Happy Halloween!

We had an excellent Halloween! When Geremu woke up I said, Happy Halloween. He looked at me and said, "Tomorrow Halloween?" Nope, today is Big Guy! They he fist pumps and says, "Oh my gosh (his new favorite expression), today Halloween!"

After the boys ate an early dinner they got dressed-up.

Then the dancing started...
I couldn't stop smiling watching Cullen, he would look down at himself when he would pose and say, "Mom, look at my hips!"
I can't take my eyes off of them kid:) Geremu couldn't' resist the tiger outfit because "It has claws!"

When the boys were trick-or-treating Cullen informed me he had a guacamole of candy.

WHAT?

Apparently, (in Cullen's mind) guacamole means ton in Spanish. I tried explaining what guacamole was but since "Mom you don't take Spanish so I don't think you know."

I'm pretty sure even though Cullen takes Spanish he doesn't really know Spanish:)

Hope your Halloween was as spooktacular as ours!

House Havoc

To say that our house is a mess is an understatement. Nick is currently working on a remodeling job in the house. The dust from the drywall/construction is EVERYWHERE! At this point I'm not sure it's even worth cleaning the house again until the worst of the mess is over. Some of the new items for the room came packaged in Styrofoam, the boys realized today that they can karate-chop it into pieces. I could hear them laughing and having a good time in the garage. Little did I know that they would be covered in little balls and I would now have that to clean-up from everywhere they went today on top of all the dust...

We decided to add to the mess with pumpkin carving tonight.

The boys used marker to draw their designs on while I did the carving. Cullen started gagging as soon as he attempted to gut his pumpkin. To prevent him from making another mess (puking) I decided to put him in charge of picking up the dropped pumpkin seeds, it kept him busy.
Our finished pumpkins turned out wonderful. I love the smell of burning pumpkin when the candle inside gets so hot the top turns black.
I recently learned that my kids are HUGE fans of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"...

An Exciting Day...

Cullen had the good fortune of meeting and spending the morning playing with AJ Hawk from the Green Bay Packers. I'm hoping to post pictures when I get some...

I had the pleasure of sitting in during the first 25 minutes of Geremu's class today to watch costume show-and-tell and hear some finger plays and songs. It was something I'm pretty sure only a parent would appreciate so I'll spare you the details:)

Prepping for the Holiday

Geremu has been busy prepping and practicing for Halloween...

He would much rather wear his bucket on his head then collect treats.

Enjoying the Weather

I have two nights of parent teacher conferences this week. Wo we decided to head out tonight and spend a little time as a family before the week becomes crazy busy. We had beautiful weather and the kids seemed to enjoy themselves.

I taught Geremu how to jump onto a moving merry-go-round, an important skill that everyone should know. Geremu did have a few times he wasn't quite fast enough and managed to get dragged by the merry-go-round but I think he enjoyed that too:)

My boys

The below famous figure, Red Bird, is the highlight of all of our family hikes at this particularly park. The boys play "I spy with my little eye..." the first one to spy Red Bird... WINS! This was a close as Cullen would sit to us... CrAzY little guy

Walking with Friends

Today we decided to enjoy the beautiful weather with a walk through the woods with our friends.

These are the same friends that Geremu asks to see everyday.

To say he enjoys his time with them is an understatement.

We are so lucky to have people like this in our life!

The Place Dreams Come True...

Cullen was sitting in the back seat today sniffling and announced, "We are not going to get to go to Disney World if I don't get rid of this cold soon."

I wasn't even aware we had a trip to Disney World planned...