I didn’t intentionally plan to have the boys’ costumes match but it was adorable that they did. Ben has wanted to be a Ninja Turtle (Leonardo) for the longest time. I knew I wanted to dress Jack up but I kept going back and forth between a lion and an elephant and couldn’t make up my mind. Luckily I came across this turtle costume and knew it was meant to be. I present to you my Ninja Turtle and Tiny Turtle. I love how Ben is holding Jack’s hand. We ate dinner at my parent’s house and then went trick or treating in their neighborhood. Is my niece not the…

Happy Halloween from our Ninja Turtle and tiny turtle. I’m headed to a conference for the weekend, but I’ll be back with 5 on Friday later today!

Halloween started with a party at Ben’s preschool. All of his little friends were adorable. After the school party it was off to J’s parent’s house. Ben’s cousins also came over and it was nothing short of amazing that we were able to capture a picture where everybody was looking. Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, and J’s brother. I love my niece’s face. She looks slightly frightened that Ben’s going to whack her with the sword. Only in small town do police stop and give out candy. One last flight of the evening.

Oh Halloween. There’s not many things more adorable than kids dressed up in little costumes saying tick or treat. Our Halloween activities started last weekend at my sister’s house where the kids painted pumpkins while they watched my brother in law carve one. Love his little tongue. Over the weekend I also whipped up a bunch of Halloween treats for work, Ben’s school, and to take to my parent’s house on Halloween night. All of these recipes and ideas came from Pinterest. Halloween Popcorn Pretzel Ghosts Eyeballs Black Cat Cookies Mine didn’t look as great as the ones on Pinterest probably because I was in a rush and didn’t chill…

Halloween was such a blast this year. The festivities started a few weeks ago with our annual tradition of carving pumpkins.Wanting our child to keep all his little fingers, we opted for painting instead of carving.  He did do a great job though of separating the pulp from the seeds. J and Ben’s pumpkins. Noticeably mine was absent and there’s a reason for it. It was crap and I was pretty disappointed in myself.  The Friday before Halloween, Ben’s preschool had a fall carnival with games, face painting, and prizes. Ben did so well sitting still to get his face painted. I was sure that both Ben and his teacher…