Remembering: What the Kids Did With Hardly Any Toys

Between Halloween and Christmas we were visited by 3 spirits.  Well not quite.  Dylan and fam came to visit.  I have no evidence of it, but Holly does on her blog.  We had tons of fun together.  You should take a look. We celebrated Thanksgiving with "the party" aka Geoff and Jessie.  I made a turkey and all sorts of other stuff.  Jessie and I experienced some paranormal activity.  Geoff discussed the cosmos with the boys. Then that night we decided to do midnight Black Friday at Toys R Us.  That was really dumb and awful and I am still trying to wipe the stupidity of that move from my memory.  Geoff and Jessie were kind enough to stay at our house while we went to be lame.  Then JM and fam came to visit.  I have no evidence of that either.  I don't think Heather does on her blog.  You will just have to take my word for it. That was also a lot of fun. Then right after that, Dylan and Holly hadn't had enough of us, so they came back to visit.  We saw the Temple Lights.  I have no pictures of that either, but Holly does!!  Go Holly.  But I do have pictures of all the crap in between.
The toys were still mostly packed up, so the kids had to find ways to entertain themselves.

Rozzy is adorable and lots of fun.

Liam couldn't resist.

Gwendolyn and Rosaline decided they were starting their own beauty school.

What a beauty!!

Duncan was the cleanup crew.

Gwenie decided to go with less makeup.

I think she could do modeling too!

Instead Gwenie decides cutting hair is more up her alley.(This is significant, you have no idea!)

 

Diego is a good way to pass the time.

 

Making strange faces for the camera.

Dancing like a stoned weirdo freak person.

Pretending food in a cookbook is real.

Watching the Antiques Roadshow UK with Mommy.

Trying new uses for broken toys.

Celebrating Liam's 4th Birthday!!!  Happy Birthday!!  Here's your haircut you've been asking about since the summer.

Duncan got one too!!

Remembering: The Halloween That Almost Didn't Happen

Ah yes.  Halloween '09.  I remember it well.  This was a very hectic time.  Mark was working a lot on the yard.  He was trying to get it all in before the weather really changed.  I was inside all the time, dealing with the kids, trying to get unpacked and pull the house together.  I was a bit overwhelmed.  That is the proper feeling for when you are packing, moving and unpacking.  It's so easy to feel that way.  So, Halloween is here.  I was doing stuff all day long.  I wanted to be outside that day, so I spent my day shoveling lots of bark and rock with Mark and friends. Then I was kind of like, "Oh crap, I need to wash Rozzy's costume and get the other costumes out."  At about 5:30pm I remembered to do this.  Then I put it in the dryer, that wasn't going fast enough, so I pulled out my hair dryer and did it that way.  Then the kids were coming and asking me where their costumes were.  I found Duncan's and Gwenie's, but I couldn't find Liam's.  I was looking everywhere.  I was looking in all the boxes in the garage and couldn't find it anywhere.  Finally, at 7pm, yes, that late, I found it.  Then he wouldn't get it on and Gwenie didn't want her shoes on and I realized that I had not fed them dinner at all.  We finally got out the door.

Gwenie started off so happy and lively.  Last year's Halloween consisted of her throwing repeated tantrums down the street and me trying to hold her and pick her up.

The first house was our next door neighbor's house.  They loaded my kids up nicely.  Dinner was served!!

Come on Gwenie!  Hurry!  Let's go to the next house!

Not only does Rozz do Halloween this way, she does just about everything this way.

Gwenie was adorable, but incredibly slow.  She didn't want to hold my hand.  She didn't want anyone to hold her.  Then she started walking all funny.  I thought she was poopie, but she wasn't.

The whole fam damnly! Minus me, the beautiful hidden photographer.

This is why she was slow and walking funny.  Poor girl.

Rozzy was asleep.  Then awake.

Then asleep.

Then awake.  This all happened on the porch, mind you.

Cute crashed Gwenie.

Okay, go back to sleep now, grouchy ladybug.

That's right.  Sleeeeeep.

Whatever!  Nevermind!  What's your dang problem?!

What?

Oh, that, candy.

Yes, Liam does need a haircut.

We ended losing our crabbiness and had a nice Halloween after all.