Happy Halloween!

Kate woke up this morning, went into Sam's room, and said, "Happy 'Ween Sammy!"

This was a really fun Halloween since both kids finally got it: all you have to do is get dressed up, say "Trick or Treat" and people just give you candy.  I mean, come on - this is fantastic!

Happy 'ween everybody!

Fire Pit

You don't really know my husband unless you've seen him in his happy place: landscaping.  He's also really good at backing up a trailer, which is not something you can learn in college by the way.

So when we started talking about how fun it would be to have a fire pit, I knew that it wouldn't be just a little hole in the ground.  

Amazingly, in just 3 weekends, our backyard went from this...

to this!

(Apparently Fall also arrived in full force...we have a bit of raking to do, to say the least.)

Sam is very excited about the whole thing.  He already has his fire stick picked out and ready to go.

And he gives the project two big flying thumbs up!! 

A Girl's Hair

We almost made it 2 years.

2 YEARS without a haircut.

But I couldn't take it anymore.  Despite her cute little curls, her hair had turned into this crazy mullet-type thing.  So this morning, off she went for her first haircut.  And unlike her brother's first haircut (here), this one went very smoothly!

Before you see the "after" photos - I'd like to remind you of the "before" (in it's usual messy state):

 Then the makeover began:

 Which revealed her sweet little neck.

And suddenly she seemed 5 years older.