Happy Halloween!

For Halloween day we didn't really do much but go to the store and make sure we had enough batteries for our flickering lights in the pumpkins and for Porter's ghost flashlight. For dinner we made ghost pizzas and salad with blood dressing.

We only had one trick-or-treater by 7pm so we decided to leave the bowl of candy on the porch and we all went with Porter. Carson & Kyle, Porters friends, and their parents met up with us and the boys went trick-or-treating together. At first they weren't sure what was going on but by the end they were running like crazy people all over the place. We only covered three streets but that was plenty for a 3 year old.

WII finally have Guitar Hero!

So last year when our friends, the Frehners, lived here we would have Guitar Hero parties at their house and Sam and I were horrible. A couple of months ago we bought a WII and were stoked to hear that Guitar Hero III was coming out for the WII Oct. 28th. So I got on the waiting list and on Wed. night we realized it was the 30th and we hadnt gotten the game yet. Ever since then we have been rockin out. Porter even tells me "You Rock Mom!".
After a couple of days we are improving. Sam had this crazy song he couldn't pass and I told him where's Corby when you need him. I found out that you can go online with Guitar Hero and play against friends or strangers so were thinking it would be cool to if the Frehners had a WII and we could play Guitar Hero together again. I just read Ammie's blog and sure enough they just got a WII so Frehners give us some time to get as good as you guys, then bring on the competition!

What a good big brother!

Last night I heard Ruby whinning in the front room and before I got in there she stopped so I thought nothing of it. When I went to check on her a few minutes later this is what I found:I asked him what he was doing and he said "Ruby was crying so I gave her a bite." Well the candy worked cause she stopped crying but then we had to have Porter eat the rest of his candy in the kitchen because now Ruby cries if she sees anyone eating candy. Ruby can't even figure out how to swallow rice cereal so I can't let her get addicted to sugar before she has her first foods fruits and veggies.

Porter's Preschool Halloween Party

Porter had his first Halloween Party at his preschool today. His teacher Miss D.D. has the class as her project to get her education degree so there are only 6 kids but Porter loves going to preschool everyweek and asks to go as soon as he wakes up on Monday mornings. Miss D.D. taught them four songs that they sang for the moms and then they got to make a witches treat with things like goblin brains (popcorn) and shrievled ants (raisins).

Here are two videos of Porter singing the Halloween songs:

Ward Halloween Party

Tonight was our ward Halloween Party. Unfortunetly it was really lame, nothing compares to a Claremont 1st Ward Halloween party. There were only like 8 cars for trunk or treating. There was a chili cook off which Sam tried two different chilis the first was so hot his nose started running and the second the beans were not fully cooked. I told Sam next year I wanted to plan the Halloween party, but really I dont but I have decided that in order to have a great ward I really need to sign up for everything. BTW we were one of the eight cars and I didn't even sign up I just knew I couldn't go take peoples candy and not hand out any.

So for the good stuff: Sam was Dwight K. Shrute from the Office. I bought him some way nerdy glasses today and he looked awesome. I was supposed to be Angela but the hair dye didn't work and once I was dressed Sam said I looked like Pam so I was Pam Beesley (no pic for me because the one pic Sam took of me looked horrible).

Porter was Buzz Lightyear, which it took some major convincing to get him to wear the costume. He thought we were crazy and didn't understand everyone was going to have a costume on.

Ruby Guby was a "beautiful butterfly". Her little hat had two straps that where supposed to go under her chin but she just chewed on them all night and there were soaked when I took the costume off.

Crazy Bathtub Girl

Pumpkins Pumpkins

After we went to the pumpkin patch we came home and started to decorate them. Porter was ready to "cut them up" but we still had two weeks until Halloween so I convinced him to to decorate them in other ways. The Daddy and Mommy pumpkins were a little squishy so we used these parts like Mr. Potato Head.

Porter's and Ruby's pumpkins were perfect and there was no way I was going to let them have any holes, because I want to save them for Thanksgiving, so we used these rub on tatoo faces. They all turned out really cute and luckily it was really fast and easy.

Now all the pumpkins are all lined up on our bench.