Yes, I'm a slacker!

Okay, so lets catch everyone up! We took the kids to the pumpkin patch and let them pick out pumpkins before Halloween. Actually it was the weekend before. We had never been to that one but the kids really enjoyed it!
  There was a couple of straw mazes, one big and one small.

Goober liked the small one best because "I didn't like getting lost." hmmm isn't that the point of a maze? :)

Anyhow, the kidlets had fun!

A while ago, if you remember, we tried out a dog. The kids were pretty bummed when it didn't work out... and I promised them we would get something else because apparently Jer and I aren't dog people.

So we headed to the pet store and picked up these:

That would be Fluffykins and Jimmy our new Dwarf hamsters! They are pretty fun, the kids adore them and they are containable so I don't have to worry about them digging up the backyard or me stepping in poop.

This is where they live:

On Thursday I went and helped out at the kids school!  It was enjoyable, I spent the morning helping out with Missy's class and then the afternoon in Goobers class. It was really nice to see how they interacted with the other kids and that they weren't the targets of any bullies.

In fact on of the girls in Goobers class asked me if I was Goobers mom, to which I replied "yes". She then proceeded to tell me that I was nice and that Goober was really nice too :)

Halloween went well, though I didn't really know what to expect with it falling on a Sunday. I have to admit though that I really had kinda hoped that there would be a few kids that came around on Sunday... oh, well. It IS Idaho. :) My kids had fun never the less!

and we kept their pumpkins lit both days :)

Eww

Ok. So the pumpkins got moldy! EWWW. They grew long stringy black hair on the inside... NO WAY am I going to try to light them! ... I may have to take a trip to get new ones :P Yuck.

Jack-O-Lanterns

So these are the kids pumpkins that we carved last night. Big G's is the big one and Missy My's is the little one. To make the pumkins truely be theirs I drew a bunch of different eyes, noses, and mouths and had them each pick the ones they wanted.

Manic Monday!

Yesterday I promised Gavin that if he kept his undies dry I would make sure he got a chance to ride his bike today... thank goodness the weather was alright!

Check out the snow on the mountains! It won't be long till we have it down here too, I'm sure. Hopefully halloweeen won't be too cold (I'm totally crossing my fingers on this since most years it snows on halloween or at least we have some snow already on the ground by the time the little ones brave the weather in their quests for sugar highs).

After spending some time making their noses runny (It was a little chilly) I decided it was time to go visit Gma J... so off we went to Grandma's house. She is so good with them! For some odd reason the kids wanted her to read them a book under a blanket, it must have had something to do with the glow sticks that she gave them in a bag for halloween. Both Big G and Missy My had a glow stick glowing by the time we left for home :)

On the way home Missy My fell asleep in the car so into bed she went for a nap while Big G and I prepared the pumpkins for demolition during Family Home Evening tonight. Jer hates the slimy stuff so I'm sure he will be glad he missed it!

Needless to say... today has been a bit of a crazy day. If nothing else was accomplished today at least the kids had fun!