Halloween 2009

Ashlynn and Hailey love the movie,
Aqua Marine,
so for Halloween they wanted to be Mermaids.
Thanks to Aunt Joy,
they were the cutest dang Mermaids ever!
They've had the costumes for about a month or so and,
through wearing them,
some of the tulle came out of the tail.
So we used them as Colored hair.

Hailey.

Ashlynn.

Alyssa waiting to get dressed up.

My little bug!

Trick-or-Treating.

This year even Daddy came.

Yay!

Alyssa in the stroller.

What a fun Halloween. We went down to Anthony's sister Belinda's. She just lives an hour away in Kaysville, Ut. We made soup in bread bowls and after Trick-or-Treating with the kids, we hung out and watched Harry Potter. We're so glad that we've been able to spend time with their family while living up here. Thanks Belliston's for having us down!

Ashlynn's Class Halloween Party

Ashlynn and Hailey were mermaids for Halloween
but I knew that Ashlynn wouldn't be able to sit down in her desk at school with the big mermaid tail,
so I dressed them up as kittens for her class party.
A few years ago the girls were kittens that had head bands with ears.
I thought that I still had them but I could only find the bow tie.
So for Ashlynn,
I cut the bow tie in half and sewed it into little ears.
I used the elastic on the bow tie to loop around her buns.
For a tail I cut off the ties on a brown dress of Hailey's!

I know,
what was I thinking?!

But she complains about the bow on that particular dress every time she wears it,
so I thought,
what the heck, who cares!

For Hailey,
I just put her hair into two buns,
painted whiskers and a nose
and gave her a tail as well.

I think they turned out pretty cute for last minute.
I was asked to do a craft for Ashlynns party and
(I don't know what I was thinking)
decided to make 30 graham cracker haunted houses.
If I had known how long I would be standing in my kitchen frosting together 30 houses,
I would not have done it.
Now that it's over with,
I'm glad I did because the kids loved it!
Alyssa tagged along too.
She was such a good little girl
and sat in her umbrella stroller for 2 whole hours.
Ashlynn playing a game.

Ashlynn's class.

Her teacher, Mrs. Kelly, is the RED crayon.

Silly Faces!

Grandma & Grandpa Vick Leave

Alyssa eating in her highchair.
Sisters.

Grandma & Grandpa Vick with Hailey and Ashlynn.

It was so much fun having G & G with stay with us. Thanks for coming!

Carving Pumpkins

Every Halloween we buy pumpkins from a guy in Logan.
He has HUGE pumpkins.
This year we waited a little to long to go pick one out
and was left with few to pick from.
Last year our pumpkin weighed 98 lbs,
this year it was only 60.

Wwwaaaa!

The girls love carving pumpkins.
This year Alyssa got to help.
She stood under the table and grabbed all of the pieces of pumpkin that fell into the center of mine,

while I tried not to stab her hands.
My witch.

Anthony carving his wolf.

The finished product.

My Sleepy Bug

Alyssa loves her blankets.
It doesn't matter what one it is,
she just loves something to cuddle,
and when she sleeps,
she likes to cover her face with it.
None of my other girls ever did this.
I think it's so cute.

She's such a sweet little thing.

I accidentally woke her up taking these pictures...

(And it was worth it.)

Later,

as I was cooking dinner,

Ashlynn took a PURPLE marker to Alyssa.

Boy was she in trouble!

But I guess I wasn't mad enough to wipe it off right away

because here she is,

asleep in her high chair.

(which I put her in so I could finish dinner while keeping an eye on her.)

Poor things gonna get tough.