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Oct 31st

This weekend was over in a speed of light. Mark's friend Cary came to town which is nice to just catch up and talk with someone especially when they are "stuck" with you for days. It is great when people come to visit because it doesn't have to end in minutes or hours. Days of chit chat. Just the fact Mark had a guy to watch baseball with was wonderful. I like baseball, but most women just don't retain sports facts like men.

Nathan and "That Dude"

Halloween was fun. COLD, but fun. I think it was 47 degrees by the time we finished and got in the house. We only went a couple blocks. Nathan is still just three and I am shocked that he walked the entire time. He got Halloween this year and understands now what it is all about ~ CANDY! The boy asks for candy as soon as he wakes up. Funny thing is Sunday I said you can have candy after lunch. At 8 am he said to me "Can I have lunch?" Cute, but NO!

Alex and Madison wanted to be Velma for Halloween which is cute but $35 times two? I don't thinks so. After our unemployment last year I have a new perspective on spending money on things. Normally I would spend $25 each kid. I could go on with that topic, but back to Halloween. Madison was the easy convert I presented my case and she was fine and already had a back up plan. Alex on the other hand held out until Thursday when she finally decided that she would be a hippie. She only picked the costume out of desperation and seeing she only had a few days left finally gave up on Velma. She picked out this costume for two reasons. One it is green (her favorite color) and second it had butterflies on it. The costume actually fits her personality. Nathan wanted to be an Army guy. Easy enough he already had all the camo. I spent about $25 total.


It is kinda our tradition to do pumpkin carving on Halloween. Our kids are too young to carve so I let them pick a face and Mark and I carve. Thankful Cary was here to do the third pumpkin. The kids cleaned them out and the adults carved. It always takes longer than I think. Top one is Maddie's pick, second is Nathan's pick and the meanest one is Alexandra's pick. Cary did Maddie's, Mark did Nathan's (the hardest and longest to carve) and I did Alexandra's.

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Unknown said…
Alex's costume is awesome! She looks great and the pumpkins...WOW!!! Sounds like you had a great Halloween and even though it was cold, you have to admit it's better than the sweat and humidity here on Halloween!
November 3, 2009 at 5:34 PM
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