Nathan ... & Halloween 2012

11.3.12

This tree with long skinny thorns will soon be replaced by an abundance of pine trees. One of the things I'm looking forward is being able to experience the piney scent as soon as I step outside on a daily basis. That's new to me. The only time I get to smell pine is when we make the drive to Mt. Lemmon which has been about twice a year. Now it'll be a part of my everyday life! How awesome is that?! Also ... the one thing I'm looking forward the most is waking up to a gray sky. To not having the sun blarring through the blinds is going to be such a relief. To being able to go for walks in our new neighborhood without thinking about how much I hate being hot ... and looking forward to going back home and brewing myself a cup of coffee or hot cocoa and getting cozy on the couch with my little guy.

Nathan was set to receive an award on Tuesday for the end of the 1st quarter. I'm glad it was held at 9:35am and not at 8:00am how they have been having these award assemblies because I take Sydna to school just before 8:00 and have missed them.

As soon as Riley saw big brother he got happy. Nathan kept waving at him and made faces and that made Riley laugh. The place was semi quiet so it was a little embarrassing having my child laugh and people looking over and smiling. Good thing it didn't last long.

I was hoping Riley would behave. He did great for the first ten minutes then he began to whine some so I kept him quiet by feeding him fishies. It worked but then he drank some water and he dropped his cup and it made a loud noise. Again embarrassing!

Nathan not only received one award but three. Even he wasn't expecting to be receiving three. They were: P.E. Star Athlete; Perfect Attendance; and Citizenship Award. Way to go!!

Sydna also received an award. She got another Honor Roll certificate.

Kids: I hope you always strive to work hard and be the best you can be in everything. You have a lot of potential, the smarts to do and be anything you want to be. Continue on this path and you will see that hard work is indeed worth it in the end. Stay determined and focused and you will be blessed beyond your expectations. Always keep God close and listen to Him.
We love you and you guys make us so proud. Not only do you make us proud but you also have your two sets of grandparents and Tia Claudia that are just as proud and love you so much. I know grandma wishes she could communicate with the two of you more so you guys should start practicing your spanish more so you can call her more often. She would love that.


Jacob made pumpkin cupcakes the day before Halloween. Since he was gonna be busy on Halloween grilling burgers and hotdogs I didn't want him to feel overwhelmed and not enjoy himself. Loved the way the house smelled.

During the day on Halloween and before his nap we read Halloween books, saw a Halloween Little Einsteins episode, and we build towers. The day started out cool but it did go up to the mid 80's by noon. Awful.

After he went down for his nap I had on scary Halloween movies. IT was showing on tv ... and you know I've never seen this movie from beginning to end. I always start watching it right in the middle. I texted my daughter this picture of IT because I just knew she would just love to see him as she happens to love clowns, not! She hates them. All in good fun though.

 

 

 

After we ate and waited for a bit for the sun to go down I dressed Riley up in his pirate costume.

 Eww, look at my hand. It looks like my fingers are chopped off at the knuckles. They were wrapped around his calf that's why. Still looks freakish though.

 

 

At first he wanted to take off the hat but then I had him look in the mirror and I told him he looked nice and cute and he left it on.

 

 

Our pumpkins. 

 

 

And here's the youngest buccaneer of them all. Aaarrrggghhh!!

No booty for this bucko as momma has yet to give him any candy. He had fun just running around at night while kids came by {some} wearing cute costumes.

Surprisingly though, we didn't see many kids out trick or treating. I think our current neighborhood is full of empty nesters or people that simply don't want to partake in this yearly tradition. That's sad.

 

 

At any rate we had fun. Sydna had a friend over and along with Nathan they were being silly outside and passing out candy to the few kids that were out. Jacobs parents came by and spent the evening with us.

Riley looking at the girl apparition behind us.

 

 

Hope you all had a great Halloween.