Saturday, October 31, 2009

Rupunzel, Rupenzel, let down your hair and one cute little lion


Sarah was Rupunzel this year, she had previously worn this costume to her preschool party (which yes, I did forget my camera so no pictures of that) so on Halloween I was going to get her dressed and she informed me she wanted to be something else because she had already dressed up as Rupunzel.....well little missy if you want to go trick or treating you will put on that costume. She at least had to wear it twice to get our money's worth (not that it was expensive, but still). And really by the time I bundled her up you couldn't really tell what she was anyway, but I knew she was Rupunzel and that's what mattered right??








































These are her friends she trick or treated with. Emma, Lily and Abby. Someday Sarah will be mortified at how bundled I had her dressed, but really I hate to be cold and she's my flesh and blood so naturally I'm sure she hates it too, but it was rather chilly outside.
Halloween was a success we had a fun little dinner after trick or treating with our friends Kim and Jared, she served mummy dogs and snake pizza...very fun and spooky. Halloween was a big success, it's such a fun holiday. I think Sarah and Nathan looked darling. I even helped Sarah separate her candy into same and like piles, Jen and I would always do this after our trick-or-treating adventures. I still love the smell of all that candy together and I still love candy, unfortunately that has not faded with age.


Jackolantern







We carved this pumpkin near the beginning of October (knowing it wouldn't last until Halloween), but it lasted even less, as the squirrels had there way with it. Sarah was very distraught about this, but we later painted one and left it whole, it's a little harder for the squirrels to gnaw away at.

Fall leaves and rainy days












Sarah loves to play in the rain. When our front ditch fills up she likes to splash around in it, it had been raining for several days. She had to stay on the left side of the driveway to splash around, I actually think she could have gone swimming on the right side...way too much rain. But the good news is our basement is dry!!
She also loves to play in the leaves each Fall. It was hard to find a day that wasn't raining and if it wasn't raining the leaves were way too wet to play in. We lucked out and had a day that didn't rain and the leaves were only slightly wet, she had a great time. We have this beautiful tree in our backyard. I'm embarrased to say this is the first year I've noticed it. I love the shape of the tree and the gorgeous color of the leaves. Sarah picked a whole bucket of leaves from this tree and we later laminated them in a "Fall leaf collection" it's hanging on our wall. I like hanging Sarah's creations on the kitchen wall it's fun for all of us to enjoy.

6 lbs of salt water taffy from Jen


One day I was pleasantly surprised to receive this package on my doorstep. When I saw that it was from Sweets factory in SLC, I didn't want to get my hopes up thinking it was salt water taffy (I have been obsessed with it lately), but it was 6 whole pounds of it. Jen surprised me...woo hoo...what a great surprise! Nothing like a little taffy to lift the "no more sun for 8 months" blues. Thanks again Jen :-)