Halloween Week

Halloween lasted a whole week for us. On Monday we went to the Tonaquint Nature Center. Guy was Nacho Libre (a luchador or Mexican wrestler). Sloan was a fairy. I made their costumes except for Guy's mask which I bought and cut down to fit him better.

 Guy entered his pumpkin into a contest and won!

 On Wednesday we went to Creative Minds to play with our friends Mary, Joshua, and Lucy. Sloan liked the shopping carts.

 Guy liked being a pirate. This will probably be the theme of his birthday party in a few weeks.

 He said he wanted to build a house for Lucy in this picture.

 My kids wouldn't look, but Lucy is. Guy was a great mechanic.

 On Thursday evening, we rode bikes to the elementary school and played snake with the jump rope we found. Notice the dog near Jack's leg has on a jacket, but our kids don't.

 Friday we went to the Hurricane Library's Halloween party.

 The kids love to read and Guy is only allowed to pick out spider books if he promises not to be scared at bedtime.

 Friday afternoon was Guy's Halloween party at his friend Daxton's house. He had a marvelous time.
Saturday evening was the Trunk or Treat at the church. I added a little makeup to Sloan's face this time.

 The adults seemed to like Guy's costume. We heard a few quotes from the movie like: Sometimes you have to wear stretchy pants. Nachoooooo.

 I love Halloween and Sloan thought it was the greatest night ever. I think she would rather have candy than toys. She looks pretty tired here. I don't have a black eye. It's a "Boo!" tattoo that is not very noticeable.

Fun With Kids

 Here are my cute kids. I can't believe they will be 4 and 2 in the next two months.

All day long Sloan asks to go outside. She loves to ride her bike and play in the sandbox.

 It has been a little rainy, so I made airplanes out of cardboard boxes for the kids to play with. I used plastic wrap to create a windshield and a fastener to attach a movable steering wheel. Then I glued on a few dials.

 Sloan had been eating markers in this picture.

We are going to start Halloween activities tonight, so my next  post will showcase the kids' Halloween costumes.

Finally Fall

Summer has ended, but the warm weather stayed here in St. George for a little longer. We went to the pool last week.

 I found this oar in a garbage can at the carwash. I knew Guy would love using it with his boat. Is it gross that I dumpster dive?

 Lemonade and orangeade with a straw is the best treat at the pool.

 

 Sloan grew out of this sundress, so I turned it into a skirt. Now she can wear it this winter with tights.

Jack attended InterBike recently in Las Vegas. He was in bike heaven. He got to tryout a new model by cramming onto the back of this truck to ride up to a mountain bike trail.

All of this bike excitement inspired me to make some new earrings. I used an old bikechain and Jack's chain breaking tool to get this chain link for my new earrings.

These are my cutie pies.

 I finally stuffed two baby blankets to make large TV pillows. I have planned to do this forever. Guy loved it and fell asleep watching StarWars.

Shorty likes them too.

Halloween Decor

We are so excited for Halloween! Especially me and Guy. I got some Halloween window clings for 50 cents and the kids enjoyed putting them up and taking them down for about 5 minutes.

                                     

 I wanted to make a Halloween wreath, so I taped together some drip system tubing I had in the garage. Guy used the extra tubing to roll marbles in and to ring and drag around his sister.

 Next, I tied strips of black fabric all the way around.

 Last, I added a wooden decoration I already had and I tied fabric onto my door hanger to cover the gold color.

 I used some blocks I already had and I taped off 'SPOOKY' letters. The paint isn't perfect, but that is OK. Guy loves the spider on top of the Y. I had to find him some rubber spiders so he would leave this one alone.

The kids helped me paint this candy corn garland from some burlap material I had. We had fun.

I am almost done with both Guy and Sloan's Halloween costumes and now Guy wants to be a Power Ranger. Too bad. He is still going to be Nacho Libre.