Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween!

A lot of the towns around us got Halloween postponed until the weekend but ours went as planned.  Several weeks ago when I asked Sam what he wanted to be for Halloween he told me he wanted to be a stop sign!  I said "ok" but in the back of my mind I was planning on him changing his mind to "batman" or "dinosaur" or "scooby doo" so I didnt look at costumes.  Whenever we saw a stop sign somewhere Sam would say "look mommy! a stop sign! Thats what I am going to be for Halloween!"
hmmmm..... maybe he DOES want to be a stop sign.
Two weeks before Halloween I asked Sam one more time what he wanted to be and he still said stop sign - so I headed to JoAnn's Fabrics and bought some red and white felt. Traced and cut the letters and made Sam his very own stop sign!



Hannah was a fairy....or maybe a butterfly?  haha  I was given the costume by a friend last year




....and we're off!


Mr Jay told Sam he could only have ONE piece of candy..... guess which one he picked????  
LOL


Mr Tony dresses scary every year - Sam knows its him though and gives him a high five after he takes off his mask


Hannah wasn't scared at all which surprised me  - she just stared at him!


Our neighbors dogs all dressed up


Hannah had a blast and LOVED picking out candy from our neighbors!
When we got home we went thru it and found something strange....

instant coffee and sugar..... huh??????


see you next year!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy

Last year a few days before Halloween we had a snow storm....this year a hurricane.... crazy October's I tell you!  We were bracing for the worst as they were expecting us to get hit hard and lose power - we had the deck cleared off of everything and the generator was pulled out and ready to go.
We had some strong winds and some rain but the creek didn't even flood - seems like the storm was south of us - the only "damage" was our backyard neighbors tree - it was a HUGE one and it came down and fell on the bridge - pretty crazy looking



Schools were closed so we just hung out at the house in our pjs and snacked =)



Monday, October 29, 2012

Conversations with Sam


Sam: Mommy, will you sleep with me?
Me: No - we all sleep in our own beds
Sam: What do I have to do to get someone to sleep with me??!!!?
.... do I need a wife?
Me: laughing  Yes buddy, you need a wife
Sam: Will you be my wife mommy?
Me: No, I am already taken
Sam: Who took you?
Me: Daddy
Sam: Why did he have to do that!!!!
Me: You need to marry someone your own age.... like Samantha.
Sam: Is Samantha 4?
Me: yep
Sam: pondering...... sigh...... I will just sleep by myself mommy...I don't want a wife!

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Sam's legs have been bothering him at night and I told him he was growing and that those were "growing pains"
We were outside playing one day and he fell down
Sam: rubbing his legs
Me: Are you ok Sam?
Sam:  Yeah, I'm ok I'm just growing Mommy

Halloween treats

 
I saw this idea online and thought it was super cute!  Hershey bars wrapped as mummies and the card attached (below) says
"Thanks for taking care of me while my mummy is at work"
 


Sunday, October 28, 2012

Life with a toddler {sam}

I was laying down trying to get rid of a headache in my bedroom - I heard Sam come in but he was playing nicely (I assumed) with his books and toys we have in our office area. An hour later I woke up and went in the bathroom
 
 
All of my bare minerals powder and eye shadow was open and everywhere....

 
No, Sam doesnt have a tan....he put the bronzer on himself
 
 
Then I realized one of my BCP was missing.....

 
Mark called poisen control after Sam said he ate it and thankfully they said he would be fine.
I told him he doesnt take pills - they are Mr Yuck - he said "Miss Tammy said we dont eat medicine or vitamins without asking mommy or daddy - she never said pills"
yeah....ok Sam....  ugh!


Carving Pumpkins






Saturday, October 27, 2012

Cant I please get ONE picture for the Christmas card??!?!?!










 
oh forget it.... here, have the lollipop I was bribing you with

 
Maybe I will use this one
"Thinking of you this Christmas"
lol


Saturday, October 20, 2012

Apple Festival

The kids school hosted an Apple Festival today so we headed down to check it out!
 
They had apple and fall themed activities and yummy apple pies - it was a super fun time!
 
 
Painting with apples


 
Toss the bats in the pumpkins


 
making spider webs


 
Apple Bowling

 
Make your own apple pie - yummy!



 
They also had apple cider!

Hannah with her teacher - Miss Pam