About a month ago Sydna got a cold. We thought we had been spared because Sydna was almost over her cold but then Riley got a runny nose then a couple of days later I got sick then a couple of days after that Jacob got sick. We seem to have gotten over our colds quite fast but I got it the worst. My nose was like a faucet so I had to pick up some medicine to help with the runny nose and the sneezing. My head felt like it was in a fog. Hate that feeling. Makes me feel like a zombie.
Thankfully we're all better now and hope to stay healthy for as long as we can.
I was still waking up in the middle of the night most of last week. Still not really sure what's causing this ... and even Jacob too wakes up in the middle of the night for no reason at all. It's very irritating for sure.
We got Riley's halloween costume several weeks ago but I had forgotten to get him the bag to put his candies in so we made a trip to Target. I was so disappointed that Target only had a small selection of halloween decorations. They still had a decent amount of costumes but still. I hate it when stores barely have anything for the coming holiday when we're still several weeks out. I opted for a cute small cauldron instead of a bag. I just thought it was much cuter even though it has nothing to do with his costume, I just liked it better.
He still watches Max & Ruby and we just recently watched a halloween episode where Max dresses up as a vampire and has vampire teeth on. Riley thought that was cool and asked me to get him some. Luckily, when we were at Target I happen to spot some that even glow in the dark. He was so excited but since they fit a little big it's hard for him to swallow his spit so when he takes them off a bunch of spit drips off of them. Grody!
I texted Jacob this picture and he said he laughed out loud at his desk.
Also, while at Target I picked up a black & orange owl to add to my mantle theme. I got happy when I did spot something that I liked since their halloween decorations were so limited. So when I got home I set to work on my mantle. I do try to have something different on it each year but still keeping it simple. I knew that the main focus would be to decorate my mantle with pumpkins.
I used a banner I've had for several years. Last year I crocheted the black spiders web with the intention of using it for the coming year. I love how it looks. I placed all the small pumpkins I got at the pumpkin patch, added a black glittered cat and tree decoration, two small ghosts and the owl.
Tada!!
I like how it turned out.
We've also been busy working on halloween crafts. The first craft we worked on was a candy corn decoration using tissue paper. I taught Riley how to hold the tissue paper on the pencils eraser, add glue to it, place it on the black paper and hold it firmly for five seconds. He did pretty good at first and even thought it was funny to count to five.
But then he got tired or it became a bit too tedious for him because he then began to crumble the tissue paper instead. I told him he could do whatever he'd like. All I wanted is for him to stay engaged and have fun.
This was the end result. His and mine. It took me forever {without interruptions it probably took me about an hour} to finish mine because I wanted my tissue paper to be tight fitting. I didn't want mine to show any black between the tissue paper.
I'm placing all of our halloween crafts on the side wall so we can admire our work. So fun and I love that I also get distracted between chores. It definitely made the day go by way faster.
We're still working on more crafts now and we still have yet to do more halloween activities before halloween. October is definitely a busy month for us and it is something we ALL look forward to. We plan certain activities, meals, movie watching and desserts. I love love love it so much!
Fun craft and cool mantle!
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