Happy Halloween!

Our first year with a school Halloween parade! I cried literal tears when I saw all the cute happy kids parading through. I am SO sentimental about this tradition.

This is Halle's cute teacher Mrs Rushton

I helped out with Halle's classroom party. I can't believe I have turned into one of those embarrassing moms who shows up dressed as a witch with brew in hand. I was a little embarrassed myself:/ what we do for our kids...

Off to trick ot treat. I stayed home with James, the candy and a headache. Love the holidays and love when they are over:)

Nona's famous Halloween Party!

We had a awesome Halloween this year. We had amazing weather and happy, happy kids. My mom always throws a fun party for the kiddos. Here are some of our cousins, Nina, Annalie, Ellie and Samuel. Meet my cute little cowboy, cowgirl and bullseye!!!

This year costumes were a little complicated because Mommy wanted the kids to be this...

and Cohen was dead set on being a dragon (an old costume from our dress up box that is not cute and semi broken). To get him to wear this costume I had to bribe and bribe and bribe. Basically he gave me one hour at Nona's party and then it was OFF! Halle wanted to be Rapunzel and I had the hardest time finding a decent costume for under 60 bucks so to satisfy her I found this cute little cowgirl costume and a cheerleader costume for a fraction of the price and so she was thrilled to announce that she got to be TWO things for Halloween and thus Mommy was happy to have my cute matching kids and the kids were happy too. This is the last year that I care though cause it was too much work. Next year they can be dressed as themselves for all I care:)

James lasted 15 min in this costume. He hates hats on his head for some reason and so he just pulled and tugged and cried. I didn't even dress him up on Halloween night...poor third child. Isn't he so squishy, gooey and lovable though?


Cohen attempting to "ride bullseye" He is his horse after all right?

Our little babes this year. So funny taking this picture!Sonny and Cher! My parents always go all out!Playing games...the classic wrap the mummy

SO much fun and chaos and such a headache at the end, but the kids had fun and that is what matters most:)

Pirrrrate Parrrty

"Ahoy Maties!!!" That is what Cohen is saying in this picture. In fact he said it over and over again while I was shooting his picture and I couldn't get a normal smile out of him. We had such a fun party for Cohen's bday! (I never thought planning a little boys party would be fun for me too, but it was such a blast). Love Halle in this picture with her missing tooth cause it just fits so well... she was such a cute sister for Cohen. Not an ounce of jealousy or anything. She just wanted Cohen to have a great day and to be my little helper.
We had some pretty cute pirates join us to celebrate...loves my littlest pirate!!!Arrrrrh....eating some grub!

Cupcakes compliments of my creative sister Tracie. Freaked just a little when cute Kyler dropped his, face down on my rug under his chair....I know, i know, my fault for having a rug under my table:) The highlight was Chad's treasure hunt which took the kids all over the neighborhood finding clues which lead to the buried treasure.
burried in our backyard...

Can't be a pirate and not walk the plank. And yes, there was water under them...

a filled up kiddie pool! Chad thinks of everything.

Happy Birthday Coco bean!

Turning 4...

My little Coco bean turned 4 last week! He is such a cutie pie and we love him so much! Turning 4 was a big deal to him because it meant he is suddenly "grown up" and can no longer have accidents, steal the babies binki and sleep in our bed at night. So far he is doing great (with only a few slips with the binki) and trying hard:) Cohen started preschool this year and had his first attempt at sports...

Soccer was a good idea in theory, but Cohen struggled a little with the heat and having to run around the field for 45 min. Although he is a big strong kid, he is incapable of hurting a fly so the idea of stealing the soccer ball from other kids or knocking the other players down to get a goal was not going to work for him...Some games left him discouraged...Overall he had fun being on a soccer team with his friends Jack and Brody and his dad even got to coach one of his games. Yep I think he is growing up!