Trick or Treating

We have been so busy lately, I am finally getting around to posting these.

Kyle and Blake were originally going to be Star Wars themed this year so I got Dallin a Yoda to match. Then they changed their minds and were both super heroes. So I got him a Captain America instead.

Dallin had a cute little Halloween party at his preschool where he got to be dressed up. He was sure cute!







Kyle and Blake's school always does a parade for the parents so I headed on down for that.



Finally, the moment the boys had been waiting for! CANDY TIME! :)





At the last minute, I decided to dress up too. I got on pinterest to get some fast/easy/cheap ideas. And one idea from pinterest stuck out. I was pinterest.



Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving!

Halloween is so fun with the boys. Earlier this week we got our pumpkins carved. Wow, that was a mess! We grew our own pumpkins this year. Last year, when we carved pumpkins, we did most of it outside on the porch to save on clean up. The seeds got tossed out into the flower bed and a pumpkin plant grew there! I also grew some intentionally in the backyard.

One of the pumpkins was so hard it was like cutting wood. Brian used his dremel tool for cutting it. It turned out pretty good!



Here is Blake, showing me the guts! :)



Dallin had a great time poking the pumpkin with the carving tool. He wanted a moon, and he wanted a scary face. Then he wanted a happy face. Though he kept changing his mind, he ended up happy with what he got.



Kyle picked out the largest pumpkin of all, it was huge! I am surprised that it stood upright. It turned out amazing! And Blake wanted to do Frankenstein. Everybody's turned out pretty good.

Soccer

Blake had a great time playing soccer this year. It was fun to watch, usually it was the highlight of my week. The blur in the middle wearing the blue shirt is Blake.

This was a different year for him because there was a goalie and he was on the bigger field. So he learned a lot.
He was pretty excited to be the goalie himself. His first go at it was a steep learning curve. But at his second try, he did amazing! He stopped probably 20 goals.
My favorite thing was this little dance he did when he first got to be goalie.




Here he is stopping a goal.




I have a few hundred more games just like this to attend with my boys. How lucky am I?

Dallin still sleeps in his pack n play. I should probably move him out, but he is so happy in there. He is a great sleeper and why mess with that?
Well, I need to mess with that because when he stretches out, his feet touch one end and his head touches the other. I guess at the start of the new year, we will go ahead and move him to a big boy bed.


I love the little imprint the mesh on the side of his pack n play left!

My Little Helper

Kyle has many nicknames. And they seem to evolve. Before he could say Kyle, Dallin used to call him Ca-Ca. And Blake called him Ki-O. For some reason, Brian stared calling him Cackle, which changed to Shackle, which became Shaq, that changed to Shaquille ONeal. He has a few other nicknames too. Basically, he answers to anything. One name that I have always called him is My Little Helper. That one fits him well.

He has started mowing the lawn. Even though I am not entirely convinced that he is old enough, Brian is confident in him. And I have to admit, he has been doing a great job! He seems real proud of himself too.




I am proud of you too, my little Shaq!

1st Day of School

Kyle and Blake's first day went really good this year. I was forbidden by Kyle to take any pictures once he went any closer to the school than this. And I was expressly forbidden, tears were involved, to take pictures once we entered the building. So, I negotiated and here is what I got:


Blake didn't mind me going in with him though. At the end of the day, I met Blake in the front. I snapped this picture right after he saw me. I love this expression on his face! He was so happy to see me!





Kyle allowed me to take another picture at the end of the day. Guess he figured that any friends of his were already long gone and the sight of his embarrassing mom wasn't going to have negative social repercussions for him. Sigh.



The boys have great teachers and are excited for a new school year.

Caterpillar

The boys found a cute little fuzzy caterpillar.







I guess you get used to bugs being brought into the house when you have little boys around. :)

Brothers

Preschool!

Dallin started preschool this year. That has actually been making me a little sad. He is getting so big!

I do love who he goes to. Rose Mary is his teacher. She did preschool for all my boys.



I love how I have this same picture of each of my boys. Here is Dallin:


Here is Blake:


And here is Kyle:


Dallin did really good. He went right in and seemed comfortable. He had a great time and most days he asks to go again. He loves wearing his backpack, probably because his older brothers wear theirs. When I picked him up he was totally happy. I love how he ran up to me.

Front Door

My Mom is always into things before they become cool. She found out about Feng Shui a long time ago. In fact, she pronounced it "FENG SHOE WEE." It is really pronounced more like "Fung Shway." Anyway, she is really good at creating things, so I was asking how to better my house. She says that an entry way to a home should be welcoming and warm. Here is what it was. Blah.



I had been wanting to do something for my front door forever. I wanted to paint it but couldn't decide what color. So she took me to home depot just to buy me a new welcome mat. We could easily start there. And we found the perfect one!



So she got this for me! It was so nice.

Well, doing one thing makes you want to improve other things. So, I really wanted to paint my front door. This mat helped me pick a color.



Then I wanted all the weeds in the front dug out and looking nice. We got some new perennials and here is how it looks now:







Then, I didn't feel like the curtains that were on the door when we bought the house looked right anymore. So, I made some new curtains. I saw this material months ago on Joann's website. And right when I wanted to make these curtains, they were on sale! Ta-da!



So here are my curtains. I love them. And now I love my whole front door area. So nice.