My Little Pumpkins' Preparation Week

With Halloween quickly approaching, I've been dedicated to preparing my children for the BIG NIGHT.  It's taken us all week, but the results are becoming apparent.  They're up to two pieces of candy per hour with minimal side effects.  Thank goodness I bought my candy for the trick-or-treaters early so that we could be taste-testing it all week. 

They've also been doing house laps/stairs all week long to increase their stamina. I hate weak trick-or-treaters that complain after RUNNING/WALKING a few streets.  There will be no whinning as they run/are dragged door-to-door with a growing TREAT BAG!

I've also been randomly jumping out of closets/rooms to prepare them for the scary events that may or may not take place.  No one likes a scare-D-cat, so don't worry about my kids being the annoying ones with the high-pitched screams.  It's now more like a low-pitched moan/cry.  Much easier on the ears.  And, you're welcome in advance.

All this preparation leads us to one great thing..., my children will soon have stashes of candy forme to protect.  It's my job, and I take it very seriously.

 

It's Halloween week and here is an EXCLUSIVE sneek peek at what the little ankle-biters are going to be...

Okay, that was a little more than just a sneek peek.  Consider yourself lucky, very, very lucky.  

Nash was going to be a dog, however, since he was not thrilled about being stuffed into a way-to-small costume, he is being excused from this year's dressing-up.  Next year, I will try to buy him a costume that fits (oh, yeah, and Trace too).  

Very nice transition to the Trace costume saga.  Trace has been telling me for months that he wants to be an elephant for Halloween.  It is, after all, his favorite animal.  Well, after some half-ass searching (I can say that because my own mother has said it before, half-ass, that is, and it's the only swear word I've ever heard Weezie say.  And, the only one I've ever written. Anyways, back to my story...), I discovered that elephant costumes are abundant, if you're 0-24 months old.  Hmmmmm. 

Then, one day, a discovery of enormous magnitude!!!  As I was searching ebay...I found a large enough elephant costume AND his name was HORTON!!!  I thought to myself "Extra brownie points for me...he loves elephants and Horton Hears a Who!!!"    

Best Mom of the Year Award, commin' up!  

Needless to say, Trace was ecstatic when I showed him the picture of the shy little boy modeling the costume online.  So, every day for four days, we went to the mailbox with great anticipation.  It FINALLY arrived yesterday, TWO SIZES TOO SMALL!!!   

Damn you EBAY!!! (ooops, that's #2)

Now, I have a young, tender innocent 5 year-old (the size of a 6 year-old) who is convinced that his costume fits okay--a little snug, but okay.  Nevermind the pants come to his kneecaps and the hood straps do not come around far enough to velcro.  And, I'm sure you can imagine the major wedgie he's got goin' on....

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

PS--While we were waiting for the miniature Horton costume to arrive, Trace was fortunate enough to borrow Mr. Incredible for a Halloween party.  Thanks, Gina!

YeeeeeeHaw!

Here's proof that Trace, Sydney and Nash's Grandpa Jackson is truly a cowboy at heart...He gave the whole clan COWBOY jammies!  

The best part of these pjs was that they came with Hugh Heffner smoking jackets!

Sadly, however, it was already past their bedtime when these pics were taken, so we did not do a photo shoot with the robes.  

That will be coming soon, don't worry!

So You Think You Can Dance

Here are Trace and Sydney's try-out videos for "So You Think You Can Dance" (Midget Edition).  I think they have a pretty good chance.  And, believe it or not, they've...

 

"Never had one lesson!" 

~Ferris Buhler 

A Weekend at St. George!

Swimming, swimming and more swimming!  Of course that's why you go to St. George.  The first day we were there, it was a nice 80 degrees so the kids had a blast swimming outside.  The next day there was a drastic change in temp (about 50 degrees for the high) so we moved the fun indoors.  Tyler pretty much swam with the kids non-stop and even let Erin and I go shopping for three hours!  Thanks guys!  I know that Cameron wouldn't have it any other way...

Here's a little picture of the midgets at In-N-Out Burger...we ate there on Friday and Sunday...YUMMY!!!

Okay, so the main pictures I took in St. George weren't actually in S.G. they were in the VAN on our way down.  The van was the best part of our trip!!!  

St.George

We are off to St. George for the weekend! We have been trying to go since the beginning of September, and the time has finally arrived. (Sorry you missed your NFL trip Ty, better luck sneaking around next time, he he he).

The part I am most excited about is driving down with our good friends the Whites and our combined total of 6 kids! Somehow Cam scored a Sprinter van that seats 10. Perfect!

Tyler and Paige plus eight! Pictures to come...

Tyler came to me this morning after trying to turn on a show for Sydney and in a cracked voice said, "Do you know why the TV isn't working?"

My initial thought was, just trying pushing the power button, honey. If any of you have a husband like mine, their first instinct when something seems broken or appears to be lost (wallet, keys, cell phone) is to immediately ask the wife without troubleshooting on their own first. WHY??? Because we have all the answers, and, it's just plain easier to ask the wife than take 5 minutes to figure it out solo.

Anyways, that was just a random tangent. Back to the TV. I asked Tyler all the appropriate questions, starting with "What do you mean?" When he explained further, he had done some troubleshooting on his own, to which I give him credit!!! Come to find out, the Direct TV box won't turn on, on either TV. Uh Oh! This is very bad news for those in this household who are addicted to TV, and they shall remain nameless.

I quickly had a great idea, since I'm tired of the non-stop TV watching. I asked Tyler,
"Why don't we have a week of no TV?"

After the shock wore off of his face, his answer was, "Why would we do that?"

Because, I thought to myself, I'm not calling Direct TV to have them come fix it!