Trick or Treat

We had a last minute costume switch.  After the trunk or treat all E could do was talk about all of the princesses she saw. She wasn't upset about being a turtle but Jakob and I knew that nothing would make her happier than being a princess. Once we got home we decided to surprise her and get a very special Elsa dress. I can't even begin to explain how happy she was. She glowed. She got to wear it two days before Halloween and she lived in it and she hasn't taken it off since.

 I {love} the extra long cape and E likes to watch it as it drags behind her. 

 For Halloween I braided her her. I braid her hair all the time but it is so fine that it usually falls out within minutes of me finishing. To help it stay, I back combed it a bit and used bobby pins. You can tell even with all of that it's still starting to come undone but Elsa's hair is messy anyways.

 Holding on to all things Elsa.

 

And let's not forget our little ninja turtle. There was no way I was getting that sippy cup away from him. He was crazy wiggly too but we got some good pictures of him at the trunk or treat. 

 Inside the house he wanted nothing to do with his hat but once we got outside he changed his tune. It was freezing!

 As a part of the guts and gore for the evening, Jakob's toe nail finally fell off. Yummy right!

 The wind was ridiculous and it was super cold outside. We made our rounds to two houses and called it an evening. E had been practicing her Trick or Treat all afternoon but she would only belt it out if Mommy helped. The best part about only visiting two houses... only four pieces of candy to give the kids! E knew that candy was hers and she wanted all of it. 

 We came home, snuggled and watched a movie. This little man got EXTRA sticky.

Duke Manfred was tired and retired at bedtime but E was a little wired... so much so that she was making laps around the house, just running. When she sat she shook. It was rather funny. We had a great Halloween. We didn't get one single trick or treater. There aren't many kids in our neighborhood anyways but I think the cold scared them off! I can't believe we are into NOVEMBER?! Happy Birthday Month to ME! :) That's a wrap folks!

Friday Fun

This was our final week for Halloween crafts and I am a bit sad that it is over. We have had so much fun making little creations throughout the month. 

Monday:

This time I let E check out Pinterest to see what she wanted to create. She was dead set on making rock monsters. Unfortunately, I sold all of my river rocks before the move (I mean really it's just one of those things that I wish I had held onto.) Since there aren't any beautifully round rocks here we went on a hunt to see what we could find. There is a vacant lot a few houses down from us and we brought home a few rocks. I think one of them was just a clump of dirt but E was excited!

I love watching her paint. She has such a cute concentration expression and she is always very careful. 

Our rocks. This was E favorite. :)

I swear this is a clump of dirt. :)

Tuesday:

I just wasn't feeling it. I was in a funk and so we just played with play doh and snuggled while we watched a few shows. E insisted on siting right next to Duke and sharing her grapes with him. She'd bite them in half and then feed him the other half. It was cute. These two are starting to play more and more. This is the stage where 17 months apart gets fun!

Blue eyed beauty!

Wednesday:

There is nothing quite like a good nights rest to set the world back on track! Wednesday we played and we played hard. Manfred loves to wear buckets as helmets. It is precious. On this particular occassion he had the bucket over his eyes and he couldn't see where he was going. He would runn into walls and then just laugh. It was hilarious. 

This boy has me wrapped around his finger. 

Thursday:

 Our neighbor has a beautiful maple tree and their yard is covered in leaves. It was perfect for pictures so I asked if we could borrow their yard for some pictures. Thursday we set out to have some fun!

 The kids loved playing in the leaves and I got some pretty good pictures. None of them together but it was a bit difficult to take pictures solo with two kids running in opposite directions. For some reason Duke really just wanted to crawl into the middle of the road. Silly boy. I will share those pictures soon! 

Friday: Happy Halloween!!

 How could we not do a festive craft on Halloween. E decided to go with witches. At first she just wanted to watch so I made the purple witch. 

 Then she decided that she wanted one too. She picked out all of the colors. I especially love the pink boots. and then she said that I could paint and she would glue. 

I can't believe that Halloween has come and gone. I am excited to post pictures pictures of E's new costume.

Halloween Nails

 This past week I hosted a Jamberry party on Facebook. I gave Jamberry nails a go back in Canada this past July but I clearly put them on wrong and wasn't very satisfied with the final outcome. As a part of the party I earned rewards for doing different things to earn free product. One of those things was use the product, so I tried again after watching the application video. I added it as a part of my yearly Halloween manicure. I think I'm hooked. The chevron is the Jamberry nail. As far as my own art work goes I really liked how my Frankenstein came out this year! Jakob liked the blood which looks better in person.

My right hand. So embarrassing. I love how the web got smudged even after it was dry. Ugh! My favorite nail this year hands down is my ghost! I mean how cute is that little guy?! I'm digging Jamberry though, no dry time, wears really well, no horrible smell. There is something to be said about actually doing my own nails though a sense of pride if you will so I think I will continue with both. I can't wait for my turkey

Let's Carve!

 It's time for my favorite activity of the season... PUMPKIN CARVING!!! I love pumpkins and I love gutting them. It's my favorite part. Jakob likes to carve but hates gutting, we're a perfect match ;). E wanted nothing to do with touching the guts. She is much to prim and proper for that. she got a stringy piece on her by accident and you would have thought I cut her toe off. 

 So E just observed. 

 I wanted to see if MAnfred would get all yucky but he too was skeptical. 

 Since E wasn't able to be Elsa I decided that we would make an extra special princess pumpkin! I printed off a few stencils and let her choose. It was a close call between Elsa and Ariel but Elsa won. She had a great time "helping" me carve.

 Daddy picked a pumpkin that was rather scarred. Such a man. Such an imagination.

 Tada! My final product Queen Elsa. I started with a stencil but I made her face to big so then I just had to wing it. Despite her massive eye I am pretty pleased with the final outcome.

 Somebody else was pretty in love with her as well. 

 Oma and Opa were on Skype the entire time we carved. It was fun having them "with us." E would grab the tablet and say "Look at me Elsa Pum-tin!!" She was pretty excited. Once Oma and Opa signed off she demanded that we call Grammy and Pa to show them. 

 Daddy's final product. Had we had a bit more time and no children I think he would have gone a little more hardcore but Duke decided to puke all over the floor and then he slipped in it hitting his head on the floor and then our one and only pumpkin saw broke half way through his design. Poor Jakob. I was pretty impressed with his final product since he spent less than 15 minutes on him. He's got mad skills.

 Ethnie, Daddy and their pumpkins.

Craving pumpkins is always so festive! That's a wrap until next year!

Happy Halloweek!

To kick off Halloweek I decided that everyone should be dressed to impress for church. So I made Duke and Daddy matching bow ties. Jakob's tie was one that you could actually tie. They looked so cute but Jakob was less than thrilled. He really dislikes "holiday attire." He says they are cute for little people but not for him, even if his wife went to all the effort to make a legitimate bow tie and not just a clip on. Oh well!

This kid looked awesome!!!

I made his suspenders a bit big and took a tuck in the so he could rock them for a few years. Watch out ladies!

They looked cute as a pair and Daddy was gracious enough to take pictures. He then changed his tie to a black and gold one. Not as cool but at least he still coordinated ;). Happy Halloweek! Let's bring on the fun!!