Halloween 2017

We're actually starting the night before with our traditional Halloween sugar cookies! The kids loved playing with their own chunks of dough.

At Millie's school they have "Dress Like a Book Character Day" and while Millie's Halloween costume (Cinderella) would have worked, Millie said she couldn't run fast in the dress and wanted to be something else. (Running has become very important to Millie since going to school. It seems that's all she does at recess!!) So she went as Little Red Riding Hood, since that costume is "basically just a cape" and it would help her run faster. Solid logic.

Then it was time for preschool! Max's cute friends all came over dressed up and we had a fun time doing Halloween activities and the letter H. Pretty amazing that H fell on the week of Halloween!

By the time Millie got home from school it was pouring rain! Bummer! I set up a little spot in our room to take some pictures of the kids in their costumes.

Millie as "the real Cinderella."

Max as Buzz Lightyear. "To infinity and beyond!"

And Harvey as a reluctant Woody.

"You've got a friend in me."

One of many outtakes. Harvey is difficult to photograph these days, unless he's in my arms.

We decided not to attempt trick-or-treating in our neighborhood and go right to Gigi and Poppy's house. Heidi, James, and Wes were there too. And apparently my kids were getting sick of pictures haha.

The kids really wanted to try to go to a few houses, so we put on our rain boots and grabbed umbrellas and went for it!

There weren't many people out. It was really raining hard!

We told the kids we'd do a few houses and then go back to Gigi and Poppy's house. Then the adults went in different rooms in the house and the kids went trick-or-treating inside. Had to get rid of our candy somehow!

Max kept giving candy to Wes. It was so sweet.

Poor Tyler was stuck on a bus trying to get home for several hours and missed the whole evening! Max was so happy to show off his candy when we met him at home. He kept sorting it into piles, finding matches, etc. It was cute how organized he was about it all.

It was definitely a Halloween to remember!

Little things

Max was pretty excited to get some new-to-him costumes/dressups.

Millie, earning her keep

She's very into bubble baths lately.

Took advantage of a nice day outside to play around with my new phone's camera on these cuties.

We've had some chilly mornings. One morning on a run I caught the boys huddled together. Not sure if it was on purpose but it sure was cute!

Tyler tried making and freezing breakfast burritos. Fun to watch him cook.

Max caught some kind of sickness that soon everyone in the family got, in one form or another.

I had to go to the Apple Store, which is at a mall not very close to us. I ended up missing the appointment and the wait was really long for a walk-in so instead we went to the mall play place. When I called Apple a day or two later they were able to fix the problem over the phone, so it turns out the whole thing was for nothing. Of course. Oh well, they had fun!

Sometimes in the rush to get Millie on the bus, I forget to put a jacket on Harvey before heading outside. So I just wrap him in my jacket and we snuggle. 

I must have been in a maroon mood one day because I dressed all 3 of us in it!

Millie and Max have been doing so well with their chores and have been excited to earn money. They wanted to go to the dollar store and see if they could find anything fun to buy. Millie ended up with a coloring book and Max got a robot.

We took family pictures! Can't wait to get them back and share them. It was freezing cold outside and the boys were a little shy, and honestly this selfie caught a better smile from Max than any of our professional pictures! Funny guy.

Staticy hair at the park.

Harvey is really happy in the slide, for about 2 minutes.

New pajamas from Gigi!

Before going to bed I heard Millie whisper to Max that she'd come wake him up in the morning and they would color. And that's exactly what they did!

In addition to their new-found ability to buy stuff, Millie and Max are excited about paying tithing! Max saw the bishop on the stand after giving him the tithing and Max whispered to me, "That's the guy I gave my money to!" I'm proud of these kiddos.

The kids and I went to see Gigi and Heidi at Gigi's house. Millie got everyone in a coloring frenzy!

Harvey brought a big train to the Ticket to Ride game.

Looking very medical at my physical. This office was super efficient and did lots of testing in one appointment!

And let's just round out this super long post with these random but really cute pictures of Harvey.