First Time

Yep, it's here, my least favorite holiday. Seriously, I know I've said it before, but I really just do not care for Halloween. Never have. But, I have kids now, so it's my motherly duty to attempt to 'get into it' for their sake. And, I do.

Dylan's preschool class had their Halloween party this morning. And I'll admit, I was a little excited about my child's FIRST class party. I was probably more excited than Dylan was. It was even our day to bring treats for everyone, so I had fun trying to get creative (which I am SO not).

The past two years, Dylan has had a really cool pumpkin basket to use for trick or treating. Unfortunately, last year he got it so messy and I was unable to salvage it. So, I took him to the store to pick out a new one. This is what he chose.

These were the treats I made. They turned out pretty cute, in my humble opinion. I found the cute ghost tins at Target. My original intent was to do Rice Krispy treats and use chocolate chips for the eyes and mouth. Unfortunately, I was not quick enough getting the goo into the tins. So at the last minute I had to improvise with brownies. Luckily I had some Smarties on hand and I just cut those up to make the eyes and mouth. They were a huge hit with the kiddos, too.

Dylan has been telling me for months that he wanted to be a Bat for Halloween. Not Batman, just a plain ol' bat. I could not find a bat costume for under $50 and I do not sew. I was finally able to convince him that Batman would be just as cool. He was not to thrilled about the costume parade though.

Treat time! The little lion boy is Dylan's friend, Caiden. And the little blonde next to Caiden is Sheyanne. Dylan has talked about these two from the first day of school.

Little Lena was in attendance as well. And she is just what her shirt says...Wickedly cute.

Mrs Baker read the kids a story about a farmer and a pumpkin. They each got to pop out a piece of the pumpkins face and feel the guts inside. Well, most of them felt the guts inside. Can you guess which child would NOT put his hands in to touch the slimy stuff? Oh yeah, that would be mine.

Today was also Dylan's day to be the line leader. I think that's what he looks forward to the most. He reminded Mrs Baker every two minutes that it was his turn today. I am really happy that I chose Divine Grace for Dylan's preschool. His class has 7 kids and I think that is the perfect number for his first year. Mrs Baker is so great with the kids and I love that it's a Christian school, so he gets Bible study as part of the curriculum. He is learning so much and just enjoying his 'special time'.

Nothing to do with preschool, but I thought this was too cute not to share.

Way too quick

Most days I find myself looking at the clock every hour wishing it was time for Mike to come home from work. But, every once in a while I'm struck by how, in the grand scheme of things, time goes by way too quickly. Lena turned 6 months old on Friday. In some ways, I'm in shock that it's already been 6 months. But, I also cannot remember life without her. She continues to be my little angel. I just cannot get enough of this precious little girl. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that she is the happiest baby ever. She smiles from the time she gets up in the morning until the time I lay her in her crib at night. And it's not just a little turning of the corners of her lips. Lena's entire face smiles...her eyes, her nose, her cheeks, her lips...even her body gets in on the action. Add to that some laughter and you know why we have nicknamed her 'Giggles'. Seriously, this girl is awesome. I think her only downfall is that she still wakes me up several times a night. But, I can forgive her for that because it's not really her fault. She cries in her sleep, but is not fully awake. Her reflux is still bothering her and seems to be at it's worst at night. Hopefully she'll be growing out of it in the near future.

How can you not love this face?! She is becoming more mobile...rolling over all the time, sitting up and trying to use her arms to scoot herself across the floor. I had to capture this moment of just 'laying still' so I remember what these days are like.

These two LOVE each other. Dylan loves to make people smile and laugh. Lena loves to laugh and smile. By that you can come to the conclusion that Dylan loves to make Lena smile and laugh...ALL THE TIME. If I'm making Lena laugh, Dylan cuts in and says "No, let me do it." He immediately picks up where I left off. So cute!

There is nothing in the world more precious than sleeping babies.

Except maybe a sleeping almost 4 year old.