let the Halloween festivities BEGIN!!....

this past saturday we took Marek to the Halloween carnival at the National Guard Armory. He always has a ball...and this year is no different. He wanted to be a knight...but not just any ol' knight---a BAD knight! and hell get really offended if you forget that little adjective :) That pretty lady in a princess costume is my best friend's mom. she looks forward to seeing him in his outfit every year. and i must admit i love to make his costume just to get the ohhs and ahhs from onlookers and the "oh wow did you make that?" call me crazy :)










we planned on taking phoebe this year but it was just too cold and nasty outside and she's already got a runny nose. so maybe next year huh!? shes his princess..and i cheated and borrowed a costume for her this year but i should get points for making her princess hat (and it sounds alot easier than it was believe me!) next friday is the Halloween party at my house and i cant wait to see what that turns out like. im sooo excited!! this is my favorite time of the year and in my opinion it goes WAY too fast

 

I WANT MY SEI!

i have this problem... with this paper. i want all of it all the time! and not just this line but this BRAND...they always have the coolest stuff. so much fun to use!

i should be getting my cosmo cricket anyday now. im sure youll be seeing a post about that too. i bought the whole line of the christmas paper that just came out and some of the wanted too. ive never used it before but it looks gorgeous! cant wait to get my scrappy paws on it! 

our day at the Maze

im only running slightly behind here...we did this last weekend! we took the kids out to daze in a maze south of covington and had a blast!!! they had a small petting zoo (when i say small i mean some kittens some ducks and sheep 2 horses and some cows) but they also had some adorable potbellied pigs!





even phoebe got in on the fun..she got to play with the kittens and as always...anything with fur is a "kittie" the cows were kitties and ducks were kitties and the cats were kitties!



then we actually started in on the maze...we gave marek the map and just let him be the "lay-der" weve argued and argued with him about the correct way to say LEADER but he still insists its layder...so whatever. it was kinda fun not having a specific direction...everytime we got to a dead end marek would say "oh no were doomed!" my kids are nothing if not dramatic! :)

he got super excited when we found the halfway point and the flags and stuff. there was a TON of the maze we didnt even attempt because the kids got tired...id like to go back one day with out them just to see if i could get thru it---me with no sense of direction :)

 

at the patch

so here we are at the pumpkin patch...marek had fun..of course that means i didnt get any really great shots of him either...always on the move! phoebe didnt want to be held either so in all of our pictures shes squirming to get down! did manage to get a few good shots in so i do have something to scrapbook :) and i will have another chance to get the awesome fall photos that elude me. me and cammeron are going to daze in a maze on friday with all our kids (should be fun) im thinking about submitting layouts to some calls and contests. thats never really been a driving force for me but im just a little curious---am i good enough??well see i guess