Loving this "playing at the park" weather

Little Bo Peep and The Lost Sheep

We had a great Halloween! Leightyn has loved her Little Bo Peep costume since she got it. The biggest problem was dealing with her new long hair. Mylea wasn't to sure what was going on, but she thought it was funny when she was dressed as a sheep. I decided to make a day of it. I got the girls ready early and took them to Toys R Us for a costume parade with Geoffery the Giraffe. Leightyn didn't get to close to the giraffe at first. Mylea was all over him.

After Toys R Us, we headed back home to see what our neighbors Macy and Ava were dressed as. Macy was dressed as a ladybug. Here are some pictures of Leightyn, Mylea, and Macy.






After taking some pictures, we hopped on Curtis' golfcart and headed up the street to see Ava.


Ava wasn't home yet, but her daddy (Graham) had plenty of candy to hand out. This was Leightyn's 4th Halloween but only her first time to go trick or treating. She now thinks that if she says "Trick or Treat", someone has to give her candy.

After having fun in the neighborhood, we headed to church for a few hours to have fun at the carnival. There were all kinds of games set up, candy and toys to win, and lots of food to eat.
Mylea loved playing the duck game. Leightyn had a hard time picking out her candy.

At this game, Leightyn had to throw the rubber egg into the frying pan.


Mylea helped kids knock down their bowling pins.


Playing basketball

Leightyn is playing the game while Mylea picks up the balls and puts them up.

Leightyn and (future U of A football star) Logan

Leightyn and Tyler at the cake circle.

After playing at church, we headed over to my dad and mom's for their annual Halloween bash. Curtis, Bethany, and Macy met us over there for snacks and trick or treating. Curtis, Bethany, Macy, Leightyn, Mylea, and me all loaded up on the "vroom vroom" (gator) and went trick or treating. I guess people quit handing out candy after 9:00 because very few lights were on. We did find about five houses to go to. Leightyn would walk up to the door, say trick or treat, say thank you, and then ask if it was time to go to another house. We did this over and over before heading back to hand out candy at mom and dad's.

The kids seemed to have a great time. Leightyn has already informed me that she will be sleeping in her costume and wearing it to church on Sunday......we shall see about that.

Reading Girl

Just wanted to share a video of Leightyn "reading" (because it is memorized) her favorite book "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear".

Pumpkin Fun

We carved pumpkins Monday night with Bethany, Curtis, Macy, and my mom and dad. Leightyn wanted a Minnie Mouse pumpkin and a Buzz Light Year pumpkin. When my dad saw the patterns we were using to make the characters, he gave us a hard time about not making a plain old jack o lantern. Leightyn wasn't sure about the gooey stuff inside the pumpkin. She enjoyed sitting and watching us carve the pumpkins while she ate candy.

Leightyn put her hand in the pumpkin two times and decided that she didn't like the icky stuff.

Posing with her buddy.

Mylea and Macy really didn't care about carving pumpkins.

Bethany worked hard tracing the Buzz Lightyear for our pumpkin. At one point, she agreed with my dad that a regular pumpkin face would be much easier.

Landen worked hard on his Minnie Mouse pumpkin. When asked how it was going, he replied with "S U C K S...maybe it will be finished for next year".

Mylea and Grandma Jo sharing some candy corn.

Macy and her daddy

This is our Buzz pattern. After we traced the pattern, Bethany and I secretly decided that it was going to be crazy to do this and turned our pumpkin into this.......

Landen didn't think it was very funny when he saw our old plain Jack O Lantern pumpkin. Every one else got a huge kick out of our suprise.

I must admit that Landen's Minnie Mouse pumpkin looked great!

Twirling Makes Us Silly

Hairy Girls

Just had to share these pictures of Macy and Mylea with lots and lots of hair!

Lite Brite Fun

Leightyn has a new favorite toy. I bought a Lite Bright many years ago when KB Toys closed in the mall. The box has been in our game closet since we moved in this house. I never let Leightyn play with it because I was afraid she would lose the pegs or lose interest in finishing a picture. Boy, was I wrong! Leightyn can't wait for Mylea to take a nap so she can play with the Lite Brite. (Naptime is the only time she gets to play with it). Below are some pictures of her creations.

Mr. Potato Head

Grandma Nancy's Birthday Cake