Oct Recap - Halloween

Of course, no recap of Oct would be complete without Halloween!

Rylee was Mal 

(Malificient's daughter from the Disney movie "Descendents")

Jace is Octonauts-obsessed right now so 

he was Kwazii.

Jace had perfected Kwazii's catch phrases:  "Yeow!  Shiver me whiskers!" And Gaga designed and Jon created, Rylee's magical staff: a light up ball on top of a spray painted tiki torch.  When she tapped it on the concrete it would light up as if by magic!

We had such a lovely night too.  Our neighborhood goes all out.  Lots of people set up in their driveways and some have spooky effects.  The streets are crowded with kids and parents.  This year, we went around with our neighbor, Madison (and Venessa and Matt).  Madison was a cute little Belle, from Beauty and the Beast, but I didn't get any good pics.  :(

The best moment of the night was when the kids knocked and the people threw the door open to reveal a giant, cackling, electronic witch.  The kids had a shock and Madison burst into tears, poor thing, but it was hysterical!

Oct Recap - Fun

Oct was full of lots of fun: a couple birthday parties, bowling with the kids, and this trip to the arcade in which Jace won 500 tickets on one game.

There were dress up days at school, like Super Hero Day...

...and, of course, Halloween fun.

Jace's girlfriend, Zoee, invited us to her sister's 

Halloween birthday party where Rylee got mummified.

Rylee and I even got to attend a school field trip together.  Since she's in my grade this year so we sat together on the bus and at the play (Click, Clack, Moo).  It was like being a chaperone for her class, but I didn't have to take the time off of work.  :)

Oct Recap - Jon

Oct also brought Jon's 40th birthday.  Rylee made her Dad a coupon book and Jace (who is obsessed with perler beading) made him a beer mug.

I made him golf-inspired cupcakes with a little ball and flag.

The kids are always laughing when Dad's around!

Jon went on his annual hunting trip shortly after his birthday.  Thankfully, my Mom arrived in FL in time to help out.  She did all the pickups and dropoffs, and made she we didn't starve while Jon was away.  Thanks Mom!

Oct Recap 1

We had to put our hurricane shutters up and bring in all our outdoor furniture for Hurricane Matthew. (It was the kids first experience with a hurricane, and luckily it passed us by with no real effects.)  But since Jon had taken the pool fence down, and both kids are now great swimmers, we decided not to put it back up.   The kids are loving being able to walk all around the pool and jump from anyplace.

The back side of the pool is as adventurous 

as the back side of the moon when you're 4:

Yoga jump:

I think this is some kind of super hero jump, 

although from this angle it looks like an elephant trunk:

Cat jump?

Look at how handsome and grown up this boy is getting?!

I love these two crazy kiddos!