Pumpkin overload....

For family night we carved our pumpkin. The kids each picked out a little one and decorated it with markers. Alex was really into it, I can't say as much for Jake. He thought it was pretty "usgusting." He wouldn't even touch the inside goo. We then made a "very scary" dessert, dirt pudding parfaits. When I was telling Alex that she was eating mud, dirt and worms Jake must have taken me a little too seriously because it took him a little convincing to start eating.

Alex loved helping dad!
Jake, not so much, this was his face the whole time.

The finished product.

Our perfectionist.

Our mastermind.

Very usgusting..

Looks like he got more on himself than in his mouth.

Random....

We have been pretty busy around here lately between Cameron being absent weekend after weekend and soccer practice's and games I haven't been able to post pictures much so I am doing a catch-up. Alex had a birthday party to go to last weekend and we thought we would take the chance and take Jake on a date with mom and dad. We asked him in the car what and where he wanted to eat and he kept saying "HOT DOG!" I said, "Are you sure Jake, I think you might like a cheese taco." I was really wanting some Mexican. He was not giving in and proceded to yell "HOT DOG!" Cam had to tell me that it was his night so we opted on Chilis for a corn dog and his favorite corn on the cob! We went over to Toys R Us to see if we could find a bike that would fit the poor kid with short legs. He was so interested in the powerwheels they had that we left without any luck. We had a great time and need to do a little more one on one time with the kids. Jake is at a really fun but crazy stage right now and we just love him to death. He really loves to give kisses, I hope he keeps that within the walls of home but I just love when I get one of his sweet kisses, it always makes me smile.

My kids are really into instant pudding these days. They could eat bowl after bowl so chances are on Monday nights we are eating the wonderful, yummy, sugarfree treat!
We had a "block party" in our subdivision and they were giving out cotton candy. It was pretty hilarious watching Jake eat it!! He wouldn't take pieces of it and eat it, he would just stick his whole face in there and stick his tongue out and move it back and forth until he caught it. I didn't have my camera with me at the park but he looked like a cotton candy Santa.

Scary dinner and Who's Whoooo?

We love Halloween at our house! I figured since I busted my Christmas music out yesterday I better get some Halloween fun in before it was here and gone. We got some great ideas from Picky Palate(I get most of my recipe ideas from here) for a very spooky, scary dinner. The kids loved it and I totally recommend trying it.

Mummy hot dogs

Ooozing monster mouths
And there cannot be a Halloween meal without hot chocolate and rolled wafer cookies!

It has taken us awhile to figure out our Halloween costumes, but I think we finally got it nailed down. Can you guess what they are going to be??