Play Date

I am flying out to Northern Cali in a couple of hours so Brig and Sully can have a play date.....

Just me and Sully :)

Can't wait to see my sister and brother and their families!

Finally Halloween

We are going to start off this Halloween post with Friday the school parade!

Here you have Abe our old man.

He had decided on this costume months ago.

The DI is a fantastic place to find some great costume items....like white shoes.

But that jacket/sweater is mine.

Wore it in 10th grade.

Tucker also decided on his costume months ago.

Who doesn't like a little hippie action?

His jacket is also mine....J Crew a few years back, like maybe 17 years back.

Sully was just really wishing he was at home sleeping.

Then we come to the Indian Princess.

My mom was so sweet to make Gwyn this costume.

Is it just me? Isn't this costume AMAZING!

Very authentic....Gwyn told me she felt "so beautiful" in this.

My dear daughter is what I like to call a "poser".

What can I say, she can work a camera.

Those are all her own poses.

This posed one to the far right is my FAVE!

Silly girl.

Then we come to the Indian Princesses Noble Steed.

Doesn't he look noble?

Ding-a-ling....

Notice his saddle and tail?

Gwyn is in afternoon kindergarten and so they had their very own parade.

This is her cute class lined up to go into school.

Friday night we carved pumpkins....

Scully hung out in his swing and watched the festivies.

Can you guess which one is Gwyn's?
Yep the eye lashes gave it away right?

Or was it the molar that she and the pumpkin are both getting?

Of course Tuck's is puking.

Abe went with words this year.

He and Tucker carved theirs all by themselves.

Gils is the very scary pumpkin:)

Thanks to Grandpa and Grandy for the pumpkins...it's always fun to raid their garden.

Every Halloween my neighbor and I throw a HUGE party for all the neighbors and kids.

We have a bounce house, a huge slide, and a cotton candy machine.

It makes for a FUN day before we head off trick-or treating.

Here are our munchkins all dressed up and ready to go.

Gwyn wanted to be something that would include the love of her life, Sullivan.

So we have the Indian Princess with her bear cub, and her trusty steed Gilbert.

My cute boys who are just buddies.

They trick-or-treated with out us this year:(

Sad....

Being an old man was SO fun for Abe....he could have dressed up like that all week.

Turns out this is the only picture I got of little Sully.

He is delicious by the way.

Peace Man....

Poor Tuck was actually really sick on Halloween.

He missed the whole party and barely made it trick-or-treating.

Here is the whole gang.

Most of these kids have gone trick-or-treating with eachother for the last 6 years.

I have a picture like this from every year.

It freaks me out how much they have grown.

All in all it was a spooktacular Halloween!

Happy to see it go and my kids can't wait to see it come back.

Eleven

How on earth did he go from this......

(Tucker on his 1st birthday)

to this..... so stinkin' fast?

(the eve of his 11th birthday)

He was the most delightful, happiest and most busy baby.

That has turned into the most delightful, happiest and busy young man.

Tuck, your feet are bigger than mine, you read more than anyone person should ever read. You retain knowledge like you read it five minutes ago. You ALWAYS know what is right and almost always do it. There is not one adult that knows you that doesn't stop to tells us what a fine young man you are.

To know you is to love you.

We are so proud of you. We think you are devilishly handsome in an eleven year old way, athletic, and super smart. You are one of my best friends and you I enjoy you to no end. I hope you will always be as kind as you are now. You are a wonderful brother and friend. You are a shining example.

Thanks for being ours.

Happy Birthday son!

p.s. You would be perfect if you could just sleep in your own bed:)