Halloween 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!
We had a great halloween! The kids were so excited to go trick or treating. My friend Amy and her husband brought their 2 kids over to go trick or treating with us. Over all our street was pretty dead. But 2 streets over was some awesome trick or treating! The kids ran down the street yelling "Trick or Treat" and saying things like "Shiver me timbers" (Andrew was a pirate) and "To the Batcave" (Travis was Batman). The all got huge bags of candy. Travis couldnt even carry his by the end of the night. We only went out for about an hour but that was plenty. Bud had to dress up for work. He was a redneck, with the mullet and everything. I dressed as a rockstar. Kaeleb liked looking at all of the decorations and I think he enjoyed his first halloween!

Theres a snake in my room!

Yesterday my modem died. We have the modem in our bedroom so I went in there to see if I could just switch plugs and get it to work. As I was looking at the modem, I looked to my right where the vacuum cleaner was and I saw something halfway under it. I thought to myself "that looks like a snake" and as I looked closer I realized it was a snake! I freaked out. I called Bud (like he could do something from work). He wanted me to put a box over it until he got home but I said no way because I would have to move the vacuum and I was scared it would come after me. So I called Animal Control to come get it. The came and got, and I asked if I could take a picture first. He told me it was dead. This whole time I was scared of a dead snake! It was a rat snake but I didnt care. Im just glad they got it out of my house!

Kaeleb is 6 months old!

I meant to post this yesterday but my modem died and I had to wait for a new one to arrive. So we are one day late!
Kaeleb turned half a year old yesterday. He is such a happy baby and loves to smile and stick his tongue out. He is trying to crawl but mostly just gets frusterated. Hes developed seperation anxiety so hes been very clingy. He is eating my food these days and is growing like a week. He started sitting up by himself a little bit but will fall over after awhile. I just cant believe hes 6 months old already! Where did the time go?

Weekend events

We had quite the weekend this past weekend. It all started on Saturday. We had a Halloween playdate for the moms group. The kids got to color a picture of a pumpkin, play put the sticker on the witches nose, hint for monster eggs, and play a gmae of "hot potato" with a squishy spider. Since the playdate was at noon my kids were whiny and cranky but overall it was fun. They loved wearing their costumes and they cant wait until halloween. I also had a cake order for Saturday. It came out SOOOO cute but I forgot to get a few pictures of it. It was pink with purple daisys on it! Mandy came and took all three kids for the weekend full of pumpkin carving. I was SUPER nervous about Kaeleb going. I trust Mandy fully but I have never left my kids that young. Bud and I took advantage of it though and had a great time just the two of us. We went to Seaworld Saturday night to ride the rides, enjoy howl-o-scream, and all of the fun things we dont get to do when we take the kids. We didnt get to go into the haunted forest because the line was 4 hours long and I really didnt want to wait that long. After Seaworld we went to Joes Crab Shack for dinner. It was nice to get to sit down and enjoy dinner with the baby crying or the other two asking for milk or juice. We got home around midnight and I immedietly missed my kids! It was entirely too quiet and the house just felt empty. I said that from now on Mandy has a 2 kid limit! LOL! We "slept in" this morning until a whole 8:30am and watched a 2 and a half hour long movie without interruptions! Then we went to San Marcos for our regular sunday tacos and then off to the races! We went to Crash-O-Rama in Kyle and watched the demolition derby along with other races. It was hot and I have a burnt face now but it was a lot of fun. Mandy delivered my kiddos around 6 and I was so glad to have them back (whining and all!). I feel like Kaeleb has gotten so much bigger just in the 24 hours he was gone. He sits up on his own now and he was so loving. I knew he missed his mommy because he just wanted to lay with mommy the rest of the evening! Now the kids are in bed and Im getting ready for our busy week. Lexi has red ribbon week at school this week and every day has a special theme. Ill try and take pictures each day for you all to see. Until then, heres the few pics I took at the halloween playdate.

Family Fall Fun

One of my favorite things about living in New Braunfels is the fall and winter season. Starting in October there are so many "small town" festivals and such. It really starts with the fall festivals and culminates in fun christmas activities!
Last weekend was the first of the holiday activities. We went to the fall festival put on by the Girl Scouts. It was super cheap and the kids had a great time (with the exception of the haunted house that we forced Travis to go into and he screamed the whole time...lol). We even convinced daddy to get off work early and go with us. The kids played a few carnival games and won some candy. Then we went on the hay ride where we managed to get a halfway decent picture of the five of us!! After the hayride Lexi went on the big blow up slide (of course not Travis, he's entirely to cautious for that). After some convincing we got Travis to go in the jumpy house with Lexi. Then they played a few more games. One was a ring toss type of game. They had a ring hanging from a tree that you had to try and throw a frisbee (paper plate) through. All of the kids in front of us couldnt get it in but my left handed son got it through (Daddy was proud). Then we stood in line for the haunted house. I knew travis was going to be scared to death but I wanted to show him that it was just pretend. They even kept the lights on for us but I still had to drag him across the floor through it. He screamed the entire time even after I showed him that the 'guts' were just spaghetti and that the 'monster' was just a kid with a mask on. Lexi swears she wasnt scared but I never even heard a peep from her the whole time.
Then we went to do the cake walk. Lexi won a cupcake right off the bat. It was a lot of fun and I think we spent a total of $7 for the whole family!
Next week is a busy one. Lexi has red ribbon week at school, Halloween on Friday and Wusrtfest starts Friday also (YAY!!!!). All 3 kids will be gone for the weekend with Aunt Mandy for pumpkin carving so hopefully Ill get pictures from that. Heres some pictures from the Fall Festival:

Todays funny

I have slacked lately and havent blogged for a while! I have been up to my elbows in batter and frosting :). I had to take a second from my baking and post this funny that Lexi said today. This is my daughter, the big acheiver!
The week of Halloween is Red Ribbon Week at Lexi's school. Every day has a theme and they have to dress according to that theme. Well Halloween is "Dress as you future career" day. Since I really have no idea what Lexi wants to be when she grows up I decided to ask her. Here is our conversation:
Me: "Lexi, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
Lexi: "What do you mean 'be'?"
Me: "When your big, what do you want your job to be?"
Lexi: "Why do I have to get a job?"

Yup, thats my daughter! Dream big honey. :D

Halloween Practice

I took some pictures of the kids in their halloween costumes. I wanted to make sure they all fit so I took pics while I was at it. Of course Ill post more pics on halloween but here is a sneak peek..
Lexi is a Witch:

Travis is Batman:

And Kaeleb is a Monkey:

A visit from grandma

Well we just ended our visit with grandma. She was here from October 2-7th. It was a quick short visit but we were so happy that she could come and visit. Of course Lexi LOVED having grandma here (and Kaeleb did too since she held him all the time...lol). Travis enjoyed having grandma here too even if he was a big turd the whole time.
Anyways it was mostly an uneventful visit except for her birthday party on Saturday. Grandma turns 55 this year so we had a party for her and I made her a granny surfer cake.

For her gift I had my friend Amy take some pictures of the kiddos and I framed them in a collage for her. Here is a few of the pics for grandma:




Once I get some pictures off of grandmas camara I will post more pics from her visit.
We cant wait to see you again grandma!

Kaeleb at 5 months old

Kaeleb turned 5 months old yesterday!!
Here is what Kaeleb is like at 5 months old:
You are the happiest baby. You always have a smile and are rarely fussy.
You have 2 teeth on the bottom.
You weigh 17 lbs 14 oz and are 26.25 inches long.
You are wearing size 6-9 month clothes.
You suck on your middle and ring finger.
You love your jumperoo.
You love to have your sissy and bubba talk to you.
You eat 8 oz every 5 hours and you sleep through the night.
You can roll both weighs and can spin yourself around in a circle.
You are starting to eat solids but still arent quite sure if you like them.

Here are some pictures of Kaeleb at 5 months old!