Halloween

All I have to say is...Halloween is MUCH more fun with kids (in my humble opinion).

I mean, look at how cute my kids are!

But beyond dressing them up in costumes and watching Eden's face light up while trick or treating, I was also able to have fun making Halloween treats like mummy hot dogs, ghost rice crispy treats, soup with pieces of cheese on top cut out like bats, and monster apples.

Eden LOVED it all.

At our ward Trunk or Treat, Eden's favorite part (besides getting candy) was definitely "fishing in the cauldron". This is her and her little friend, Benjamin, fishing and getting their lines tangled.

There were also ping pong balls made like eyeballs that you were supposed to throw into pumpkin buckets....but she found it more entertaining to just play with the eyeballs.
Eden even got a balloon animal from one of the girls in the ward dressed as a clown.

Then of course, trick or treating with dad ROCKED.
And mommy stayed to pass out treats with the little chubby bunny.
By the looks on Leila's face....Leila obviously didn't appreciate Halloween like Eden did. But overall it was a really fun weekend.

p.s. What an awful wife I am....Tyson's birthday was on the 23rd and I didn't post any lovey-dovey my-husband-rocks-my-socks blog about him. But in my defense, he probably liked it better that way. Happy Birthday my love!

"One of THOSE Days"

To start, I love this picture....this picture describes perfectly how I feel on "one of THOSE days".

Do you know those days? The ones where everything going on around you is a blur and you just want to sit in stunned silence staring at nothing with your mouth gapping open just waiting and hoping for time to pass quicker than it is while letting your child run around naked because you don't have the energy to start the "you should put some clothes on" lecture?

Hmm....hope I'm not the only one.

Speaking of "THOSE days", I've had a few of them recently. No fun. Lots of unhappy children, sleep deprivation, and lack of cleanliness found throughout the home.

And people lately keep commenting to me how I have such a happy baby. And I keep thinking, "that's cause I only post the happy pictures." But I must say, Leila is even cute when she's sad. Look at that pout-y lip of hers!

And then it turns to a scream.....which isn't nearly as fun or pretty to watch.
p.s. Sorry the pictures are all blurry. My camera was on its last leg of battery life (so don't expect any new pictures until I can find my camera battery charger) and it wouldn't take pictures unless there was no flash, cause flash took too much battery. She was probably too close for the flash to have worked anyway.

Lake of the Ozarks

For the long weekend and Tyson's birthday, my mom gave us a vacation to Lake of the Ozarks (about 3 1/2 hours away from Kansas City) at their time share. It was AWESOME! Thanks mom!

My camera was just about dead and I couldn't find the charger...so here are a few pictures I was able to snap...

When we got there we ate at Steak n' Shake (which I love and is really cheap). Plus they gave Eden a Steak n' Shake hat and paper car. Eden played with it all night taking her snake and elephant for a ride.

It was WONDERFUL weather. So we went swimming.
Eden was VERY excited to swim.
This was the view from the time share. AMAZING. Right off the lake.
We also went on a short hike. Eden only liked it when she was carried...But it was beautiful and the leaves were all starting to change color and fall off the trees.
We also went to the beach. Although, it was really rocky and not a lot of fun to play in. But Eden loved it and cried when she had to leave.
We also spent a lot of time at the HUGE outlet mall there. It was a bitter sweet experience because we're poor med students. I could have spent LOTS of money there if I could have. :) But we did get a few things we needed (clothes for us and kids).

And of course, while at the condo we enjoyed having cable TV which we normally don't have. Tyson and I have an addiction to HGTV. I admit it.

Thanks again mom!

The only bad part about the vacation was coming home to 'real life' so soon.

Girl's Room: Part 3

I still need to change the ribbon on Leila's sign. I ran out of the purple and the light blue color just doesn't cut it for me. It was temporary so I we could figure out where to put all the butterflies.

(The butterflies are made out of plastic with a magnet on the back. I bought them on sale at Target once upon a time back when I just got really sick of Eden's room looking so plain and lonely. Anyhow, you put in a small metal tack and then the butterflies magnetize to them.)

I like the room but don't LOVE it. I still have a few more projects to go.

Conversation with Leila

Leila: "Hi Mom! I'm naked!"

Mom: "Hey little chubber!"

Leila: "WHAT? You think I'm CHUBBY?"

Mom: "Well, LOOK at those little rolls!"

(Leila looks at her rolly legs)

Leila: "Oh, its not THAT bad."

Mom: "Let's see if if my hand fits around your thigh."

(Leila thinking: "Let's see if MY hand fits around YOUR thigh mom!")

Leila: (Laughs) "I may be a little chubby, but I'm still cute!"

Laura and Trey

My sister, Laura, and her son, Trey (who is 3) came over to visit for the weekend. It was great fun. My only regret was NOT pulling out my camera. We had a lot of fun and no pictures to show for it.

We were able to go to Penguin Park, a decent sized park with large statues of a few animals (that have slides inside them) and a lot of other things to play with. The kids really enjoyed that.

*images stolen from online. Shh...don't tell anyone.

We also went to a little chocolate fountain party (we came late and it was actually only us and the lady throwing the party...and all our kids, but we all still enjoyed ourselves). We also went out to DELICIOUS Chinese food. And we were able to relax around the house and watch some conference.

And while they were here, Eden learned how to pillow fight and I learned how to play Family Feud on Facebook. Good times. :)

I Promise My House DIDN'T Look Like This When I Left...

Tonight I went to the Women's Conference at my stake. When I got home my house looked like the above picture (and it looks 10x messier in real life unfortunately).

While I could TECHNICALLY blame my husband for the mess, the REAL culprits are Pantry Moths.

Tyson took Eden on a trip to Lowe's to finally rid of our severe moth-breeding-in-our-pantry problem using....

...and this...
Leaving our house smelling like a familiar scent that I can't quite pin point. But it has a somewhat minty/dentist-y feel to it.

Unfortunately, we read up on these pesky moths and apparently they are quite difficult to get rid of. We read lots of stories of people who set up more and more traps and spray and spray...and while it helps, they keep re-appearing and re-breeding all over your house. Grr.

Honestly, these moths are EVERYWHERE in our house. We kill them constantly. But the part that grosses me out the most is the moth breeding ground AKA: the pantry (and all surrounding areas). They are everywhere along with little nests and eggs. Gives me the heebie jeebies (or however you spell it). Makes me itch just thinking about it...so I'm done thinking about it. On to something else.

Women's conference was good. Well, I assume it was. The whole time I was hiding in a closed classroom with Leila SCREAMING. She was NOT gonna let me listen...

Good news, it tuckered her out for the night. Hopefully she sleeps well. Which reminds me, I should be sleeping right now instead of playing on the computer.

p.s. I love these pajamas. She just looks like a giant, pink marshmallow. I could just EAT HER UP.