costumes so after some convincing she finally put her costume on for the purpose it was intended.!
Next year only one Halloween activity before Halloween. It all worked out and they got to go trick or treating on our street with their little friend Madeline (dressed as the cutest rollypolly bug) and they had a blast. They didn't want to stop so we drove to my parents house just to say Hi. It was a perfect end to a crazy week. oh wait we still have the weekend

Todays lunch brought to you by ....

...the letter B



and the letter K



Ben got home from Pre-school and he was still excited about the letter he learned about today (too excited to eat) that he was asking me what everything started with so I turned his sandwich into a B. Needless to say the same thing needed to be done to Kendall's as well. I have not seen them have so much fun eating in a long time.

off to see the witches

Tyler came home from work early and Kendall woke up from her nap happy. Seize the moment! we packed the kids up and went to Gardner Village to see the witches. My parents called on our way out the door to see what we were up to and they met us there. We also picked up my sisters kids just to make it more fun. The weather was perfect the kids were so good and they had a great time. I think sometimes unplanned outings like this go smoother than well thought out trips.
Kendall did much better with the witches this year!!

Just for laughs!! Same witch one year earlier.

pumkin patch playdate

We went to the pumpkin patch today with my friend Camille and her kids. The kids were running around picking up every pumpkin. Ben wanted all of them and he finally settled on a short green one (Dad called it a squash) and Kendall got a SMALL round one (We will have to pick up pumkins at the grocery store that we can carve I guess)

Knock Knock!!

Who is there?
Banana
Banana who?
knock knock!
Who is there?
Banana
Banana who?
knock knock!
Who is there?
Orange
Orange who?
Orange you glad I didn't say banana again?

sometimes he forgets to say orange and he could go all day with the banana part.

His new thing is asking
"what is so funny?" when you are laughing at his joke.
then he says "say, your knock knock joke!"

4th and 4th

here is a fun thing to try open your pictures go to your fourth folder and find the fourth picture and write about it.
Caught in the act! This was last winter I think it might have been the first (big) snow. The kids were still in their jammies and they wanted to play outside so bad. I told them they could if they got dressed. I think Ben changed his shirt and helped Kendall get her shoes on. They didn't say a word after that and I caught them trying to open the front door. The snow was just too tempting I guess. Good thing the door was locked or they would have been Popsicles.

adventures in Moab

This weekend was an extra special one. First Tyler's mom came to visit from Oregon. The kids can hardly control themselves when they know their Ya-Ya is coming so I never tell them until she is almost here. Then we got to take our Ya-Ya camping in Moab. It was nice to go down south and get away from the rain up in Salt Lake. Even if it was just for one day because the rain followed us down there on Saturday. We got to Slick Rock on Thursday night just in time to find a camp site go for a short flashlight hike and go to bed. The next day was full of adventures! The kids and Ya-Ya went exploring and hiked up a small hill next to our camp site and left dad to make breakfast (I was sleeping in, Thanks dear!) Ben came back and proudly declared that he had named the hill Black Bug Mountain. There were a lot of BIG black beetles everywhere. I don't remember that about Moab but it has been almost eight years since the last time I was there. After breakfast we got in our car (no not a car our Bwack Sububan, as Kendall would say)and took a trip to Arches National Park. We spent the day hiking around and enjoying the perfect weather. On a side note we got some great pictures that I cannot post because my camera or memory card or both are acting up. I don't want to mess with it right now so I can have a professional look at it. The day was getting late and we went back to the trailer. Lucky us our campsite was next to a Jeep trail head and Ben was having fun watching the Jeeps and the 4-wheelers (4-rollers Ben called them) start up the trail. It was a popular trail when we were trying to eat dinner and Ben was to excited to eat. Kendall asked Daddy for a fire because Mr. Sun was going to bed and we need to have smores. We roasted Marshmallows and Ben and Ya-Ya took turns telling stories. That was Oh so cute, Ben's story would always be about the same thing that Ya-ya had just talked about. Time for bed and the storm started, funny I don't remember it raining so much since the last time we went camping.

from the mouth of Ben

today Ben was looking at the new car my parents just bought. He climbed into the front seat put on his seat belt and said "come on Grandpa hop in we are going to Disneyland"