Trick Or Treat!

Happy Halloween! We had a great day at our house. We went to Michaels this morning and the kids made a very cute spider and spider web craft and they got all kinds of goodies. Then we came home and carved our pumpkins. I should say we watched Mike carve all the pumpkins. He did have his power tools out to help him. The girl were both grossed out by the yucky pumpkin guts.

But, they all turned out great.

The costumes all looked good tonight. Briana got to go out in full makeup, and Mike decided to dress up as a rocker. And I got to put makeup on him!

Halloween Eve

The girls had their Halloween parade and parties at school today. I think they both had a really good time.

Here's Sydney's class in their costumes:

And here are the girls in the parade:

For Briana's class party, they got to make a giant spiderweb with yarn:

In Sydney's classroom, they made tissue paper bats:

Here is Sydney's friend, Sloane, with paint all over her hand:

And Sydney making a hand print spider:

Briana's class made these awesome black pumpkin bats, which I really loved:

After school, we got to go to Terracon for trick or treating there. The girls went around about three times and their bags were bursting with candy.

The girls now have 20 pounds of candy! And after our fun filled day, we are all completely exhausted.

Let the fun begin!

Today, the girls got to wear their Halloween costumes to dance class. They have been anticipating this all week, and today could not get here fast enough. So, we raced home from school, got them into their costumes and raced off to dance class. I did get this picture of them real quick before we left the house.

Briana is dressed as a vampire, and Sydney is Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.

Briana's class starts first, and here they all are in their costumes.

Briana is in the front row, all the way to the left. Her teacher dressed up as a mustard bottle.

And here's the whole class together.

Here's Sydney's class dancing around.

Sydney is on the left.

In this one, she's third from the left.

And here's her whole class.

They made it really fun for all the kids. They all got to trick or treat, and pick a toy from a giant cauldron as a treat. And they got to dance to Halloween music, and Sydney's class got to dance to Wizard of Oz music, which she thinks was inspired by her costume.

And if that doesn't get you in the Halloween spirit, I think this story written by Briana will.

It said:

The Mean Vampire

There was a vampire that was so mean. If you touch her she will get so angry. That's why I never ever will touch her. She has brown hair like me too. I wonder what her name is? I always wanted to be a vampire. She can be really angry. She also gets mad if you say "ha ha" to her. I've seen someone do it so I moved yesterday. So I'm safe here. I never get to be something mean till 2nd grade wait I am in 2nd grade. So she is a mean vampire. Wait... I AM THE VAMPIRE!

I can scan!!!

Guess what I got for my bday!! A photo printer/scanner/copier/printer/etc!!!!! It rocks! My parents gave it to me today. We came home, Mike set it all up for me, and I have been scanning ever since.

So.....here is what I have so far:

Kids report cards from last week at conferences.

This one is Briana's.

And here's Sydney's. I know. They are geniuses.

Here are there school pictures.

Briana grade 2

Sydney kindergarten

Every year at school, they do an art project called Original Art, where they make a special painting or drawing and send it home with a brochure of all the things you can have your art made into, like a t-shirt, or a magnet or a keychain. Normally, I order away, and try to get something small to give out as Christmas presents. But, this year, it cost too much, so I am keeping their art with the intention of framing it and having some kid art somewhere in the house. Here is what Briana made:

And here is what Sydney made:

And lastly, here is a cute (semi-fictional) story that Briana came home from school with.

Gobble, Gobble

Briana was invited to a birthday party the other day. We received the invitation in the mail on Wednesday, and promptly went to Build A Bear on Thursday morning to make a birthday present. Briana chose to make her friend a turkey and named the turkey Thanksgiving. I thought the turkey was pretty cute to begin with, but once I saw the awesome box he comes in, I realized it is the best present, ever.

We have a brownie in our house!!

He didn't get rid of them all!

Autumn Wonderland

We heard on the news last night that we might have a dusting of snow this morning. Imagine my kids excitement when we woke up to this:

The kids were dying to get out there and jump right into the snow, but I made them wait until 9 am. Ellie couldn't wait that long though.

Happy Birthday To Me!

I was presented with this delicious store bought cake for my birthday this year. It was very yummy. But, nothing will be able to top the cake he made me last year.

I think I will post a picture of that cake every year on my birthday just to make me smile.

She lost another one!!

I didn't even know her tooth was very loose! But, she yanked it out today. Looks like the tooth fairy will be making a trip to our house tonight!

Boo!

Look what I made this morning!!

The glue is still drying, so it is on the kitchen table for right now. I haven't decided where I'm going to keep it yet. Maybe the front door? Wherever it ends up it will look good. If I do say so myself.

It's been a long time (since I rock and rolled)...

I was shocked to hear that after all the enjoyment everyone has been getting from my dad's smile enhancement feature on his camera, that he has been DELETING all the smile enhanced pictures! I'm glad I got a couple emailed to me before they all disappeared.

In other news, we took the kids to feed the ducks on Sunday. It was a very good time. Much different than the time the duck bit Briana's hand and then chased her all the way to the car (because of Papaw dropping bread crumbs). This time, the kids were able to feed the ducks right out of their hands. They also screamed and chased the ducks. Very fun and very entertaining!

I have two things not related to duck feeding to share. Last night, the girls were both helping me fold laundry while I cooked dinner. Briana hollered at me, "What should we do with your underwear, Mommy?" I said, "just put it in a pile." She waits a second and then says, "good. I didn't know how I was going to fold it because it's so....BIG!" He he he he. I love my granny undies.

The other funny thing happened this morning while Sydney and I were upstairs brushing her hair before school. Briana and Ellie were on the couch in the living room and Briana was playing with her cash register. She was singing into the microphone, so it was making a really high pitched squealing sound. I could hear that sound, and then I could hear a lower pitched oooooooo sound. I peeked out of the bathroom and saw Ellie sitting next to Briana howling. It was so so cute. Briana did it several more times, and Ellie howled every time. I'm going to see if I can get them to do it again later so I can record it. So funny!