Pumpkin patch

I just thought it was funny that 3 of my kids have been a pumpkin for Halloween....

Baby Lucy in '09

Baby Macy in '10

Baby Luke in '12

I'd say this shirt has gotten some good use!!! 

Happy Halloween!

Here's Lane's costume parade at school....the girls thought it was fun to go and watch, and it was fun to see all the kiddo's costumes....

 On to Trick or treat festivities!!!

Here's the crew.  Lane the Mummy, Pirate Macy, and Lucy the witch!

 Group Photo....waiting for daddy to come home...

 Oh yeah...and Baby Luke the pumpkin!

 We stopped at our neighbor's out in the woods, and she had bags for the kids!! Thanks, Barb!

 Then we stopped at our other neighbor here at the lake, and trick or treated there too!

 She made the kids pumpkin cupcakes!!! :) It pays to be the only kids in the neighborhood!

Then it was off to deer park for trick or treating at the golf course! no pics of that...because....well...it just didn't happen :) The kids did great, no stroller this year!  They lasted about an hour, then all said they were done!  Good times had by all and we were actually home at a decent hour for bedtime.....happy halloween!!!

On to Christmas!!!! oh wait....I guess we have a few birthdays, baby birth, and Thanksgiving to go......:)

Projects

I finally got all my baby projects done!! You can come anytime now, Baby Luke!!!

 Curtain topper....the brown panels were left from the girls......good planning, eh?!?

 Name letters:   check!

 Crib bumper...check! 

 A cocoon blanket from the left over yarn from baby afghan below....Check!  This one was with no pattern BTW....I'm a fan of winging it these days.....which does NOT always turn out for the best...but...whatever :)

 Cute polka dot afghan....CHECK!......i DID use a pattern for this.....:)

 Car seat canopy....CHECK!  OK so i didn't make this one :)  My sweet friend gave it to me, so I didn't have to make one! YAY!

 Car seat snuggie and cover.....check check!!

 For Lucy, my friend sent me a cute car seat cover....I wanted a boy one, so I used it for a pattern and made this one!! pretty sweet I think.

 Re-used dresser.....CHECK!  The drawers were already colored, I just had to paint the box brown....Scott is horrified that I used spray paint......but WHY NOT!! I think it looks fine :)

 I had a car seat snuggie for Lucy, and used it for a pattern to make a boy one!! It turned out great....except I was clearly sleep deprived when I was cutting it out, because mine is like 4 inches shorter than the original....but it's for a newborn....his legs will still fit inside it :)

 A couple of receiving blankets......check!

cute, fuzzy, flappy hat for pictures...check!!  No official pattern either :) I looked at a couple patterns, then just winged it......

YAY!  Now I just need to get through trick or treat and crazy grocery shopping tomorrow, and i'll be ready for this baby!

BOO!

A quick sneek peek at Lane's halloween costume i finished yesterday!  He was so excited to wear it to school today!

School days!

So Lane started Kindergarten this year, and I haven't posted about it yet!  Why? Because my children ate my little camera that had all the first day of school pics and i was HOPING that they would cough it up by now, so i could post about it.....but.....all in vain. I think it's missing forever....along with the last half of our summer pics :( grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

SOOO on to kindergarten.

I am LOVING the school work Lane is bringing home. #1 because I think it is adorable.  #2 because I can already see so much learning and growing! #3 because they have magical powers at school that make him actually COMPLETE workbook pages at school that I cannot produce at home :)  We have some good times, and some good work sessions, but there's definitely something to be said for my kid doing better with a teacher versus his mom :)  and that's ok!

 

This is one of my favs.  I love the little mice drawings!!

can you get much cuter than this??? I don't think so

bug.....in case you were wondering :)

starting to write in lower case instead of all upper case....gotta love that!

 This is an "all about me" poster, and I LOVE IT!  the pic is not great, but there are the items..left to right.

a candle, movies, cows, family, a guy painting( he said he picked that because he likes to work), heads, and mashed potatos (not sure where THAT one came from because he won't touch them :))

Here's a close up of what the "families" picture.....that still makes me giggle....except there's no mom in this family!! Must have had limited magazines to pick from :)

I get new favorites every day in lane's back pack but these are just from the first month or so! Kindergarten has been a big growing experience for both me and Lane.  Probably more for ME! :)  It's fun though and we're enjoying it! Here's to a great year!

Halloween: Take #1

We went to our church's Halloween party this weekend, and had a good time. Lane was a non-scary vampire, Lucy and Macy were butterfly/tinkerbell/fairies :)

I got to "decorate" a room for the trick or treat, and the easiest thing i could think of was to get a TON of glow sticks, and hang them from the ceiling for the kids to walk through in the dark to get to me and the candy :)  It was a hit!  

Lane and Lucy  in our "glowy room"

 The girls...Macy's wings are on the floor behind her.  She gave up on them promptly after we put them on her :)

Lane showing off a prize from one of the games? And lucy's wings which apparently I put on upside down.  Who knew the little wings go on the bottom??? OH well :)

Lane loves his vampire teeth :)

I didn't take any pictures of Baby Luke's costume.  He was a pumpkin :)  He'll wear it again for trick or treat, so stay tuned.  That pumpkin costume has come in VERY handy for the past 3 fall babies we've had!!

Happy Halloween!!!