a HAlLoWEen CuPCake...

Here's Boden this am, enjoying a Halloween cupcake. The ones I made with my sleep deprived BFF and her newborn, baby Luke...Boden really didn't know really what to think, the only other time he's had sweets was on his 1st birthday...I think most of it DID find it's way into his mouth though.....

We are really doing up Halloween this year...I'm trying to make it "extra" fun, since LAST Halloween we were living in our Hallway!! While half our 2 year house was being demolished and remodeled due to a water leak..oh joy that was..I don't think I ate ANY Halloween candy last year...for 1: had a newborn and had no time...and 2: I had NO appetite, not even for chocolate (my favorite), as I was literally sick to my stomach and gut for a good month or two, while I watched the house I designed get jackhammered apart..Very few people actually knew how devastating that was for me, I think a lot of it had to do with the timing of having a newborn....I learned many valuable lessons during that time, so I understand now maybe why it had to happen, but Halloween will always remind me of the deep dark hole I feel into last year at this time..

.So, my whole point of telling you all that was back to we're making this an extra "FUN" Halloween and since I didn't eat any candy last year, I'm just eating it ALL THIS year...please remind me next year to buy the kind I DONT like...!!! I think there are magnets in the 8th bag of Snickers that just gravitate to my stomach...I just can't figure it out...????Not to mention the cupcakes that Boden is eating in the pictures that Tami and I made on Thursday, it's Saturday...Gone!!! It's a good thing the gym up at the clubhouse just opened up..I'll need a ride up there first thing Monday morning!!!

My PuMpKIns....

From my Punks to your Punks....Happy Halloweenie.....

ThE ONE sOckED shoWer...

I debated if I should put this picture on my blog, cause there are lots of pervs out there surfing the net, but you can't see anything cause of the thick foggy glass....

This is what happens when you shower three boys, every night, the same routine,...but I was extra tired that night and they went the entire shower, washed all 3 heads, until I noticed at the end...I forgot one of Boden's socks..,a very cute one at that, black with white skulls....A total Mommy moment...I just had to laugh...

HaPPy HalLoWeEniE....

Boden's pumpkin..... Barrett's pumpkin....

I've got LOTS of cute pics of the boys, dressed up, pumpkin patches, carving pumpkins..BUT I'm still in the process of putting the final touches on Boden's costume today, yes that's right it IS Halloween TODAY...nothing like waiting until the last minute!!! But I had to do a post about our pumpkin catastrophe...

When you have a 15 month old, a 4 year old AND a 5 1/2 year old..carving pumpkins actually means: Mommy draws the face and Daddy carves..they won't even put their hands in the pumpkin gunk..and they are boys..what is wrong with them?? Well, actually Boden dived right in..

We usually put our pumpkins on the front porch, but this year we decided to just leave them in our outdoor living area, where we always carve them...BAD IDEA...The next morning, I went outside to play with Boden and I about had a heart ache...Somebody or should I say something ate Brandt's face off!!! Not him, (he was at school) but his pumpkin..The animal chopped out the eyes, nose, and mouth, leaving only the outline of where these parts USE to be...

I thought all day, how I was going to break the news to Brandt..He's one of those kids, that things have to be PERFECT and when something is NOT, Watch out, he doesn't handle those situations very well.. Later that day when I picked up Barrett from Preschool, I even prepped him, starting out by saying "I have some bad news...." Told him what had happened...His reply "He is going to Freak Mom"....Great...can't wait until he gets home on the bus...

So he did, I again started out by saying "Brandt, I have some bad news sweetie..." told him what had happened, and of course I ended it with "It's really no big deal, I got a back up pumpkin, that we can carve right after dinner"...he raced to the back, swings open the back door, RUNS to look at his pumpkin, I'm holding my breathe..."MOM, THAT IS THE COOLEST PUMPKIN EVER, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA!!!" (Yes, he's in kindergarten!) I LOVE it and I LOVE the animal that did this!!! My heart started beating again, What did I just hear?..are you kidding me??..I started to breathe again.."Yes, sweetie it does, and I bet YOU are the ONLY one in the whole wide world that has a pumpkin carved like AFRICA!!"...

WOW, what a relief, and how creative without having to think about being creative!!...So the pictures that you see at the top, are our pumpkins this year, Africa and all....

BuRn IT uP....

Sundays are always a day of rest at our home, family day too of course, game and popcorn night if you really want to know more about the day in our household...We skipped church..ssshhhh..with good reason though, the boy's had bad coughs all week with runny noses and felt like we better not spread the germs ya know....

So Daddy was in pure heaven, as he got to build the 1st fire of the Fall season...He had spent one entire Saturday chopping wood and placing it on his new wood rack holder, so we are SET with wood if anyone needs to borrow any...Yes, I think the temp outside was around 60, but that is chilly for us, a great day for a fire...Scott has ALL the bells and whistles of a professional fire starter, the canvas thingy to carry the wood inside, from his gigantic firewood rack (that was placed in a horrible place, not ideal AT ALL, but it was already stacked with wood before I caught it!!, but that's another story), the gloves and then all the tools you would ever need for prodding, poking, and extinguishing...if you're going to build it, might as well do it right...

I was a little nervous what Boden would do...but he followed his big brother's leads and just plopped down next to them..and just watched..in awe.. Free entertainment once again...the best kind....With the type of fireplace we have, it really puts out the heat, warming that part of the house so nicely!!! COZY with a capital C!!

Not sure what the boys were doing here...looks like Brandt is directing traffic with his whistle around his wrist, and Barrett doing the "let's make a fire" dance...now THAT just adds to the entire entertainment factor...and Boden saying, "hot,hot, hot, hot, hot....."...What a great day we had. Daddy and Mommy actually took naps in front of the fireplace while the big kids napped too, ah..heaven., then actually read a magazine for awhile which is a HUGE treat once you have kiddos, and it's actually an added bonus if you can make it through the entire thing...even the kitties curled up with us...I wish every Sunday could be a repeat of this past one....

HaIr THroPhY Of ThE Day....

He looks so serious here...I guess hair trophies take a lot of deep thought!!

If you haven't guessed yet, it's a strawberry today...seems like he always plants it in the same spot or least near it...