Happy Halloween! part 1

Carving Pumpkins

Today had it's ups and downs but overall we had a great day. Leah woke up last night with a fever and wouldn't go back to sleep unless I was next to her so we moved her into our bed, and Logan slept in her bed. So I didn't get a very good night's rest because I was worried about her. But thankfully her fever went down in the morning, and her spirits went up. So we continued with our Halloween plans for the day.

We carved pumpkins during Cameron's afternoon nap, and I tried to get Leah to take a nap or have quiet time but she refused. She enjoyed helping with her pumpkin but most of the time we wouldn't let her use the knife so she just watched as Logan carved it for her. Her main criteria for her pumpkin was that it had to be a "girl" pumpkin.

















































Logan was excited to find a pumpkin that was tilted so he could use the stem for the nose. I think his turned out great.





































Here is my pumpkin finished. I picked a really tall one, but didn't realize until I started carving that I picked the pumpkin with the thickest wall to cut. My arm was sore after I was done. And Leah thought my face looked sad. Cameron's baby pumpkin is sitting next to mine, and I was so tired after mine that I didn't feel like carving another one.

















Here was the lighting of the pumpkins. (Sorry if it's a little blurry)

Monster Mash

Our neighbors posted this on their blog, and we thought this was so fun that we decided to do it with our faces. We used Logan's sister Jenna's face to do the last one. Happy Halloween week! Enjoy!

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Ward Halloween Night

It's been a busy day trying to get my chili ready, make cupcakes, and get the kids in their Halloween costumes in time for our Ward (local church) Halloween Night. My chili was part of the Chili Cook-off where there were over 18 people who submitted their chili. And mine was picked for one of the four finalists. I was so excited! They gave out free tickets to the Hale Center Theatre in Orem, and we can pick any play we want to go see. Free date night and it's just a few blocks away from our house.

The party was really fun. But getting there was a different story. Cameron napped earlier from noon to 2 p.m. so by 5;30 when I was getting ready to leave, he was cranky. So I put him down for a quick nap, ran across the street to drop off my chili, raced back home and woke him up, and went back over to the church.

Leah had fun going to the different decorated rooms to trick or treat and picking out a cupcake for the cake walk. And I was so busy with the kids that I didn't take any photos while we were there.

And I forgot to take a picture of Cameron in his lion costume. Oh well! Here he is doing one of his favorite things - looking at books. I'll take more pics when we go trick or treating on Saturday. Logan actually got off of work around 7 p.m. in time to get some food and play with the kids at the party.




















Leah wore her Cinderella costume again this year. She has grown since last Halloween and wasn't tripping over the dress this time. I curled her hair but it was already looking limp an hour later. Her hair just does not keep the curl in it.







I decided at the last minute to look for something to dress up in. I found this fun headband at a Halloween store and painted my face with some old paint we had laying around. I thought it turned out pretty nice. Logan was surprised to find me with my face painted at the party since I wasn't planning on dressing up.


















Leah kept saying all night "You look like a kitty!" Yep, that's what I was going for.

Pumpkin patch and playing at the park

Yesterday we went to a local nursery and picked out pumpkins for Halloween. I think Leah was more excited to do it this year than last year. She wanted to pull the wagon, and she found her perfect pumpkin pretty fast. She wasn't really picky.


































Cameron kept pointing to the pumpkins and grunting meaning he wanted one, so we let him have one on his lap in the stroller. He tried to take a bite a few times but realized his little teeth were not strong enough.





Logan's sister Jenna spent Friday and Saturday with us and helped a lot with the kids around the house and while we were out. She was such a great sport when Leah wanted to play a game, paint at the table and play outside. She even drew a picture of Shrek and Donkey for Leah (she just watched Shrek for the first time this week). We're glad she came down to hang out with us. She even snapped a family picture for us at the pumpkin patch.

















After the pumpkin patch, we took the kids to a nice park in Provo with a duck pond. It was such a beautiful day and almost too hot when you were sitting in the sun. Leah was making silly faces while I was trying to take her picture at the park as you can see in this one.

















Leah wanted to pick up these little red berries on the ground, and she said she going to take them home and make "cherry juice". She has seen Logan pick grapes and make grape juice so this was just natural for her to pick up the berries. But she stashed them in the little pockets on her pants.







































Here's me and my girl snuggling for a picture.


Cameron enjoyed walking around the park with Logan's hands and playing on the park bench while we were waiting for Leah to pick berries. He is such a good smiler. We had such a fun day enjoying the outdoors, and then we had Logan's family and some friends over to watch the BYU-San Diego State game. I love fall time!

Our Sunday

This morning we slept in until 8 a.m. when Leah finally came in to tell us that Cameron was awake. We both didn't want to get out of bed but our church started at 9 so we hustled around the house to get ready and made it five minutes late.

But when I went to get Cameron out of bed Leah wanted to get into his crib with him. They are both so cute together in the morning. Leah will go in there and keep him happy while we sleep a little bit longer.

















Then after church I actually got a cute picture of them in their Sunday clothes. Cameron had on this adorable shirt and vest that Logan's dad gave him for Christmas last year. And now it finally fits him. He looked so grown up and handsome.

It's hard to get him to sit still long enough for a picture.