Halloween 2019

There are a lot of pictures here, so I think I will let the captions do the talking for our Halloween this year!

Joey wanted to be a praying mantis this year and they don't sell those costumes.
I did a makeshift costume and it worked out well! I convinced Eli to be a bee
and I bought Eden's costume at a second-hand store.

Went to Sea World for their Trick-or-Treating event. This is the hay maze.

My heart!

We decided to check out the Haunted Section of Sea World as a date.
It was too busy to see the Haunted Houses but it was fun to be there with just us.

We decided to decorate cookies. Sadly, we were in the middle of stomach bugs when we started this activity.

 Joey had a character book parade. To keep his costume,
we found this cute book from the library, My Fun Summer, by P. Mantis.

We also enjoyed Story Time and Trick-or-Treating at the library.

Joey's school had a Trunk-or-Treat and Dance.
Forgot to take a pic of our Trunk, but here is the costume contest.

Trick or Treating at Target.

The church where Eli goes to MDO had a Fall Festival. It had a bouncy castle!

Joey and Eli going on a hay ride with me. Forgot to get a pic of the horse! 

Face painting!

There was also carnival games, a dunking booth,
and a guy that came with a lot of wild local animals.

At our ward Trunk-or-Treat. We made our trunk a garden and you can't tell, but I have butterfly wings to match our kids.

Pumpkin decorating time!

Eli wanted a silly face.

Sam made an eye.

"Eden" had a pretty face. Her pumpkin was tricky to carve. 

Joey wanted-you guessed it-a praying mantis.
I free-handed the drawing on the pumpkin and Sam carved it.

Halloween night I started getting the kids in their costumes. I dressed Eli first, and when I was helping the others the doorbell rang. Thinking it was Trick-or-Treaters, I opened the door to find our neighbor with Eli. Yep, Eli was too excited and left without us noticing to go trick-or-treating. Luckily our neighbors were kind to bring him back. That kid!

Start of the 2019 School Year

A little behind, but we are full swing in the 2019 school year for Joey. I even got Eli into a Mother's Day Out program two days a week.

Joey has been in school for over 50 days and still seems to like it! His reading skills spiked and he is doing well in math according to the last progress report. Compared to last year, he hasn't once pretended to be sick or fight me in going, so we're happy about that.

It was iffy whether I could get Eli into MDO, as he had to be potty-trained. I told them to hold off this summer and then he miraculously potty-trained after a failed first attempt. It all worked out. Eli seems to like his school as well, except for the napping part!

Pic 1: The crown Joey made first day of school

Pic 2: In front of his classroom- that smile!

Pic 3: His first library book he chose- love of sharks is still strong

Pic 4: His desk first day

Pic 5: Blurry picture of his school picture

Pic 6: Sunglasses Joey picked out of the goody basket at school

Eli on the first day of his school.

 Now for random things!

My sister and BIL came for a visit when his brother was getting married in San Antonio and stayed with us. We enjoyed having our cousins over for a visit!

I made this wreath above our TV. It took a while to figure out what I wanted but I'm glad I figured this out! 

If you search certain animals on Google you can create a
3D image of their life size. Joey loooves emperor penguins
so we had to show that it is roughly the size of a 6 year old child.