Trick-or-treaters

All the kiddos dressed up this year even Amanda. I thought maybe she had given up dressing up for Halloween since she didn't last year. Here's the gang.

Sam the hippie

Connor the Air Force pilot
Amanda the ref.

The gang, with out Mads (she wouldn't walk over the wet grass.)

Inside with the Princess. She had just woken up, but LUCKILY she slept in her princess dress
so I didn't even have to get her dressed up.

Halloween Party

Mads had her class Halloween party this week and she had a blast! Here she is with her friend Roxy AKA Cinderella.They got to go trick-or-treating to the office. Here's the principal handing out goodies!
The school nurse handing out treats too!

Obviously Mads was excited for her special Halloween snack.

The whole class of cuties!

Boo-Hoo

We were supposed to be moving this weekend, today to be exact. Actually, we were supposed to move back in September. Now it doesn't look like we'll be moving until the end of November, first of December. This is what I have to say about that: Boo-Hoo is more like it. We made the offer on the house clear back in June, but things just haven't gone very smoothly. Even more frustrating is that it's not our fault, it's the seller that is holding things up.

I love Halloween, and have a special place in my heart for all things "Boo" related. Boo was a nickname my mom gave me when I was little girl, so now I collect Halloween "Boo" decorations.


After we found out we wouldn't be moving in September I decided to get my Halloween stuff out and decorate, even if it was just for a couple of weeks. I took all this down a couple of weeks ago in preparation for the move.

Now I haven't been able to enjoy all my "Boo" stuff and really haven't enjoyed the beginning of the Holiday season that I usually enjoy so much. No, fun Halloween crafts or meals. Too much else going on with this house and moving thing.
Now planning on moving right between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Boo-Hoo again.

I'm still very excited to move, I just want to get it over with now, so we can get back to normal life!

Pumpkin Patch

Madison got to go on her first field trip a couple of weeks ago to the Pumpkin Patch. Shaun was able to take the day off and go with us. The weather couldn't have been nicer. It seems like most pumpkin patch field trips I've been on it's been about 100 degrees!

We started off the fun at the Pumpkin patch with a hayride.

Shaun and Mads trying to find their way out of the corn maze!

Madison, with a little help from dad, on a quest to find the perfect pumpkin!

I think she's found it!

Her final selection. A baby pumpkin!

There were a lot of scarecrows at the Pumpkin patch and Madison was insisting that she only pose by one with pink and purple clothes. Unfortunately we couldn't find one, nor one that was dressed like a princess, (her other request) so we had to settle on taking her picture with this one.

My little pumpkin poser.

Mads and her classmates posing on the pumpkins!

Shaun and Mads being silly. Mads made Shaun stick his head through every single one of the cutouts they had!

One last climb on the hay bales before we left!

Surfer Girl

Last Wednesday our school district had a teacher comp day and with our unseasonably hot weather we headed to the beach. Sam had the opportunity, with her Girl Scout troop, to take surfing lessons. Learning how to surf is something I've wanted to do since we moved here to southern California. Since I've pretty much been pregnant or had small children since we've lived here, I've never had the chance. But, here was an opportunity for me to live through one of my children. Lined up and ready to go!

Before the girls could jump into the water they had to listen to the instructors for awhile.

Then they had to watch the instructor.

Suiting up!

Practicing on the sand first.

Heading out to the water!

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of her in the water actually surfing because just as they were headed into the water this little "sassy pants" got stung in the foot by a bee! So I had to administer first aid while Sam surfed. I did glance up a couple of times and I did see her standing up riding some waves!

The whole gang. They all lived to tell about it! According to the instructors the waves were some of the "gnarliest" we get here in San Diego, but Sam wants to go again and next time I'm going with her!

Sacher torte

I got this in the mail this week. I was so excited! I wasn't expecting it, but knew right away what it was when I opened the package! It was a famous Sacher Torte made exclusively at the Sacher Hotel in Vienna, Austria. My parents are living in Vienna right now and sent me one for my upcoming birthday. It looked so cute in it's little wooden box I hated to take it our and eat it. That lasted about a minute and a half. I was dying to try it.

My first piece and it did not disappoint! It was very delicious! Worth every penny (and I know it was A LOT of them!) that my dad and mom spent on it!

Bangs

When my big girls were little I always cut bangs in their hair because I think little girls look so cute with bangs. But then eventually you have to grow them out. So with Mads I just decided to skip the bangs and keep her hair all one length. On Saturday she decided to cut her own her and give herself bangs. At first I didn't even notice. Then when I walked into the bathroom and saw hair all over the floor I discovered her new bangs. I'm not complaining. It could have been worse. Amanda at her age cut her own hair and sported a nice mullet for a few months until it all grew out. If all of our pictures were not packed away in boxes waiting to be moved I get one out of her and her awesome haircut so you all could see!

On Sunday I went to pick Connor up from his Primary class and he had convinced his teacher to let him glue his paper to his head and put yarn hair on it, so now he has bangs too! He told Sam as we walked through the halls, "Sam I did this so I could embarrass you." Sam's reply, "You're only embarrassing yourself dude." BTW, he kept this stuck to his head for the next 6 hours, and no, it didn't leave a mark.