Sleeping Kids

I love watching the kids sleep, they are so peaceful and so funny. The other night I thought it was cute that Shalise let all her little dolls sleep on her pillow and not her. :) Then Carson had fallen asleep on our bed and was not there when we went to move him, he had decided inside the basket was more comfortable...

Just Dance 2 on the Wii

The kids love playing Just Dance 2 on the Wii, so the other night we played for a while. It is a lot of fun and definitely a good workout! :)

Halloween 2011

We had a busy Halloween day! Carson went to school and had a costume parade, so the kids and I went and watched. I video taped part of it to get some good ideas for next year! People are always way more creative than us! Carson got out early from school so we went to my parent's house to help with donuts. My mom makes donuts every year and the kids thought they were really good! We then got home and got ready to go trick-or-treating. We were so happy to have good weather, it was awesome! Jake put Halloween lights and spider webs and everything on the Ranger, it looked pretty cool and unfortunately we didn't even take a picture... So we all went out as a family on the Ranger to trick-or-treat and had a lot of jealous parents pass us by! The kids got a ton of candy and were exhausted when we got home. It was great Halloween 2011!

Carving Pumpkins

Saturday we spent the morning carving pumpkins. The kids did not really enjoy getting their hands dirty but they had fun anyway. Shalise wanted hers to be a Blues Clues Dog, Marcus wanted a bat and Carson wanted a skull. I think they turned out great! After pumpkins we headed to a local park where they were doing a big trunk-or-treat. The kids got their faces painted and then we hightailed it out of there because it was so crowded, it was not very fun! But Marcus and Shalise especially will do anything for free candy!

Classic Skating

After my work's Trunk-or-Treat party, we headed to Classic Skating. Carson's school had a free skate night and the kids were really excited to go. We've been a few times, but I feel like this was the first time the kids could really go out on their own and they had so much fun. I remember the last time we went I pushed Shalise in a stroller the whole time cuz she was too small to do anything. This time Marcus and Shalise rode their scooters and did a great job! Carson got roller blades this time, it's his first time using them and of course he took to it fast! He was racing around the rink by the end of the night! And he has now informed us that he is going to ask Santa for roller blades for Christmas. :) We ended up staying for more than 3 hours that night because the kids were having so much fun. Needless to say they all crashed in the car and were dead asleep within minutes! We look forward to doing this again as a family for sure!

1800Contacts Halloween Party

My work does a trunk-or-treat every year. The kids were really excited to go and dress up. They got to go through a trunk-or-treat alley, play some games for prizes and eat some cupcakes and juice. My parents went with us and it was fun to spend time with them and get into the Halloween Spirit!

It's so hard to clap!

Shalise went in the other day for some dental work that she needed done. They said it would take a little over an hour so we decided to have her put under so she wouldn't be so traumatized. She did really well and while we were driving home, she was still loopy and coming out of the anesthesia. I looked back and saw her trying to put her hands together. She looked SO tired and then she says, "Mom, it's so hard to clap!" Don't ask me why it was so important to try to clap right then, but I could not stop laughing...