Happy Halloween!!

Halloween has finally come and gone (almost technically we still have four hours left today). Today has been the day we have told the kids for months "after Halloween we will move". Now they realize its close. For the first time, Jacob said today "I want to stay here longer". It did not help that Ian put an ad on Craigslist for his fish and a guy came and took all but two of them. Nathan was in tears. Thankfully trick or treating perked him up. Change is never easy but I think they will adapt quickly. Nathan does not remember moving at all last time so I think he is going to be quite weirded out by people coming in and boxing up our life and taking it away. We just keep telling them we get to go on the best road trip with hotels with pools. So far they are excited.

We had a busy day of purging, giving away and organizing. We only have one more Saturday until the movers come. Yikes! We hope to have everything organized and out of the attic by the end of next Saturday. I think we will accomplish it. Ian being on days FINALLY should help.

Here are some pictures from the past couple of days. There are quite a few so bare with me.

This first set is from a little Halloween party a friend of ours from church had for the preschool aged kiddos. Nathan had a blast and Owen kept me running trying to escape.

Nathan and Grant

Nathan showing off his spider he made

Playing "pumpkin pumpkin GHOST!" (duck duck goose)

Wrapping the "mommy mummy"

This next set is of Jacob's party. It was pouring rain so they had their "parade" inside and then had a school wide (1st and 2nd grade) sing along in the gym before going back to their class and waiting parents for their Halloween party. Jacob did not think I was coming and even came in and did not notice me until I said "WOW look at that Anakin Sywalker!" He was so happy I was there and ran and gave me a huge hug. It felt great to make his day. We were lucky Ian was home to go get Nathan from school and keep Owen.



Helping Jake unwrap the mummy. It was cute a mom made it with toys wrapped so the kids got to unwrap him until a toy fell out.

Showing off his scarey eye balls he got from unwrapping the mummy


Self portrait. Looking lovely that day since I had been drenched with rain getting from the parking to his class...

Jacob and his WONDERFUL teacher Mrs. Peterson. I LOVE her!

LAST Set! Trick or Treating tonight. It was cold about 40 degrees but with the wind "felt like 36". Lets just say Nathan had jeans on under his jeans and I believe four shirts if you count his costume shirt and he still wanted to come home early. Our neighborhood was fairly quiet but they had a lot of fun.






They boys really wanted nothing to do with pictures. But of course mean mom forced them. Nathan LOVES his BLUE teeth. I told him now his teeth match his eyes. He just thought that was great. Owen was a cute pumpkin so thank you to Valerie for sharing Kayden's old costume. Owen enjoyed chewing on the tip of a sucker for quite a while before I think the cold just got to him. All in all a good day. We look forward to next year, trick or treating with the De Leon's again and hopefully 70 degree weather!