Which Witch?

Every year since I had Xadi Celeste and I have gone to Gardner Village to see the witches. This year the weather tried to stop us so on the day we were going to go we were rained out and went to the aquarium instead...

We weren't de-railed for too long...

Funny story if this lollipop, Xadi saw a girl with one like it and sat down about three feet away from her mezmerized by it she had her mouth open and her tounge out ready to take a lick- I should have taken a picture but in the moment I was too embarresed! So I had to het her one! Oh the Sheer joy of being two! 

Can't you just taste it?

Celeste and Charlie Roo! I swear looking back at pictures when he's older he'll think that she was his Mom!

We Found all of the Witches and got our cookie reward! 

Note Carefully Xadi is just picking at the M&M's!

We've taken this picture every year! My how they've grown!

(Click to see last year)

Telling secrets!

What we weren't doing anything! These two are so cute together! They love hanging out! Ethan is so good with her! 

Halloween Party

Every year we have a themed halloween party this year it was Star Wars.

Best couple costume Spencer and Rachel

Best Costume- Robin You ROCK!!! (I've just got to add here this women is one of my heros! She can not only rock the gold bikini, but she is an awesome mom to two amazing boys- one of whom just got home from his mission, she is an amazing wife who not only brings home the bacon but fries it up in the pan well too! And she is a great friend who is a blast to hang out with! Oh and if that wasn't enough she can hold her own on the motorcycles and jet skis!)

Calvin

Calvin a bit less scary with Kristen

Almost the whole group we're missing a few who left early.

The Girls!

Charlie Roo taking care of Scott- and laughing at Claudia he was enamored by her!

Bill, Katie, and baby Ellie (and George Lucas in the back ground)

Mark and his ostrich, he somehow manages to incorporate this into every Halloween costume I wonder what it's going to morph into next year with the super-heros theme.

Sunday in the Park

It has been such a beautiful fall! I feel so blessed to be able to spend such quality time with my little family in the great outdoors!

Nellie the Elephant...

packed her trunk to say goodbye to the Circus off she went with a 

clumpity, clump, clump, clump!

If you've never taken your kid (or yourself for that matter) to the Elephant parade you're missing out! It was so cute and just the right amount of parade for a two year old! The elephants are literally feet away from you. I really hate to say how much I loved this being a Veg and all...I really hope they aren't treated as portrayed by Water for Elephants or PETA. They looked like they enjoyed the attention and they were beautifully groomed.  

Xadi had so much fun! I think Davi kinda liked it too! As for Char...

Yup, he slept right thru all of the fun!

Dance, Dance, Dance!

Xadi has had a few little dance recitals this month. What we've discovered is she is a natural born entertainer! Until about two weeks ago it was only her and one other girl in the class so at the first recital only she showed up- so she danced with another class that did a dance she didn't know. Big deal we thought she's only two and a half she'll probably just stand there anyway, No not her, she followed the teacher and did the dance better than some of the four year olds in that class!

Here she is in her chicken costume ready to rock it again! I got video but my internet connection is toooo slow to load it up (okay everyone laugh now we're still hanging with the dinos on dial up!) So any way I just got pictures of her before and walking off!

It was at our Rec center and after they had a Spook-tacular. She had fun playing with her Daddy they went on this creepy canoe ride in the swamps!

When we got home that evening she entertained us more with her new $4 piano from the DI (my yearly trek to find halloween costumes). She would ask us what song we wanted then "played it" for us while she looked at us and sang it. I was impressed!

A Bug's Life

For halloween Davi had to work again, I really don't know if he will ever go trick or treating with us at least on Halloween. We did go to our next door neighbors on Sunday night, Xadi just had to help them out with the rest of their candy I'm sure they didn't want! We were really doing service!

I didn't want to hang out by myself on Halloween night- creepy, boring and I'd feel like a big loser! So I crashed Celeste's Halloween instead! She made Yummy Doughnuts and Hot Chocolate for her Neighborhood. It is always so fun hanging out with her- she's like my older sister, I'm so blessed to have her in my life.

I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee!

Xadi wanted to be a butterfly for Halloween- yea she finally decided on halloween day! I had a cute outfit from Pottery Barn of a monarch butterfly- would she wear that? No, way that would be too easy! So this is what we came up with, I thought it was pretty cute. She has taken to the fake smiles in pictures- I've tried all the clever words, she just says them through gritted teeth! So We told her not to smile...

And finally her copying Charlie...

The cheesey poses continue...

 Aunt Christie gave her the thumbs up while I was taking some other photos, so now she thinks that would be great in pictures...
You take your pick! I'll go raid the candy... No not really, Charlie HATES chocolate! and I still have some (okay lots) of fat to burn! 

 

Nighty night...

Ward Camp Out

 It rained that night so no pictures of the camp fire. 

At least I have some documentation!

Thank goodness for the motorhome! 

Notice the road rash on the Bugs face! She as running at Grandma's before we left and fell in the street. I almost cried seeing that! But her- not a tear! I swear she has my Dad's pain threshold- he walks out of almost every knee surgery he's had. Even his orthopedic surgon is amazed by his pain threshold- Xadi amazes her doctor as well.

Well that's all the ward went for a hike, but Davi had to work so we went home.

Nothing turns out as expected...

A few weeks ago my Sister Aimee and I planned a day with the kiddies to the tree house museum- it turned out to be closed for their annual week long cleaning... Okay so we'll go to the park. I was planning on taking lots of cute pictures of the cousins playing together, want to see?

Yep, that was all I got one picture of Xadi walking away from the play ground!

This picture was from our trip to the zoo with Davi's fam and our friends Spencer and Rachel. The funny thing about this picture is the only girl smiling is usually the one giving "the stink eye" as her parents call it, and the other two are usually all silly smiles! 

And yea once again my only pict from that day! So how has two kids affected my life? I can't seem to have a day out with them and get the pictures I want. But at least we have fun!