Thanksgiving Treats

I made Indian Corn treats for W's class at school. They turned out so cute! I found the idea in a good friend's (Melissa) mom's recipe book. Basically they are rice krispie treats with candy corn, choc. chips and peanut butter chips mixed in. Then, you shape into a corn cob and put a stick in it. They didn't look so hot at first but then when you add the presentation part with the paper and ribbon, they turn out really cute. And, honestly, what kid wouldn't want to eat something off a stick! Thanks Mrs. Adams for the idea!

Frosty Mania

The boys received Free Frosty coupons from someone on Halloween, so tonight we decided to go for our tasty treat. After giving T a few bites , we realized that surprisingly enough he had never really had ice cream until tonight. We created a frosty monster! He was rubbing his hand in the please motion like crazy. After each bite he would shake his head (we think he as having a brain freeze). He would just laugh like crazy and then beg for more. What fun!

Family Picnic Day

Today was family picnic day at W's school. S took the day off to join the fun. We had to have the picnic inside the fellowship hall due to the ground being wet outside. It was fun to meet some of W's friends he comes home talking about.
W and I spent the afternoon making our craft - a turkey with feathers to represent what he is thankful for. This craft was shown in Parents magazine and I just thought it was too cute. So W told me everything he was thankful for and we wrote on the feathers or printed a picture from the computer and let him glue. S gets credit for the turkey's feet.

Our friend Jack

W has a new little friend in the neighborhood. His name is Jack and his family lives just around the corner. We have been playing with him and his little bro Ben (who is a few months older than Tyler). All of them get along great. We went over to Jack's house to trick or treat and decided to all go around together. Those two boys were too cute! AFter the first house they had it down and were running to each house. Jack's mom took this pic - it looks like they've already had a bowl full of candy! W was so hyped up last night it took forever for him to go to sleep. In fact, I think S and I fell asleep before him.

On a side note: I gave into peer-pressure and changed my background. Everyone was doing it!

Eeeeewwwww!

Happy Halloween!

Obviously W was not into carving pumpkins this year. Great face don't ya think? He said it was "nasty" and didn't like the smell. After correcting the word "nasty", we let Shea finish the rest.

The finished product
W's craft pumpkin he and I did together

Our "Not-So-Scary" Cowboy and Scarecrow

A little preview for what's to come on Friday. We dressed up early to go to the Monster Mash today (see post below). So I thought it would be a good day to try to take some pictures. Not so easy getting them both to pose for a good picture. W was so excited to finally get to wear his cowboy costume with his boots. I've only allowed him to play in his boots at home. He was so concerned a couple of weeks ago. He told me he needed a rope for his cowboy costume. He told me "I need it to catch them girls!". I thought "did he just say what I thought he said?" Anyway, thanks to Papaw Pessel, W's wish came true. Dad found an old rope just his size out in the barn and mailed it to us. W opened the package and exclaimed "My rope....now I can catch them girls!"

Take 1 - T's face says it all in this one!

Take 2 - W's bored and T's thinking what have I got on?

Take 3 - We are so done mom!!
Cutest little scarecrow ever!

Cowboy W ready to catch them girls!

Monster Mash

One of the local parks held its annual Monster Mash today. It was a great setup but very crowded. There was tons of stuff for kids - carnival games, face painting, bouncies. singing pirates and a "trick or treat village. W had fun but all we heard of him the rest of the day was "can I have some candy". T thought the singing pirate and a balloon were the best part.

W at the trick or treat village (for some reason he did not want to wear his cowboy hat, but instead his baseball cap)

T with his fascinating balloon
W hoped into the firetruck on display. "Cowboy W drives a firetruck" said W W playing one of the carnival games