Halloween Fun!

Not sure what happened her......the pictures came up out of order....try to match the words with the pictures!! Every year, my friend Kari hosts a Halloween party for the kids. My kids started asking about it the minute we got our pumpkins out. Everyone looks forward to it and she does a wonderful job!
We started off with a scavenger hunt all over the yard. Here are Katie and Jackson checking out their loot.
Then, on to the mummy wrap. The kids loved this.
Here's a picture of all the kids! Jackson is one of the "twin" power rangers and Drew is in the front in the yellow. He is a Transformer...Bumblebee.
And here are Kari's boys, Pierson and Powell. We closed down the party, but had to get one last picture before we headed out the door!

Chores......

If there's one household chore I hate doing, it is unloading the dishwasher! I love loading it because it gets rid of all the clutter of dirty dishes, but I seem to let the clean dishes sit in there for as long as possible.
I guess I never thought about having the boys unload the dishwasher because I thought they might break a dish or something.....but lately, I'm throwing caution to the wind and living on the edge!! I had the boys unload the dishwasher and I was impressed! Little do they know, but they passed the test and now will be the official dishwasher unloaders!!

Think Pink!

My wonderful friends hosted a baby shower for me this past weekend! I know it's my 3rd baby, but I had given away everything, so this was like having my first baby--plus, it's a girl! Here are my friends, Julie-Anne, Renee', Susan, Kari, and Kim. They made me feel so special.
My mom, sister, aunt, and cousin came with me to celebrate!
Check out one of the things that my mom got me....It says "I am Jackson and Drew's baby sister!" She also got a pink tu-tu that will go perfect with it!
Opening something pink........
Check out the beautiful table setting. It was all such a wonderful day and I am so grateful to all the friends who came and celebrated with me. Only 6 more weeks to go!!!

Face Off

While I was making dinner tonight, the boys were putting together a new lego set that Jackson got for his good grades. I overheard them setting up their "guys" and they decided that one of them would be John McCain and the other one would Barack Obama. Then, they started fighting and saying, "I want to be President, no, I want to President......." It was hilarious!
Apparently, they've been taking in all the political talk around here! When Jason and I read the paper in the morning, we have been explaining to them about the election and showing them pictures of the candidates. I guess they are having them duke it out in lego world....I'll let you know who wins :)

Shutter Bug

Jackson found an old digital camera of mine and has claimed it as his. He is constantly snapping pictures of various things around the house.
I only had a few pictures to choose from because his latest obsession is taking pictures of toys. A block, a dinosaur, whatever is around......he needs to work on taking pictures of "live" subjects!
A little more experience with the camera and maybe he'll include the head next time!!

Cobwebs and Cowboys

The boys love all holidays. They have really gotten into Halloween this year. When the costume catalogs started arriving, they would just pour over them and even take them to bed.
We got some new Halloween books at the library and here they are just entralled with them. They just plopped down on the floor and were silent for like 20 minutes---which is a LONG time for them. I had to snap a picture of that moment!
Jason got a sideline pass to be down on the field last Sunday at the Cowboys game. Here are some shots he got........pretty cool, huh?
I think he really took the camera because he was hoping for a Jessica Simpson sighting....No such luck!