The end to a L-O-N-G Day!

Today seemed like the longest day ever and it is finally winding down for us (8 pm!) Sarah's class had a party today so she got to wear her costume to school all day. When we arrived at 1 pm for the party, they were out on the playground so you can only imagine the shape their costumes were all in. Sarah was a pink bunny this year and her ears and tail had both been ripped off. Fortunately we were able to reassemble everything and make it through the evening still looking like a pink bunny. This year Ansley was a pumpkin and she wasn't he least bit shy to run up to a door and reach her hand in the candy bowl. I handed her a twix to keep her busy then noticed she had chewed through the wrapper and eaten half the candy bar. She wasn't wasting any time! Our neighborhood this year is the perfect size so we came home with just the right amount of candy (last year it was insane what we got!!) Sarah came home and decided to count out all her candy. Who says Halloween can't be a teachable moment? :-) We were able to meet several of the neighbors and we loved seeing all the little ones dressed up. We all had a great time and look forward to next year.

Flashback Friday - 1983 - THRILLER

Someone brought it to my attention that this is the 25th anniversary of Thriller and no video list would be complete without it. One day I WILL learn this whole dance. Maybe next year I will post it...NOT!

Our Happy Pumpkin

Pumpkin carving 101

Our happy pumpkin 2008

Ansley after we told her not to touch the pumpkin

She didn't listen

Our very first "happy" pumpkin
2004

This year Sarah's class carved a pumpkin at school so she was excited to get home and carve one herself. You see, at school they took a vote on what kind of face to put on the pumpkin. Out of 20 students, Sarah was the only one who wanted to make the pumpkin happy. Everyone else wanted to make him spooky and scary. She must have talked about this for 15 min. straight when she got home from school yesterday so obviously it bothered her that no one wanted a happy pumpkin! I told her that I was a fan of happy pumpkins too and showed her an old photo of our first happy pumpkin. This year she wasn't into the gooey part but once we got it carved and lit, she was very happy. Unfortunately, Ansley missed all the action because she was sleeping but she was able to participate in seeing our little pumpkin all lit up. I think she was the most excited out of everyone because all she did was squeal and point at our little pumpkin friend. This was definiely a fun year for pumpkin carving!

Future Star?

After viewing the blog and seeing video of herself and Ansley, Sarah decided she wanted to contribute something on her own. Here she is singing Humphrey the Blue Nosed Pumpkin. Hit it Sarah!

And in true diva fashion, after seeing herself sing, she decided that she HAD to count to 100. ...and of course have it filmed!!

Two turkeys in the bed

Today Adam left for a business trip and since the girls were missing him, I told them they could both sleep with me tonight. Sarah was being so silly and Ansley couldn't stop laughing. Fortunately I had my phone with me and was able to record a little bit of it. I think the two of them could literally entertain themselves for hours!

One of our favs...

This time of year begins the start of cooler weather, holidays and lots of fun family activities. One of our favorite songs on Noggin is the Candy Corn song. It is only played during the month of October so whenever we hear this song we love to all chime in and sing along (even though we all LOVE candy corn!!) Warning, this song can get stuck in your brain. We've been singing it constantly all month long!!

Disney on Ice

Last night Sarah and I went to the Disney on Ice show with one of my childhood friends and her daughters girl scout troop. This was Sarah's first show like this and she had the best time. I have to admit I was excited to be there as well! Her favorite part of the show was seeing Ariel and her friends under the sea. She also liked seeing the scene from Cars. She decided she wanted to be Sally the cute little blue car. Can you blame her? If I were a car I'd want to be a Porsche too!