Halloween 2011

Chris was eating a piece of candy today and Carter wanted a bite. He asked for it by saying "trick-or-treat" instead of please. It was super cute and reminded me to finish my Halloween post. 

Halloween 2011

We had such a nice Halloween.  The twins LOVED IT!! The weather was awesome for walking around, not too hot, not too cold, just perfect.   Carter and Kenna said "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" and every house.  My sister, Paula, and I took the twins around our little neighborhood.  There were tons of trick or treaters and I think my little "flapper and gangsta" were the cutest. ( I might be a little bias) although we received tons of complements on their costumes.

 Kenna in her flapper outfit; check out those fabulous "sparkle shoes" and feather boa.  I made her costume, well it's semi-homemade (kinda like the show, only without the food). Ok, not so much like the show but you get what I'm saying.  We had the dress from an "option" for one of the weddings last summer.  It was "back-up" just in case she got something on her pretty dress we could do a wardrobe change.  Anyway, I sewed all the fringe and sequins on, it's "semi-homemade". 

 She looks so much like Paula in this picture. I need to get that picture of Paula (same age as Kenna) from my Mom and do a side by side comparison.  I swear I gave birth to my sister look-a-like (Makenna) and a Chris look-a-like (Carter)! 

Here is Carter looking cute as a "nice gangster".  He is the sweetest, happiest little boy.  He is always singing a song (most of the time making up his own words) and gives lots of hugs and kisses. 

 

AND he is always on the go!  He runs everywhere and boy is he FAST.  I have had to run at a full sprint a few times to catch him.  He is very good at holding hands while walking, and held my had between every house while we trick-or-treated. Of course he was running between most houses.

Here they are with all their "loot".  Makenna was so funny, she had to smell all her candy. In between houses she wanted Paula to carry her so she could sniff her candy... Such a funny girl. Her favorite was the ones with peanut butter (Daddy's favorite too!) 

When we got home we dumped it all out in the living room to pick out our favorites.  Paula and I did the same exact thing when we were little. 

I had to finish up the post about Halloween so I can start my post about Thanksgiving next.

It has been a BUSY week

We have a new..........NEPHEW!! John Louis Cox was born on 10-12-11 weighing in at 8lbs and as healthy as can be! Congratulations Lisa, Joe, Patrick, Izzy, and Tommy!! I can't wait to go home in January and hold the little guy. 

We also celebrated my 29th birthday.  I had a wonderful day at school; all my classes sang happy birthday to me. I really loved when they were guessing my age and honestly guessed 24!! Then they acted surprised I was 29. Only 1 person (out loud) guessed I was 32..haha.  I love my classes this year.  They are hard workers and have great personalities which makes my job even more enjoyable.  Chris got me Tom's shoes.  The are the "Dare to Teach" fabric. I love them! And I love that Tom's has their "One for One" campaign.  It is with every purchase of a new pair of Tom's they will give a new pair of shoes to a child in need.  So that means a kid out there got a present for my birthday too!!! 

My cheerleaders made me a special shirt that said "Birthday Coach" with all their names on the back. It's pretty sweet! I wore it to both games this week this past week. 

 

A couple weekends ago I made a "Haunted Foam Castle".  It was a 91 piece 3D foam puzzle.  The directions were to follow the picture on the box.  Three hours later I finally had it finished.  It is very cute, some sort of directions would have been helpful.  I think my finished castle turned out pretty cool!

OktoBEERfest and a Rainy Sunday

On Saturday we went to Oktobeerfest at Dunedin Brewery.  Two years ago we went to this with my sister-in-laws when they were down to visit while I was pregnant with the twins.  Last year we missed the event, so we made sure to make it back this year! It was fun, the food was delicious, and I found a new favorite beer called Big Bam Boo Pumpkin Ale brewed at the brewery.  Chris bought us each a Dunedin Brewery t-shirt, so now we have matching shirts... how cute!!! haha!! I just have to convince him I want to wear them on the same day, we would be so funny!!!

Kenna and Carter had fun dancing to the band with the other kids that were there.  Kenna even made friends with a nice lady who got up and danced with us.  They are so much fun to watch!

This is Carter after waking up from his nap. WOW!! Look at that hair.  It might be time for a hair cut, but I don't think I can stand cutting off those beautiful (sometimes crazy) curls.  Maybe we will trim it up a little when Auntie P is here so she can help keep his head still.  His new this is saying "oh ya, oh ya" when we ask him a question, it is the cutest thing ever!!! I as "Carter, do you love your Mommy?" his reply "Oh ya!" 

Chris didn't want an actual birthday party all about him..... so I made it a pumpkin carving party with cupcakes to celebrate Chris's 30th thrown in.  I'm sneaky like that! I was just going to send out an email about it, but I thought I would play around with photoshop and see what I came up with for an actual invitation.  Two hours later and a (printing issue) I had an invite,  they are cute and I like them!! My brother is an actual graphic artist went to college for it and everything!!! There were a few times I wanted to just give up and call him to make one for me, but I didn't! I even thought about calling him to ask questions about what I was doing. However, I am sooooooo not photoshop savvy and I didn't know how to put what I was doing into words so he could understand me.  Let alone when he would try to tell me what to do back I wasn't going to get it either.  SO this invitation is a product of trial-and-error and clicking the go back a step button. 

Sunday evening we made our second Halloween craft: Sun catchers.  The twins painted them mostly by themselves.  They really liked painting.  Carter didn't want to stop even after his paint was all gone.  

Kenna and Daddy painting.

Kenna made the "mow mow" her favorite animal lately, and Carter made the ghost.

It was a nice weekend and we have a SUPER BUSY week ahead.  I just need to remember not to get overwhelmed and take it one task at a time.  I have our first HHS Cheerleading Alumni Night Fundraiser at school this Friday!! and we have UCF Stunt Camp on Saturday in Orlando.  I hope I get everything done and we have a good turnout for the event!!!