What we did for Halloween

We took the kids to Arcata Square where they have a trick or treat event at all the stores. It was packed but Fisher really enjoyed himself. When we got home we went to a few houses around our neighborhood and every time we left a house he would say "Go to ANOTHER house!" "I say TICK OR TREAT!" He was a wonderful Buzz light year...unfortunately he had no wings. I didn't say anything to him hoping he wouldn't notice, but he brought it up so I just told him that the bad guys took buzz's wings and we had to go find them". He was satisfied with that. All the candy he earned is going towards his potty training reward bucket. After his birthday in a couple weeks I'm going hard core on the issue.

our october

(Fisher learning how to tie his shoes...sort of)

I know i slacked on the blogging lately. I just haven't seemed to get back in the groove since we went to Idaho. But I have been taking photos and having a great time with my family. Our October came and went. Fisher is turning 3 in a couple weeks and i'm ready to cry. My little boy is growing so fast. Finley will be a year old in a month. My little baby is no longer a new born even though it seems like yesterday he was born. I've been slowing down in the household chore department just a little so i can soak my kids in. I won't get this time back so I've learned to let the laundry go for another day, and the dishes can sit in the sink for a little bit while I get on the floor and play with the boys. Here's a little peak into this last month.

We made apple rings and dried them in the oven because I don't have a dehydrator. Well, I won't do it this way again. I guess it wasn't that bad. But after seeing that apple peeler/slicer/corer my friend has I refuse to do it by hand again. Although Adam did a lot of the work. I think he really enjoys doing stuff like this. He even made an apple corer out of a metal tube he had in his shop. My ever-handy man is great to have around. He even used an old cell phone charger cord and hooked it up to this tiny fan to put in the oven door that was propped open. My oven doesn't go down to a low enough temperature.

My landlord lady gave us a bunch of chestnuts. I had to google how to prepare them. I'm not that impressed. My hopes were high because they're so famous...you know the song. Yeah, not so great.

We went to the corn maze at the pumpkin patch with some friends. I'm not gonna lie, it was a little scary being out there in the dark with just the moon to light our path...well, the kids had flash lights that were blinding because no child knows how to point the thing at the ground. We never did find the end. We managed to grope our way back to the entrance though. So we're still alive.

Finley after his shower with Dad.

Fisher made me an excellent painting. He loves to paint. I'm running low so I've just been adding water! He doesn't know the difference.

Fisher also loves markers. He thought Finley's back was the perfect canvas. I have no idea how or when he got away with this.

Sometimes Adam will shock me with the things he knows how to do. I didn't know he could make paper hats. This was just a wonderfully lazy sunday afternoon.

Fisher and I made bagels one day. This was his bagel. We even boiled it, but it didn't make it to the oven.

We have to have a superman photo of Finley too. He didn't do the pose as classic as Fisher did though.

You know that book "This is How Much I Love You" ? Well, this is Fisher's version of the "all the way up to my toes" part. Seriously, he thought of this himself. How he makes me laugh. He just came out of the shower and started doing this...that's why he's naked.

Fisher at the pumpkin patch. He insisted on pulling the wagon pretty much the whole time.

Oh, and Adam bought me a new car. Well, new to us. 2006 Nissan Altima. I love it.

Our side trip to Grace Idaho, and Afton Wyoming

We took a day and traveled from Twin Falls to see more family. Adam's Grandpa spent about an hour with us. Adam was glad to see him.

Adam's sister, Emily with her husband Paul and their brand new baby, Theodore.

Finley found a chip clip and thought it made a great beak.

He didn't like the feel of grass on his knees so he spent all his time in this position.

twin falls

Our trip to Grandma and Grandpa's house was very fun. I loved watching Fisher with his cousins. He loves to have other kids to play with. I also got to see my good friend Allison who just had her second baby. We got to spend a few hours together. It's never enough. We took a little trip to see Emily, Adam's sister, and his Grandpa who lives in Star valley in Wyoming. It was an all day event but worth it. I'll do a separate blog about that trip. Here's a peek at our stay in Twin Falls.

Adam's twin sister Shannon came to stay for a couple days since we were there. This is her daughter, Caitlyn with Fisher. They had their own little table. They were so cute together.

This is is some of us eating dinner on the covered patio. Shawn (yellow shirt, Shannon's husband), Grandma Hamman, Adam, Dylan, Shannon, DeAnna, and Jim who unfortunately has his back to us.

The cousins with their icecream. Dylan, Justin, Fisher, Caitlyn

My ice cream sandwich

I made these corndog muffins for lunch one day.

The kids loved them. There were none left.

Grandma and Grandpa (Adam's parents) with Fisher and Finley

Fisher wasn't too sure about running through the sprinkler. But he sure loved running WITH the sprinkler.

I decided to take my own picture because I'm never in any because I'm the one taking them!

Gramps and Grammie

I love my Gramps and Grammie. Fisher did too. Grammie was great fun. She played with Fisher a lot. She gave him this little drinking glass and he just loves it. He still says, "I want da glass dat gammie give me." The drive there was so pretty. It was stinkin hot though. My gramps is so sweet. He kept staring at me and would come put his arm around me and say, "thanks for coming. it means a lot" He would just stare at me with a smile and a twinkle in his eyes. I feel like there's a special bond with us, even though i don't know him that well. My Grammie cracks me up. I don't know if she knows how funny she is. The kids put a million hand prints on her coffee table and she says, "I won't wash that table for a month!" She didn't trust Gramps to watch the kids at all because "He just doesn't pay attention!" My Gramps can't hear so she is constantly yelling at him, "BOB!" Their sliding glass door, which is their front door, doesn't work very well so going in and out is a challenge. My poor Gramps pretty much had door duty the whole time we were there. My Grammie got locked out because she couldn't open it and she yelled for him several times before he came because he's deaf. They make a wonderfully comical couple. I miss them as I write this. We'll have to go back soon.

This is the view from their front door.

Wild horses we saw on the way to their house. There was even a wild horse caution sign like you would normally see for deer.

Grammie having fun with Fisher. She exclaimed, "I haven't done this in years!"

These are yo yo's Deanna taught me how to make. I sewed a ton of them on the road trip back home. They just need some buttons in the middle and a hair clip to put them on.

What a fantastic memory.

our drive through lassen park

On our way home from my Gramps and Grammies house we detoured through Lassen National park.

The only time we got out of the car was to go into the visiter center. Fisher liked the tunnel a lot. The drive through Lassen National Park was beautiful and when the kids are older perhaps we'll go again to hike some trails. But for now we just stuck to the road and stayed in the car :)

Our lunch time in the parking lot of the visitor center. Fisher thought it was way cool that he got to sit on a rock.

Lassen volcano.

Finley and I enjoying some cheerios.