Catch up!

Santa came to town in a yellow helicopter and we were there to see it! :)

Little Man, Daddy, Cousin "J" and Aunt R

waiting for Santa to arrive

Here he comes!

Santa heading up the parade in the Akdar Shriners trick car

Grandma M, Cousin J and LM 

The Hubs and I thought the elf ears and hat were hysterical!

The kid...not so much.

How cool is this?!

Took LM to see Rise of the Guardians,

awesome movie!

I didn't get any pictures from Thanksgiving...too busy eating, visiting and holding baby "J"!  :)

First Lost Tooth!

Little Man's lower front tooth has been loose for quite a while but he wouldn't let me pull it.  He had seen a picture of the son of a friend of mine on Facebook who did the string and door knob routine and left the kid crying and bleeding. Uh.....not doing that.  

But after encouraging him to come up with a way to do it...he came up with a great idea and agreed to have it pulled.

LM said, "we can tie some string to my tooth and the other end to a Nerf dart and shoot it and the dart will pull my tooth out!"  I thought this was pretty brilliant.  Enjoy the video!

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone had a Happy & Safe Halloween!

Last year we went to Boo Ha Ha, which is a daytime event in our city the weekend before the 31st, where the kids can trick or treat, play games to win candy and jump around in a bouncy castle.  We had so much fun last year that we did it again this year.  

This years costume theme was Batman - The Dark Knight.  Little Man was Batman of course, I was Catwoman (circa Anne Hathaway) and the Hubs was Scarecrow aka Dr. Jonathan Crane.

Catwoman, Scarecrow-minus the mask and Batman

Our dog Henry was supposed to be The Joker but he was not having any part of his costume and FREAKED when we tried to spray the top of his head green.

The one picture of Henry in his Joker costume before he tried to take it off himself.

I was pretty disappointed last year with the lack of participation by our neighborhood in handing out candy.  We live in the neighborhood where I grew up and I remember everyone handing out candy and one family ALWAYS had a haunted house set up in their home...it was the best!  I was determined that LM have a better experience this year, so last night I drove over to another part of town (thanks for the tip "M"!) where all the houses decorated and the homeowners dressed up and it was great!  They obviously had a reputation for doing it up right because there were TONS of people driving in and parking just to trick or treat in this neighborhood.

One house had cut outs on the front lawn so you could take your kid's picture.

LM said its a picture of him being eaten by a trick or treating monster.  :D

We came across a house that went all out!  Inflatable gargoyles on the roof, tiki torches along the front of the house, a fog machine, scary music with screams & lightning mixed in, tons of spiders and webs, skulls, skeletons in cages, yellow caution tape, pumpkins...the whole nine yards!  And it was AWESOME!!!  Told LM, "this is what our neighborhood was like when I was your age".  

Wish I could have taken a better pic!  So Cool!!!

This is what I want to do with our house next year!  Hope the Hubs is up for it!  :D

LM said, "this is the best Halloween ever!  I'm rich!" (meaning he hit the jackpot in candy)  :D  Loved seeing him having so much fun.

Now its time to gear up for Thanksgiving!