Trunk or Treat

We went to our first Trunk or Treat this year with our ward.  It was a lot of fun.  Our ward goes all out with this holiday and it showed.  We had a chili and dessert cook off!  I would have entered one of my cakes or desserts but with 2 little kids I really don't have the time to make something fancy.  After dinner there were games for the kids both big and little.  The little kids went from room to room at our church and played while the big kids stayed in the gym.  They rented a Sumo set and a big bouncy tug of war basketball thingy.  The teenagers and adults had a great time with it and so did Lydia.  She cheered them on like they were her very own personal team.  It was funny.

My two kiddo's in line for the costume contest.

Okay this was the coolest costume EVER!!!!  If I was the judge, he would have won.

Cake walk with her friends.

She would get a little too close to the Sumo game.

Lydia and her friend Brooklyn who dressed up as Rapunzel too.

Lydia and her friend Kendall cheering on the boys!

 

The Trunk or Treat ended our Halloween festivities for this year.  Lydia got so much candy that we called it enough.  Lydia didn't need the door to door trick or treating as well.  I think you can over do holidays and I don't want her to expect multiple parties with every holiday that comes around.  Plus she is still young enough that she will never remember that we didn't take her trick or treating anyway.  We had a great Halloween!

Zoo Boo

One thing I LOVE about living in this small town is the activities that the city does.  Lufkin has a great zoo that we go to all the time and every Halloween they get it all decorated and local businesses come in to pass out candy and do games with kids.  It's a big deal and the whole city shows up for it.  We thought it would be awesome to go as well so we got the kids all dressed up in their costumes.  Lydia had 2 choices, a dragon and Rapunzel.  Much to her daddy's dismay, she choose Rapunzel without hesitation.  She may be a tom-boy but she is still a girl and likes to get dressed up!  We put Jason in the Duck costume that Lydia wore last year and he looked adorable!  It was a cold night and so we bundled up and headed to the zoo.  We were told to go early and I'm glad we went early because the line was pretty long and we were there about 30 min early!  Lydia had a hard time waiting that long in a line and ended up finding all sorts of trouble to get into.  Luckily we found some people from our ward not to far behind us in the line so Lydia ran around with their 9 year old for a while.  We saw people we knew the whole time we were there. 

This was Lydia's first experience Trick-or-Treating and she picked it up really quick.  We got lots of candy and even a couple free meals from Chili's.  It was a lot of fun and we were really glad we went.  We skipped a few parts because it takes 45 min to walk round the zoo when we normaly go and lines were long to do some games.  We left after about an hour which was plenty of time for us.  We got the kids home and too bed.  It was a really fun night. 

 

My little duck ready to go!

They did really well for this picture!

What mom?

She got bored waiting in line!

Just happy to see all the kids in their costumes.

We won the cake walk!!!

Halloween Art

Doing crafts and art doesn't happen too often in our home.  Lydia doesn't sit still long enough to really finish and our Library does crafts with every story time.  Hence, I have not done too much with her.  But one morning I decided it would be fun to get a little more into the Halloween spirit so we decided to make a ghost with cotton balls.  This was a great idea and we got all ready until I realized that we didn't have any glue.  So I opted for scotch tape which we were out of as well.  Trying to figure out what to do, I found some packing tape left over from when we moved.  I improvised and and used that!  You gotta do what you gotta do.  We had a lot of fun and it was a great craft for her because it was quick, fun and easy.  I need to find more like that.

Kerry's Wedding

One of Kelvin's friends in the OLDP program was getting married Oct 19th and we were invited to the ceremony and reception.  Since Kelvin has Friday's off it made it possible to drive to Dallas on Friday so we could come home on Sat afternoon.  We have to be home for our Sunday church callings so we can't stay longer than Saturday afternoon.  We really don't like to make such quick trips because the drive costs money and is hard on the kids.  It's a 3 1/2 hour drive and that's hard for 2 young kids to sit that long in a car.  We have been cutting back on the number of times we go because it's getting too expensive and hard for us.  But Kerry is such a sweet girl that we made sure we would be there for her wedding. 

It was a pretty small and intimate affair so we felt pretty honored that we recieved an invitation.  They were married in her mom's backyard and it was gorgeous.  We came in the house and got a drink and then headed outside to take our seats.  We chatted with some other people we knew, Sarah and Rene, who will be getting married in Dec (which we are also invited to)! 

I love weddings!  Almost any wedding I attend, there is a sweet spirit there.  I always seem to cry.  This one was no exception.  But I have to say, there was a moment at this wedding that was incredible.  Kerry has a little 5 year old girl and when Manny said his vows and they kissed as husband and wife, the preacher stopped and said that Manny has another vow to make.  Manny then brought Kerry's little girl in front of him and took her sweet little hand and make a vow to her.  He promised to love and cherish her as her father forever.  He then gave her a necklace as a token of his love.  I lost it!!!  I had never seen such a moment at a wedding before.  In that moment I knew that Kerry had married a good man.  It was so tender!

Twirling Girl

Lydia has been dancing all around the house for a while now.  Anytime music comes on she wants to dance and pulls us away from whatever we hay be doing to dance with her.  It's lots of fun!  Now she is twirling anytime she has a dress on.  Some days she will dance and twirl all day long while singing songs to herself.  I can't tell you how much we love that little girl!  We got some decent footage of one instance on a Sunday morning.

A Work of Art

Who would have thought that a mustache could look so cute?!?  I know I might be kinda, sort of, slightly, a little biased as to who has the cutest mustache, but hey it's my kid so I get to say whatever I want on my blog right? 

Anyway, I was making something that was obviously chocolate (I don't remember what it was) and gave her a spoon to lick.  When I came to get it back to wash, she had this "art" on her face.

She was obviouly amused with herself.  This girl gets more fun and silly with each passing day!

Buckets of Fun

I've talked before about how my kiddos get along really well.  I'm sure that will change from time to time as they get older.  But right now they really enjoy each other and I am really happy with that.  One day I came out of the bedroom to find this....



 

Silly kid had dumped all the toys from the bucket and then crawled inside.  I had to get a picture because he was so happy and proud of himself.  Then I go back to the laundry and came back into the room to find this....

Yep!  She crawled in with him and they were squealing with delight.  This went on for another 10 min.  Those two crack me up!