Allie's Poodle Skirt

Several weeks ago I got a letter in the stack of papers Allie brings home from school.  It was letting us know they'd be celebrating the 50th day of school by wearing 50s styled clothing, having ice cream floats, doing a bubble gum blowing contest, and talking about the number 50!  Talk about a fun day!

I knew immediately Allie needed a poodle skirt.  At that point in the month I also hadn't decided on her Halloween costume, so I figured if I was going to put time and money into making a poodle skirt, she could wear it for Halloween too!

My aunt made me a poodle skirt when I was in junior high, and it was the best looking poodle skirt I'd ever seen.  I knew I wanted Allie's to look like mine, so I did my best to make that happen!

I found all my material at Hobby Lobby and spent just under $18.  I also made a crinoline skirt to put under the poodle skirt to keep it full looking.  I love how it turned out.  It's the perfect length, the poodle is just as adorable as the one my aunt put on mine, and I'm thrilled Krissy will get her turn to wear it in 2 years!

I splurged on the gold jacket... it's from Target.

Halloween 2015

I  temporarily have a computer and took full advantage of my time with it and uploaded my two week old Halloween pictures :)  

Our kids were the Little Red Riding Hood characters.  We were given Krissy's costume, and I decided Austin would be the big bad wolf.  Allie chimed in that she wanted to be the grandma, and who was I to say no (especially because we already had that costume - well the wig!) and I was thinking, "If only there was a 4th character in the book!"  Obviously I didn't remember the story very well, because I forgot all about the logs man!  He was the hero of the story and I didn't even remember him.  We purchased a cheap plastic ax and our costumes were complete!

They all had such a fun time playing their character.  We ended up with way too much candy, but had a great time seeing neighbors/friends/family!  It was maybe the best Halloween yet!  Hope you all enjoyed yours too!

Mayse Farm

Last year was our first family experience with Mayse.  We waited a little late in the season to go, so it was on our "to-do" list early this year!  We received an invitation from our friends, The Fosters, so we went this past weekend!  Here's a few pictures from our trip!

We can't pass up pony rides..

Hayden wasn't nearly as excited as Allie was.

Kevin was so excited about doing the corn maze.  I thought it would be a little maze, but we realized pretty fast there was nothing little about it and it was a long long maze.  The kids didn't love it and it was not stroller friendly!  We turned around and found our way out, but I don't know that we'll be doing that again anytime soon.

Not many pictures of Krissy.  She will enjoy it more next year!

We took the hay ride out to the pumpkin patches so the kids could pick their own pumpkins! (We didn't realize last year that you could do that!)

Allie kept picking out odd pumpkins (green and pink ones) and I kept trying to point out nice circular orange ones.  Kevin kept telling me to zip it and let her pick out the one she liked... so being a sneaky mom.... I had planted one in her path and told her to see if she liked any in the area.  She ran right over to the one I "planted" and said, "I want this one!" Kevin gave me the look, but hey, it worked!  She picked it and I approved :)

The boys loved the little pumpkin/gourd sling shots.  You tried to hit Captain Hook out in the field.

They let the kids wear sunglasses for the sling shot game, and I think Allie needs a pair like this!

Halloween 2012

We had a great Halloween!  When your kids are really excited about a holiday, it makes it twice as much fun for the parents!  And when you have two kids trick-or-treating, you get twice the candy, another perk for us parents! :)  Here are some pictures from Halloween.

Allie painting her pumpkin.

Hayden painting his pumpkin.

 The end results.  Hayden thought of painting his stem all by himself!

Getting ready to trick-or-treat!  Red is Hayden's favorite color, and orange is Allie's favorite color, so they both loved their costumes!

They scored big time on our street!  Most of the neighbors said we were the only trick-or-treaters.

Nothing better than trick-or-treating with your cousins!

We have enough candy to last us till next Halloween :)

Mayse Outing

Kevin and I decided to take the kids to Mayse this year.  We knew they had extra actives on the weekends, so we made plans to go this past Saturday.  We learned that next year, we need to plan a couple hours for this outing!  We figured it would take about 30 mins.... and we were there about 90 minutes and we didn't get to do everything we could (like the corn maze and the tractor ride to the pumpkin patch).

 

 This little girl was in hog heaven riding that pony!

 After the real ride, Hayden was still waiting to ride the big horse, so Allie rode the blow up horses!

 Hayden riding the big horse!  Allie wanted to ride it too!

 A little maze....

We got pumpkins right at the very end, but I was in the car feeding Krissy, so no pics!  Whoops!  We had an absolute blast and we are already looking forward to going back next year! 

A Glimpse Into Our Halloween

What a day we had!  It was perfect. 

This was our 1st year taking the kids trick-or-treating.  Hayden has never really been in to dressing up, so we just bypassed the holiday the last 3 years.  This year was a total 180. 

Some of my favorite parts of the day were:

• Allie telling just about everyone "Neigh To" (Thank You).  Before today I've heard her say it maybe 3 times and she said it about 50 times tonight! 
• Hayden saying "Happy Halloween" instead of "Trick-or-Treat".  We told him to say "Trick-or-treat" but he came up with "Happy Halloween" and we thought it was sweet.
• Both of the kids LOVED their costumes and they fit their interests well.  Hayden loves to help me cook.  Allie loves to eat sweets!
• Kevin being off the 1st 4 hours of his shift so he could go enjoy the festivities with us.
• The yummy food we made today!
• Allie insisted on walking house to house.
• Hayden was so excited he ran from house to house!  We planned on going to 3-4 houses, but ended up going to about 20 because he was having so much fun! (And we were having fun because he was!)
• Watching Hayden and Allie run off to the neighbors house holding hands.  Sometimes they can be so sweet with each other they just melt my heart!

Here are some pictures :) 

I saw lots of ideas for hot dogs in crescent rolls, but I wrapped sausage links in crescent rolls for breakfast!  Very yummy!!!

Halloween cupcakes

Roast, Carrots, & Potatoes for dinner

The stash after visiting a few houses!

I LOVE this picture of me and Kevin holding Allie's hands.  I played around with photoshop tonight.   I want to figure out how to add color to the black and white.  I think her hat would be cute bright pink - and maybe let those blue eyes shine too...

Junior Chef Hayden

We ran into Addison at Mimi & Papaw's house

I was happy we got to see my cousins too!

This was by far the best Halloween I've ever had! :)