Trick or Treating

Our Halloween started Friday night when we started carving the pumpkin. Everyone drew their version of a Jack-O-Lantern and then some kind of compromise was made and we ended up with a carved pumpkin an hour or so later.

Carter's Jack-O-Lantern

Cory's

Clay did more watching than drawing

This is what Bailey did during the 'draw your jack-o-lantern' time.

Viv tried to eat her baby pumpkin.

The planning committee

Our final result

Of course, tonight was the big night. I cooked fish, because I know the boys don't really like it, but that I'd be able to get them to eat it with bribes of Trick or Treating afterwards. I'm mean like that. It worked. Everyone made a happy Plate. Except for Vivi.

Cory took the boys trick or treating while Vivi and I sat on the porch and handed out candy. I'm pretty disappointed. I bought about 6 big bags of candy and only got through one. We didn't have many trick or treaters at all!  Nevertheless, Viv calmed down and enjoyed watching all the people in costume come up and get candy.

The two happy campers. Ready to Trick or Treat

Add in a sad baby giraffe

It's super awful

We are tooooorturing her!!

Halloween Party (Preschool style)

If you follow me on Facebook, you've been following the story of this crazily extravagant super fun, preschooler Halloween party. In their defense, the kids have a really fun time. And, everyone enjoys seeing the 'houses' people come up with. It's just....a lot of work for a class of 4 yr olds. Not only did I have to call Lowe's about 100 times a day for a week to try and secure a refrigerator box, but then it wouldn't even fit in my van when I finally won the refrigerator box lottery got one. I had to wait for 10 hours for Cory to get off work and HOPE no one bribed the shipping guys enough money to swipe mine! The guy at Lowe's said they've been getting calls all month for big boxes and they've been a hot commodity. Apparently Carter's preschool wasn't the only class needing them. The Homecoming parade is today so people were using them to decorate floats. And, the Highschoolers have been using them for some project up at the school too. Today was the day. They take turns Trick-or-Treating at each others' houses and lots of chocolate was had by all!

Standard Clay

This was Mario's House, of course.

Tinkerbell

Bat Girl

um..I don't remember. This may have been at the point where Vivi discovered there was CHOCOLATE in the wrappers.

Superman

I think a witch lived here

Snow White

Our masterpiece!

Another Snow White

Louigi had Bowser's Castle!

Tink

Cinderella

Jesse the Cowgirl

Ohmygosh, see the little adorable Bumble bee to the left?! I just want to smoosh her. She's Vivi's age (but walks and talks, naturally) and her sister is an adorable little red head too. I'm hoping an arranged marraige is in the works.

Smurfette lives here.

A pirate

A princess

A Unicorn

Clay is DYING to get into the candy.

I just realized I didn't have a picture of the Toy Story Aliens' House. They built "The Claw" and it was REALLY COOL!

They sang a little song

Trick or Treat!

Don't look if feet gross you out

That was the best way I could think of to warn people.

On Friday, I finally got tired of messing with this thing on my ankle. I am a picker, It is in my genes. My dad is the expert, he taught me everything I know. I would make a great esthetician, or dermatologist, or nurse in a burn unit. I just...can't leave things alone. 

I know, this post is getting a lot grosser than I had planned.
It's okay if you need to hit the 'back' button now.

But, I am the master of splinter removal! I wield tweezers like Bobby Flay wields a knife! Anyway, I got this nice little sucker removed on Friday. In my defense, I hadn't messed with it in almost a month and it kept growing and getting weirder....

Now it looks like this:

I get my stitches removed and my pathology report by Monday. Oh, and you know I was watching front and center while they sliced that thing off. It was the highlight of my day.

Clay Explains Basketball

Don't know how to play basketball? NO worries! Clay's got 'ya covered!

p.s Never mind the dragon that enters the frame at around the 45 second mark.